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Originally Posted by WalnutHill  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. Becsuse there was such a variety of breeds that made up the yorkie, there were a lot of hidden genes. Once they decided what they wanted the yorkie to look like, they culled those that were born the wrong color, so that color as kept hidden.
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 We've all read Goldenrays site. There has been a lot of new information discovered in the last couple of years, They need to get their heads out of the sand.
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. |
You can read on our website
CYTC...Our Mission , howthey came about.
It did not just pop up one day, they have been popping up since the breed first started, but one day someone did actually say, hey these are beautiful dogs, why are we culling them.
They had a long hard battle with the AKC to get them recognized, but eventually they proved to the satisfaction of the AKC, that this color does occur naturally in the yorkshire terrier breed. And that is how it came about.
There are books and show records from the 1800's that speak of white yorkies.