[Nancy1999]

As one parti breeder said, "Because they can!" I don't mind a breeder selling on limited registration, in fact, I think they should, but selling the dog for more than a dog with the proper hair color, seems to me, to be wrong. There's a market for it because people have created a market for it, it different, and there will always be those that believe that different means special. The proper yorkie coat is a very difficult coat to achieve, it must be straight and thick, and silky, and have a slightly metallic look to it, and not be full black but have this metalic like sheen, this metallic sheen is very difficult to produce, it shouldn't have white hairs in it that produce this silvery effect. There are many genes working together to get the proper coat. Why not just have 2 genes working together instead of 6 or 8, and you'll get what you want every time. I understand that some people like the parti yorkie, but I often wonder if they've ever seen a dog with a really gorgeous proper yorkie coat in person. Remember, when you have 2 partis you can only produce a parti colored yorkie, so soon the market will be overrun with parti people, and the price will fall drastically.