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Originally Posted by Raymond's Mom  The Biewers are not claiming to come from only yorkies and not many really believe that the parti colors come from only purebred yorkies either. The yorkie does not carry the gene for the spotted yorkie color pattern. It's not a naturally occuring color diviation such as born blue, born brown, etc. But now that the spotted yorkies have been bred back into the yorkie gene pool for so many generations I would guess that they will test pure using the Mars test. Of course with the popularity of the spotted yorkie there are those who are first generation crosses that are being sold as parti color yorkies. It's always buyer beware. |
That depends on which group pf Biewer owners that you talk to. At this piont it is really a moot point. the AKC believes that it IS a naturally occuring color and for my puropses that is all that matters.
This point can be argued unitl the cows come home, since there is no proof to support either side of the argument, it is like arguing which came first the chicken or the egg.
We have picture proof and documentation in old show records that there have been white yorkies as far back as the records go. No one knows when or how the white got into the mix, and it really doesn't matter, it is there now.
Yes there are a lot of fakes out there and it is buyer beware, just as it is with buying traditional colored yorkies. One needs to research the breeder