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Originally Posted by Breezeaway  in Joan Gordon and Janet Bennets book from 1979 They write" It is not unusual to find small white marks on one or more toes or a fine white line in the lwer forejaw. These will not be visible as an adult. A large amount of white marks on the chest , paws, jaws, or skull, places a yorkie into a tri-color classification and it is very wise to guard against this possibility. Yorkshire terrier puppies can be born of colors that automatically deprive them of the necessary qualities to become the proper colors of the breed. They can be born all black: all tan: tan with black points; tri-color:black, white,and tan; all blue;bluish grey with tan points; and so remain or change to another shade of their newly born colors. These mismarked Yorkie puppies are not the result of the mis-alliances or throwbacks but are rather the net product of incorrectly inherited genes which have failed to activate the pigment glandular system to providing what they require to be in accord with the yorkshire terrier standard. Puppies incorrectly colored or marked should not be sold as rare, They should NOT be registered as Yorkshire terriers, but should simply be found a loving home IF ONE CANNOT bring oneself to having them put down." |
Very interesting!! I was never one to believe the stories that breeders in the distant past could be so brutal as to drop an otherwise healthy puppy into a bucket of water shortly after birth...just because it was an "off" color.
Which led me to think. In today's world...would a vet actually euthanize a completely healthy puppy...just because a breeder (who wanted to keep an off color pup a secret) instructed him to do so?
