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Originally Posted by 3FurryFaces  I am trying to follow this thread, but I find it a little hard to follow. Are Partis and Biewers the same dog? Are they the result of the same recessive gene? Is the difference between the 2 that the Biewers have established a standard color pattern AND can be traced to a certain pair in Europe? If the Biewers are a documented line, is there DNA like the AKC has for many of their registrants?
Aside from the "politics". I do think they are beautiful and if they establish a standard and can demonstrate a documented lineage, I don't see why they will not eventually seek and get AKC recognition as a variety or breed.
Unfortunately, when a breed gets "popular" there will always be people to exploit this for financial reasons and not breed betterment. JMO.  |
I will try to answer your questions.
I believe they are the same dog.
A couple of litters were born in a kennel in England ... some of the puppies went to Germany via the Biewers and some went to the United States. Mr. Biewer bred his Yorkies who both carried the piebald gene and produced a litter of white/blue/tan dogs. He was so impressed with the look of this litter that he started inbreeding to continue this line of dogs and to put the "look" on his dogs (which we know is the standard). The dogs that went to the US were bred and was shocking to the breeders and sold the dogs as pets or never acknowledged what happened. I have shorten the story but hopefully you understand what I believed happened.
No one was doing DNA over 25 years ago and in fact AKC just started in 1999 (I believe) so every Yorkie born you just have to trust the breeders told the truth....It does not help with the start of the breed be it...Yorkie, Biewer or Parti.
AKC does not set the standard...it is the parent club and in this case YTCA and they will not acknowledge these dogs for the show ring...this is why Parti's can be registered but not enter the showring.
I find it interesting that close to 20 AKC breeds have a piebald gene that is accepted but YTCA implies that a maltese got in this breed and caused all of these dogs to throw the different color of the Biewers..oh, and it happened 50 some years ago. Doesn't make sense to me.