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Originally Posted by yorkielady06

So help me here....
The YTCA will never change its standards for popular trends?
Did it not do that with the blue and tan/black and tan/blue and gold/ or whatever color combo is now allowed. How about when the weights were 2 classes and now are one? And the latest change to completely exclude and in many people rudely "unanimously" rule against unscrupulous breeders looking to make a buck?
They in fact do change, like it or not.
LOL at the way your post sounded to me. "Can't challenge or change the standard if you are not a member of the YTCA and the conceus within the YTCA it's not gonna happen." Adding humor, please do not take it wrong but should na na na not be after that? lol
I do want to protect the Yorkshire Terrier breed and preserve it for generations to come. It is not working that well right now and change is needed. I want to see less health issues in the ring and out of the ring. I want Yorkies to live to 15 as a norm again. I want them to walk on firm knees and hips. I want them to be free from liver shunts and other life threatening diseases. I want them to have happy homes that do not neglect and abuse them. Imagine what OUR dogs parent club could do for US owners if they all worked together on more important issues. Because when it comes right down to it, the YTCA is MY dogs club. I may not be a member but I DO own Yorkies and YOU represent my dog in the public also. And I for one am not happy with the way it is going for MY breed. Everyone on this thread has a say in this. I feel a parent club not only is there to protect a "standard" but to protect a breed. You as a YTCA member have chosen to ...
'To encourage and promote quality in the breeding of pure-bred Yorkshire Terriers and do all possible to bring their natural qualities to perfection." Did the AKC not get proof that particoloring is indeed their natural quality also? How many DNA tests were done to prove this fact from more than one line?
"To do all in its power to protect and advance the interests of the breed and to encourage sportsmanlike competition at dog shows and obedience trials."
Protect and advance interest in the breed? By the shunning of owners of Yorkies who may one day want to be a member? If I owned a particolored yorkie that was altered could I be a member? Would my dog be shunned? Many are interested in the new colors...how are you going foster that interest for the breed?
"To urge members and breeders to accept the standard of the breed as approved by The American Kennel Club as the only standard of excellence by which the Yorkshire Terrier shall be judged." Now the AKC does recognize and register "off" color dogs. How long will it take for them to allow them in the ring? When they do, will we be here with open arms to let YOU in our breeding program? hmmm
Most of the people who are trying to improve the parti lines and better the breed are working to improve the breed also. They are trying to protect and advance interest. Our dogs are AKC registered. Their standard colored parti carrying offspring can show in AKC shows. They can compete at obedience trials. Should we not be offered the chance to show the YTCA and its members what we are working on. The opportunity is there to foster us, to help us to improve. Instead we are shunned and chastised.

I have been reading this thread from the begging, and even though I do not have a dog in the fight( no pun intended) I love your passion for the Parti's ,well not just for the Parti's but for all Yorkie's. I love an underdog ( once again no pun intended) and I pray that the Parti will one day get its place in the sun.