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Originally Posted by gemy  Okay this seems to be a very hot and emotional topic. So I would like to clarify a few points and hope for some education here.
The Yorkshire Terrier has been a breed with a standard for approximately 150 years or more? Is that correct?
At this point in time, there are "purebred" Yorkies with a recessive "parti gene" that if two recessives breed together will produce "faithfully" a certain colour pattern.
These partis have no more health risks associated with them then the traditional Yorkshire Terrier? If so please quote Health Stats and links to a reputable agency such as OFA.
Beyond the answers to these questions; I would like to point out that if you want to support the Yorkshire Terrier breed you should breed to the standard, and then do all the work necessary to get another color approved. After all there are many breeds with different colors off the top of my head, Poodles, Bouviers, Spaniels etc. Is it too early to introduce a different color into the standard and if so, why so?
I'm sorry but I can't agree with any Parti breeder knowingly going into the show ring, to finish a dog, and then go on to again disillusion reputable standard color Yorkie breeders into putting with them a breeding dog. These breeders are trying to protect the Yorkie standard as written and approved.
Should there be health checks mandatory in the breeder code of ethics by YTCA? I'm sure that is a hotly debated topic. I believe ALL breeds should have mandatory breed specific health checks as part of the requirement to be an ethical breeder/member.
I have posted before in different threads on here the ramifications of PureBred Dogs exposed, which aired on BBC about 2years ago, which was a damning although one sided view of purebred dogs, generated a whole rework of the standards at the British Kennel Club. The Kennel club. This rework included mandatory health testing on a breed specific basis. The USA and Canada will not in the long term be immune to this change.
And yes we as breeders of purebred dogs have a huge task ahead of us. Our first and paramount responsibility is to breed healthy dogs, to help fund research to find genetic markers and tests for our breed. We then have the responsibility to breed to type, to temperament, to colour and all the other factors we want to preserve in this wondrous breed. |
Right there lies the problem. We cannot get the coloir approved withlout breeding them, we cannot breed quality dogs without quality stock.
The original registered parti colored dog, Nikko's Mickey Spillane, was sired by a champion. I imagine he was a very well built dog, with silk coat and all. But over the years they have been bred to some poor quality dogs.
We would like to try to get them back to the standard, in every way except the color. in order to do that we need some quality dogs to breed to. Silly me I was going about it the hard way, by looking for someone to sell me a nice dog. apparently others are trying to champion their carriers in order to get quality dogs.
We are told over and over to show your dogs, so you know you are breeding quality dogs. Oh but don't show them in our show ring.
So that leaves us in a bit of a pickle. I guess the YTCA will have to figure out a way to identify and DQ the carriers.