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Originally Posted by bjh  I love the traditional yorkie but I have to admit I have seen some beautiful parti yorkies but I have also seen many that look poorly bred. If the parti is a yorkie, which it is, then other than the additional white coloring, the parti should conform to the yorkie standard and I am not seeing that in most of them. If a breeder is going to breed parti yorkies then they need to not just focus on the color. Conformation and soundness should come first. I have heard that many unethical breeders have been mixing in other breeds with the yorkie to come up with these parti yorkies and I feel that is wrong. If someone wants a parti as a pet then is fine to buy a pet parti yorkie if you find one you really love but if your intentions are to buy a parti for breeding then please do your research and breed only the best. |
You summed that up perfectly! I think that there are a lot of dishonest "parti breeders" out there focusing on just color alone and profiting a pretty penny off of it...because of the "rare" factor. (Or likely just mixing something else in altogether.) I think those types of breeders really give those who ARE trying to go about breeding them ethically a bad name. And that really is unfortunate.
As far as following the standard except for color, I made a similar statement not long ago and had my head ripped off for it. I'm glad you were able to make such a simple AND TRUE statement without it turning into blood shed.
Despite some misconceptions that some people have, I'm really on the fence as far as partis go. The problem that presents itself is finding people who are actually taking the appropriate steps in breeding them ethically and not just hiding under the "creating something new all breeds started somewhere" excuse.
