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Originally Posted by Rhetts_mama  That's the whole point of my question. If a parti breeder has a traditional colored yorkie from parti parents, then it could be assumed that the pup is also a parti carrier (3:4 chance). But traditional colored breeders ARE having parti colored pups, too, and continuing their breeding programs, passing the parti genes in to other lines. It could take several generations for a parti pup to show up in those new lines. Without accurate records and honest breeders, this will continue- and parti breeders are unfairly taking the blame.
By registering them (accurately) as traditional pups from Parti lineage, then the onus is put on the new owner to research the lines BEFORE buying and breeding the pup. The first step to doing that is getting the AKC to recognize that Parti Yorkies do exist and making it easier to register them.
And again, no one has answered the root question- is there any other "fault" associated with the Parti gene other than "we've always done it this way, so it's the way we are going to continue to do it" mindset? |
If parti breeders are selling traditional colored yorkies that are carriers and not telling the buyers, why should they not take the blame. A biewer breeder stated on one of these forums that if they had a puppy born with traditional coloring they would register it as a yorkie and it not, a biewer. Now how ethical is that?
Most breeders I know do not believe, myself included, that there is not another breed involved in the partis. If you want a mixed breed dog, go rescue one from the shelter. Even the biewer people admit now that they are not full bred yorkies. The DNA testing that everyone thinks is so great shows about 5 different breeds. And who is to say that people are not inter breeding traditional, parti and biewers together? At one point in time they said they had to bring the black and tan in to keep the colors going or they would eventually be too much white.