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Originally Posted by Woogie Man  I agree with much of what Nancy said, particularly the parts I put in bold. You could take all the arguments from the Parti breeders and insert the fault of your choice (oversize, wiry coat, flop ears,. etc.) instead of the word 'parti' and the true weight of the argument becomes apparent. No one is beating on the door of the YTCA to create a variety and allow these faults into the ring. Why not? These traits are all naturally occuring in the breed and have been there from the beginning and still pop up to this day on a regular basis.
My own opinion is that the Yorkie is a relatively young breed and is still difficult to breed true to type. Regardless of their origin, it makes no sense to introduce back into the gene pool traits that will only muddy the water and make it even more difficult to breed true to type. It shouldn't make a difference if a trait has fanciers or not.
People are free to breed what they wish to, but I'd like to know how is it bettering the breed? To me, a Yorkshire Terrier is a blue and tan (gold), silky coated terrier...period. It has always been the intention since the founding of the breed for the Yorkie to be just that, regardless of other traits that have shown up.
There are some beautiful partis, but there are also beautiful Yorkies that exhibit other faults. Until the Yorkie can, in most cases, breed true to type, introducing varieties/faults back into them can only be seen as detrimental to the breed. |
Jim..you know as well as I do that many breeds have successfully added varieties of size, color, and coat many times over. And the original varieties were not ruined because of it. How will adding a variety class for the parti be detrimental to the standard blue and tan? Nobody seems to want to answer that...but they sure do keep beating that dead horse.
Besides...you can't just wipe out a recessive color that has been in the breed for years. If the serious breeders of the color give up and quit...you will still have as many parti's being born...but they will be horrible quality.
But wait..that is exactly what the YTCA and their members want. It's ok if pet parti's are bred by the hundreds..as long as they don't affect the show world. They can be pets...but heaven forbid you want to take one in the ring. Then it becomes personal. LOL
The parti is here whether everyone like's it not. Why can't those who want to better it and show it be allowed too? If a variety class is allowed...soon...just like with the color varieties in the cocker spaniel...reputable breeders will breed parti to parti, and keep the show lines of each separate for the most part. And those in the show world know this to be true. They just will not admit it.