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Originally Posted by kpstoybox  Purebred yorkies are what's behind all the Biewer lines!! And a lot of health problems as well. My Biewers are registered in Germany as Biewer Yorkshire's. Not Biewers, and certainly not Biewer Terriers.
Until Germany closes the stud book...breeders who truly care about the Biewers future health have the right to breed a quality and health tested yorkie back into the lines. It has been done this way since the first Biewer was born.
It wasn't until us Americans got a hold of it a mere 7 years ago that we felt we had the right to change the name, change the standard, etc...just to make it our own breed. It's a tri colored German Yorkie. It always has been!!
If you choose to breed to a small gene pool, over and over...that is your right. I would never try and force my breeding philosophies on you or your clubs breeding practices. I am sure you will do the same for those who don't share your same views on the Biewer Yorkie. |
Karen,
Can you tell me if you mean Purebred Yorkies are behind all the health problems of the Biewers, or if you mean the Biewers have a lot of health problems? (not sure how to read that) if so, what are the health problems and why does adding Yorkies fix that?
I think some Americans choose to change the standard to fit the dogs they were producing instead of trying to breed to the standards set forth by Werner Biewer (imho)
What exactly constitutes a small gene pool? Seriously, I don't know this and wonder what breeders use as guide? Is there a certain number of lines going back a certain number of generations etc etc? that makes it a worthy gene pool to close stud books? How is it determined that the current gene pool is small?
I agree, breeders have a right to do whatever they want, but respectfully disagree that only breeders breeding back to American Yorkies truly care about the health and future of the breed.
We disagree on practices but I don't feel any one is trying to force breeding policies on one another. We all just want to state why we believe the way we do, I think it can be accomplished without stepping on anyones toes.
What I think many of us fell in love with is the fact that this breed is different, because they originated in Germany and have a distinct look to them and personality, etc. and many are trying to preserve that distinction by breeding only back to german lines.
It my personal opinion only that by breeding back to American Yorkies, we are changing the breed/ the look/ the disposition to an american breed, changing the look eventually of the dog we all fell in love with, not to mention adding
possibly future health problems. If someone were truly wanting to keep the German Biewer Yorkshire Terrier what is is now (Werner Biewers), then anyone that is choosing to use Yorkies should be using German bred Yorkies. (personal opinion) Again, just felt a desire to add yet another opinion to the mix
and hope no one jumps all over me for it, lol JMHO