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Originally Posted by peanut  okay, I am a little confused, is the pic a yorkie, if it comes from 2 full yorkie parents, then its a yorkie. as for being unethical to breed him, yes it would, if what I am getting from reading your thread, and please correct me, he isn't standard and that would be unethical to continue to use him. I know your not, but I don't get were you say he isn't a real yorkie. Not trying to get anything going, he is adorable, but don't understand, you know at times I can be slow  |
Yes, he's a Yorkie. I'm saying he doesn't have the true Yorkie characteristics expressed. To me, he more resembles a Clydesdale Terrier (a now extinct breed) as I see the genes expressed more closely resembling a Clydesdale.
My point was that we see many variations among Yorkies due to their ancestry. While they are all true expressions in a historical sense, they don't meet the standard as is written and therefore cannot be shown. I was trying to use that as a different variation that can't be shown much like the Parti is a variation. There was a time when 2 dogs from the same litter might have been registered as 2 different breeds. During that time, a dog might be assigned a different breed classification based on appearance, regardless of parentage. That is, of course, no longer true but does illustrate the methods used at times to determine breed back in the early, early days. If that same criteria was used today, he would likely not be considered a Yorkie, based on the modern breed standard.