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Originally Posted by YorkyKids Sue....I'm new here. But I have a question for you. I read your webpage about tracing back to the first Biewer. I too have the original parents. Darling of Friedheck X Fru Fru of Friedheck were indeed the first parents of the Biewer. I have many many pedigrees of the Biewers. But my question....have you been able to go back any further?
Let me explain....I do livershunt pedigree studies. In the regulation Blue and Tan Yorkies.....myself and several breeders from all over the world have trace the beginnings of livershunt to ONE English kennel...the "fatal liver gene" (as it was described in the 40's) was thought to be in only one kennel in the 40's. I have testimonials from breeders of that time. Now several of my research friends from at least 4 different countries have also traced livershunt back to this English kennel. A couple of years ago livershunt surfaced in a well known Biewer kennel in Germany. Since the Biewer is basicly a closed group of breedings down thru the lines...they were only bred to each other who carried the parti-gene....it is very important to attempt to trace the line back to their English beginnings. But so far we have run up against a brick wall.....not able to get back further than the original German registered Yorkies. Getting this information would be extremely helpful in our attempt to isolate the livershunt gene. This would almost prove our theory of the orgins of livershunt....which we believe was a genetic defect orginating in one dog....is indeed a problem beginning with that English kennel. Of course livershunt is so wide spread in the breed today....this English kennel is behind many of todays winning show Yorkies....knowing where it began is not going to be a cure....but it could serve to aid breeders in their choice of breeding until we can find the DNA marker.
I only wish we could get breeders to help with this study....but alas livershunt is still a shunned word in the Yorkie world. Other breeds have almost elimated the disease by sharing all the breeding information in their respective breeds.....not so with the Yorkie people.....it's still a secret to be whispered about behind people's backs.......sigh!
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Thank you for asking !!!
We are digging into this a little further, but are going to wait until after the holidays. It can be very hard to communicate sometimes, if you don't know the language. This is such a busy time of year. Also we planning on a trip to Germany in Oct. 2006 (anyone is invited to join us, we are thinking it would be fun to have a group) and are trying to set up a meeting with Mrs Biewer herself. And this way we will be able to speak directly to one of the founders... Don't have confirmation on this as now, but is our goal. I understand that she still attends the dog shows over there. Please feel free to email me at anytime as I would love to share research notes with you...