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Originally Posted by roscoecarter  I have seen the mom and dad. The dad looks like the base of the head might have some white. He is that silvery blue color. The mom is champane color. They said they were both black and brown when they got them. This is the breeders 2nd litter they had one that had white on it last time and two of 5 this time. This is a family that has yorkies as pets and was going to let them have just a few litters. I know the family well and they would not intentionally breed dogs that were not purebreed, but I guess if they did not know it could have happened. |
Well, I'm glad you saw the mom and dad, at least you know they aren't raised in a bad environment. Many breeders sell with limited registration, meaning the dogs aren't meant to be bred, and the AKC will not register the offspring, so people just use the CKC, which will register anything. I just think you have to be extra cautious when a breeder is using the CKC. I'm not saying they are the ones who did this, but it could be the people that they got the dogs from. It's very possible that the gene is the parti gene, breeders who breed to standard will sell pups with the gene on a limited registration. The parti gene is a color fault and breeders do not want that fault in their line. As long as people aren't charging more for the dog because it has the parti gene, I see nothing wrong with having the dog as a pet. It just some breeders will market it as something special or rare, and try to charge unsuspecting buyers more for it.