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Originally Posted by GreenwoodBiewer  Actually.. I see exactly where you are going with this, and yes.. I do see the pitfalls. Let's hope that people have learned by past mistakes.
Mr. Biewer wanted to show his tri colored yorkies as yorkies.. he was not allowed to do so BUT they said.. you can make a standard.. call them something else.. THEN you can show them.. so.. that's what he did.. WALLA.. new breed. Instead of insisting they were a color variation of the yorkie.. which they are and which a Parti is.. he went with the "new breed" I'll show and get it out there.
So.. now we have the Biewer being it's OWN breed.. I can see your concerns. Some of us have been fighting that battle for years. However, I don't believe the chances of the same thing happening now with the Parti's are as great.. more people are aware of what's going on.. they have already been AKC accepted, DNA testing has proven the lineage and we now have much better forms of communication then was available back in Germany some 30 odd years ago..
So.. even though I see your point and WISH people would all just get on board with the idea these are ALL the same dogs.. most people just AREN'T there yet. I see the change coming slowly.. little by little as more people open up their minds, start to THINK and look at what's going on instead of just bury their heads. (sorry.. she jumps off her soap box) I think we take what we've been given and introduce the rest of the world to these beautiful dogs.. hold tight to our beliefs that these are a variant color of a yorkie and keep our goals in mind in all we do. The more people are exposed, the more questions they ask, the more they learn, the more they think.. the closer we get.
Diana  |
Thank you for at least listening to what I had to say and trying to understand. If hope you are right. and now learning that they are in the same group as the Yorkshire Terrier I feel much better.
I want the, partis to move forward too, but I want to see it done the right way and not cutting corners or settling.
I wish the NAKC had shows in the midwest. I would love to go to one, but cannot be away from home for days.