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Originally Posted by JeanieK  I believe what you said about which gene causes the coloring. I'm not arguing with you, that it is the same dog, I agree, I have posted the same thing in many other threads.
But some people seemed to be getting confused between the Biewer and the parti, thinking that the partis were actually a breed of dog rather than a color.
I was just trying to make it clear, that the partis are AKC because they are first and foremost yorkies but with a different color, whereas while the Biewer is the same dog, it actually has it's own breed clubs and standards.
Does that explain it? |
So, if I may sum up, parti is an accepted (by AKC) color description of an AKC recognized yorkie registerable with AKC, but not eligible to be shown for conformation.
Biewers may or may not be a different breed depending on which clubs opinion you hold - some people are arguing that it is a different breed, but not the larger, older Biewer organization. Biewers are not AKC recognized. The Biewer clubs only recognize Biewers that can be traced back to the original Biewer Yorkies.
For the people that believe it is the same breed, but a color variation, there is a gene for the white color addition.
The debate arises because not everyone agrees about the origin of the Biewer - but there is agreement that partis were from traditional yorkies with a genetic color difference. Have I got it?
