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Originally Posted by kpstoybox  How would this be fair to those of us who truly love and want only the best for the parti yorkie? At least 50% (probably many more then that) of the AKC traditional colored yorkies that are being bred today fall short (in some way or another) of the standard set forth by the YTCA. Just one look on Puppyfind will prove this fact. Why should my love of...and desire to better the parti yorkie...be determined by the amount of breeders who are not now, nor never will be breeding any color yorkie to a standard?
Many breed clubs have allowed variety classes for dogs that did not meet the standard set for the breed. The beagle has one for size. Both standards for the breed are identical except for height! Just two inches of height earned one of the sizes it's own variety class to be shown seprate from the other size. Imagine that?
So why can't those of us...who truly love the parti for it's color (and not how many pups we can produce to sell)...keep the dream that one day it will be granted show status with it's own color variety class? The American cocker spaniel has THREE color varieties and they are not shown in the same ring until group.
That is my hopes and dreams for the American Parti Yorkie. 
But as BJH already stated so eloquently...the variety will need a lot of serious breeders who are more in love with the color (more so then money it can make) and start breeding the parti yorkie to a standard comparable to the show yorkie of today before that can ever happen. And right now...sadly...I don't see that happening anytime soon. |
I agree with you that at least 50% of yorkies fall short of standard, I would say the number is closer to 90%, but that's exactly why I encourage people to only support those breeders who are breeding to standard. I disagree with a breeder breeding to meet public demands because you are altering the breed in a way in which you personally find desirable. Too many breeds integrity has been compromised because breeders decided to alter the breed in ways that were fashionable. If a breeder were truly interested in developing this new color scheme, I believe they would sell at prices that were similar to any other dog with a fault, after all they wouldn't be in it for the money, but they would just be trying to improve the breed. As far as the claims made that you charge more because your breeding stock cost more, how about the show breeder, if we were paying them the cost of what they actually put into their dogs, the price would be at least $10,000. I am totally against breeding as a business, because you don't really do what's best for the breed when the goal is making money.