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Originally Posted by GreenwoodBiewer  Just because a specific registry allowed the Biewers to be registered as a breed of their own so they could be shown.. does not make them any further away from a Yorkshire Terrier than a Parti is from a Yorkshire terrier.. they are one in the same..
What was the criteria used to "make" the Biewer a seperate breed?? Was it purely and simply "EASIER" to make it it's own breed so it could be shown??? Is that all it takes to make a breed it's own breed??? If so, then the Partis' would also be considered their own breed.. they can not be shown as Yorkies in AKC, so, to be shown, they have to be shown in a their OWN breed "Parti" with NAKC.. they would be shown against Yorkies.. not AS a yorkie.. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED with the Biewers.. no different.. that does not make the Parti it's own breed any more than the Biewers.. (unless of course you believe the Parti is not a Yorkie)
Toby's mom had it right.. the problem is that the Biewer is not registered with AKC, not the genetics behind them.
Diana  |
I did not say that they were any less of a yorke genetically, just that the offspring would be considered to be mixed because the Biewer is consiered a separate breed. Hence the Biewer Yorkshire name. The parti, is a parti colored yorkshire terrier. There is no other name. Parti is a color, Biewer is a breed. All Biewers are parti colored yorkshire terriers, but not all partis are Biewers. Sort of like all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are not squares
There is an additional set of criteria to be a Biewer.
Lets look at it this way. if you were showing a Biewer, would it be shown against other yorkies, or only against Biewers?