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Originally Posted by livingdustmops  How much have you studied the Crownridge Parti's. She was one of the breeders who proved to the AKC these dogs were Yorkies. Her dogs all look alike as she has put her mark on her dogs.
Mr. Biewer believed they were Yorkies and in fact tried to show them as Yorkies but he was not allowed to so he went to another registry so he could go into the showring. We also will never really know what Mr. Biewer wanted as after he passed his wife got rid of all the dogs and his notes. He also sold these dogs to other breeders with very few restrictions and it does not appear that he really protected this breed. One club is now pulling Mrs. Biewer out as an expert when you can't find any pictures of her showing the dogs. You can see pictures of her holding them in staged pictures but that does not mean she is an expert and why did she get rid of the dogs after he died if she was so involved. How many breeders here that are married, is the other spouse involved?
It also has been noted in some of the other breeds that accept the Piebald that this gene makes the dogs a little more mellow.
I do agree we won't know for a long time the genetic makeup of these dogs but we won't for the Yorkies either. |
I have not studied Crownridge Partis, nor did I mean to imply they are not Yorkies, I have no idea what caused the effect, but I believe in breeding to standard, whatever standard you are following. I'm not even sure how AKC determines a new breed, scientists estimate that virtually all domesticated breeds are 99.9% similar on the DNA level. I do agree with you on the matter that Mrs. Biewer didn't seemed that involved with her husbands work/hobby. I was just offering my opinion that the Parti and the Biewer seem like different dogs, and I don't think they should be breed together, I believe this is a shortcut some breeders are taking.