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Originally Posted by georgida  I thought a yorkie is a yorkie, and the biewers or partis were the same thing just different colors can you explain and I will give you my answer or show some pics of a biewer, and a pic of a parti, I will give my 2 cents worth  |
I'm not a breeder, however here is my understanding....
The Biewer breed originated in Germany from two parti-gene carriers. There are about 40 different lines of full Biewers (Biewer to Biewer breeding only) that have originated from these lines. There is one Biewer club that accepts breeding a yorkie into the mix to strengthen the Biewer lines (since the line came originally from yorkies), but if you do this the pups are considered splitters for a 3 year period and are sold as pets only during this time.
A parti-yorkie is tri-colored, but there are parti carriers (those who have the piebald gene) that may look like a standard yorkie. Breeding a parti carrier with a yorkie or a tri-colored parti to a yorkie can produce yorkies of partis. All partis have come from a yorkie breeding or yorkie/parti breeding - not from a Biewer.