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Originally Posted by Nancy1999 Another problem has complicated things; some biewer breeders are breeding biewers to parti's. Let me just say there is a huge difference between different biewers and what the breeders objectives are, although the to the untrained eye, the differences are not that apparent. Some are breeding because it's the newest thing, and they can get premium prices, and others are breeding because they believe that this particular strain that was developed in Germany, has enough unique traits that make it different enough from the yorkie to eventually become a new breed. A biewer breeder breeding for the money can breed to a parti carrier who was sold on "limited registration". They aren't planning to register with the AKC anyway. So there is a demand right now for some of the carriers, and that always ups the price. What happens when there is no longer a demand, so many of the regular yorkies will now have this recessive gene. How will this effect them Yorkies the long run? A Biewer buyer has a very difficult time right now supporting breeders who are really interested in improving their breed. It isn't that easy to figure out the difference based merely on what the breeders themselves say. Parti breeders need to be especially careful where their carriers go, just as one time traditional breeders needed to be careful. Limited registration doesn't really protect, spay and neuter is the only real protection. I would stay away from biewer breeders who registered with the CKC, and other registries and look for a registry/club that didn't approve of the Yorkshire Terrier parti/biewer mixing anymore. | 
I agree. They fought so hard to get the partis registered AKC, why would you want to have them registered CKC? |
They would be selling biewers through the CKC. If you mix a parti with a biewer it can pass for a biewer. There are genetic clusters that could indicate that the biewer is different than the Yorkshire terrier, if they are breed back to the Yorkshire terrier, the offspring will lose these clusters and the genetics will be watered down with a regular/parti yorkie. Some breeders believe that we should keep the lines separate, and I tend to believe this too.