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Originally Posted by Breezeaway  It can if the parents are Carriers for the gene. |
I guess I don't get it then. If it's a different genetic make-up, then it would be a different breed, not just a color variation.
Here is a little bit of something I read from Cher Hildebrand that is very interesting.
Top Parti Yorkies Genetics Parti Yorkie Parti Color Yorkshire Terrier and Biewer Yorkies
I mean, I just find the whole subject interesting. I have never personally seen a parti colored Yorkie, so I have absolutely no experience with them. I have also never met someone with one, so the only things I know about them is what I have read on this forum. I just cannot get my brain to process that parti colored Yorkies could possibly be pure-bred Yorkshire terriers.
I honestly don't even understand how they came about in the first place - even assuming that they are pure-bred Yorkies. Since they aren't the standard, why would anyone breed for that trait? And, if this coloring just "popped up" one day and breeders decided they liked it and wanted to breed for it, then why wouldn't it be accepted by the YTCA? I don't understand why there is a controversy as far as the YTCA is concerned if there is "proof" that there was no cross-breeding involved to attain this coloring.