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Originally Posted by gardenyorkies  DNA only proves parentage not color...As said before many times we don't know where the white is coming from...It is thought to be from another breed years ago which would not show up on a DNA test of today...So we really don't know...
The white that may have been there years ago was not desirable and breeders have worked hard to keep the blue/tan yorkie as it is...Not going to just trash years of work because one group of people now want it...Where do we draw the line...all gold, blue borns...blue/tan...gold/tan...I think not...I personally think the line was drawn in the right place... |
The DNA is only one portion of the proof. The AKC also interviewed many of the old time breeders and were told that the Wildweir kennels produced more partis than the Nikko kennel did.
Add that to all of the mentions of the white parti from as far back as the records go, and it is pretty evident that they have always been a part of the yorkie.
It is not proof beyond a shadow of a doubt, but it is proof that it is more likely than not, that it has always been there.
No one is trashing years of hard work. Adding a category for the parti color will in no way affect the traditional colored yorkies, or breeders.