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Originally Posted by Dixies Mom  I have read many posts about the Biewer and the Parti. My question to you all is... Do you think the Yorkshire Terrier is the only breed that has had a mutating color gene?
13 years ago I met a wonderful breeder that I purchased my first German Shepherd from. Approximately 10 years ago, she breed her tradional male with a black female and produce the first tri-color German Shepherd now known as the Panda Shepherd. When this happened my friend was judged ridiculed and treated very badly for her breeding practices. She held her ground and began working with a genetist and was able to prove her dogs were pure and the gene was isolated and was found to have came from her tradional male. She has been a guardian of her colorful Shepherds and has every litter DNA to see which pup carries the gene and is very selective as to the placement. I have since purchased another boy from her, his mother is a Panda Shepherd and his father is a tradional. My boy is a tradional and does not carry the Panda gene.
I am not as of yet, an expert when it comes to the Biewer Terrier however, I know that through DNA studies Mr. Biewer was enhancing his "color lines" with other breeds. I can only speculate why because he is not here to tell us but I believe he was trying to produce color and specific looks using the Yorkies as the foundation.
I believe as far as the Parti Yorkie as with the Panda Shepherd, the dog will either carry the gene or it won't. To the OP... the only way you will know is to contact a genesist. If you breed a parti into your lines you may or may not have a baby who will carry the gene. |
I know nothing about the panda shepherd but the gene that Parti yorkies have, is the piebald gene which is a well known spotting gene - their color is
not a result of a mutated gene. A parti will always throw 1 of it's 2 parti genes onto all of it's offspring, so your statement "If you breed a parti into your lines you may or may not have a baby who will carry the gene", is incorrect. I just wanted to clear that up for anyone who's trying to learn how the parti (piebald) gene works :-)