I honestly believe it is only a matter of time before parti and other colors are accepted in the show ring.
Standards are always being changed. Look at the original yorkie and how much the standard changed for it.
Not long ago the yorkie was accepted in the show ring with darker colors such as black and gold. They recently changed it to allow only blue and gold.
I think the cocker spaniel is a very good example. They started out allowing only certain colors. Now several colors are allowed to show, they are just shown in a different color category. Many other breeds started out the same way as well.
The yorkie's color standard might not change anytime soon but it is bound to change as younger generations are more acceptable of the colors and you start seeing more of these colors being registered and more breeders pushing to show them.
I bet way back then people never thought the yorkie would change to be 7lbs and under. |