The Biewer and Parti Yorkies
As far back as we can trace, the parti color has been in the Yorkshire Terrier. It is a recessive gene that can be explained very well at the Colorful Yorkie website.
CYTC...Parti Color
The difference between the two parti colored dogs is supported by my tracing of pedigrees, researching their history, and speaking to numerous people involved with these breeds.
Biewers
The Biewers started with Mr. Biewer purchasing a stud dog and a female in 1975 from Streamglen Kennels, Streamglen Richard and Streamglen Flora. This was during the time Streamglen was producing Champion status yorkies and were selling yorkies across the world and the United States.
Mr. Biewer started breeding Ch. Streamglen Richard to all his Female Yorkshire Terriers trying to make his own mark by producing Champion quality yorkies who would come from his kennel. In his quest for champions, he did a lot of line and inbreeding. Then in January of 1984, a Parti colored Yorkshire Terrier was born from 2 of his Champion dogs line bred from Streamglen Richard, Darling and FruFru. Detailed info at
Biewers Partis
On the other side of the ocean was Nikko’s Kennels (The Lipmans), who were doing the exact same thing: breeding for Champion Yorkies. Nikkos purchased their Champion male (Ch. Quarnhill Fusspot) from Stoneybrook Kennels in 1971. They then bred him to Streamglen Milady (DOB:10/02/71), the female they obtained from Streamglen Kennels. This mating produced Nikko’s Orange Blossom in 1974. Nikkos then began producing Champion Yorkies and continued to line breed also. In the 80’s, Parti colored Yorkies started showing up in Nikkos kennels. Gloria couldn’t bear to put the pups down so she passed them out the back door as pets and told them not to say where they got them (her own words). Detailed info at
Parti History Registration etc.
Mr. Biewer did get his first Tri-colored Yorkshire Terriers registered with VDH but they designated them "wrong color not for breeding". He wanted his adorable dogs to be shown, so he went in search of a club that would accept them as a separate breed because they could not be shown as Yorkshire Terriers. The ACH was the first club to accept them as a distinct and separate breed. The dogs were then registered as Biewer Yorkshire A la Pom Pon. They originally had docked tails but Germany passed a law against docking so the tails then remained long.
In the USA, others wanted their AKC papers to reflect the true Tri-colors on them (Black,white and tan), so in 2000, after 18 months of DNA testing, AKC accepted the Parti colored Yorkshire Terrier. During this time, the development of both the Parti and the Biewer went separate ways, as did the registries. Nikko's is not the only line of Parti-colored yorkies; rather, Nikkos is the most prominent and had the DNA testing done to obtain the AKC recognition for the Parti-color.
Information links for additional reading:
Parti Yorkshire Terrier Club Colorful Yorkshire Terrier Club Biewer Breed Club of America Biewer a la Pom Pon Club Old Books Library