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Originally Posted by kpstoybox  It's already here..and has been for years. Just more people purposely breeding for it now. But one that knows pedigree's can certainly try and avoid it for the most part. However, as Joan Gordon recently admitted...she and others breeders she knows of, have had the parti babies show up out of the blue in their litters.
As far as the yorkie not breeding true. For the most part...any popular breed...has the same problem of pet bred bred not looking like the show bred. It's just a fact that pet bred dogs are not bred the same as show bred. Look at the show poodle compared to the pet poodle. The pet poodle for the most part looks mixed in most cases. They resemble the poodle..but look NOTHING like what is shown in the ring. The same can be said for cocker spaniels, doxie's, chi's, collies, shepherds, maltese and many other breeds for that matter. And yes...yorkies too. |
Karen, though we don't see this issue the same, it's fun discussing it with you. You're right in that the Yorkie's popularity hasn't done it any favors. I don't think the parti has benefitted from its new found popularity, either. The greed factor can ruin any dog and greed is the worst influence on the Yorkshire today. I think that every breeder, exhibitor or not, prolific or not, has some effect on the breed and therefore some responsibility.
If parti breeders only bred parti to parti, there would be no issue for me. From posts here on YT, it's obvious that parti breeders want to acquire high quality standard Yorkies to improve their parti dogs. So, in general, what partis are at this time are dogs that have largely been bred for a single trait and the quality is not so good overall.The problem is that the carriers, which may themselves get championed, carry not only the genes of the standard Yorkie that got them championed, but those of the parti parent that wasn't the quality of the standard parent.
While this may be a good thing for the parti breeder, it's not good for the breed IMO. The carriers are registered as standard Yorkies and their influence will depend on how widely they are bred. It's likely the results of any such breedings will be hit or miss at best and it's doubtful these dogs will breed true. It would be the same as if I took an open pedigreed, off standard bitch and bred it to a nice male. I might get lucky and get a nice pup that possibly could be championed but it shouldn't be bred due to all the wild cards on its dam's side. The same with the parti carrier. Neither breeding would be for the good of the breed.
I don't know where all this will lead, but the breed can't afford to take one step forward and two steps back. I understand that there are true parti fanciers but I fear that any progress the partis make will be at the expense of the breed as a whole. One good thing. With the AKC allowing partis to register as partis, breeders who wish to avoid them in their lines can at least find out through pedigree research.