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Originally Posted by jencar98  Debra, I know we don't agree on the parti subject and that's okay with me.  I do believe there are a few good parti breeders and lots of bad parti breeders, just like with traditional color yorkies. As well as, I know there are many bad show breeders and a few good ones. Personally, I think probably 90% or more of all those breeding dogs today shouldn't be doing so.  |
I am also going to quote the items you added to my post that you quoted: (1) "There are references to the Maltese being in with the original mix of dogs used to create a yorkie. "
(2) "To my knowledge the parti color is not considered a color fault by the AKC, but is a fault with YTCA and they are the determining body for the standard as accepted in AKC shows. "
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Okay.....where to start......I hope we can disagree on this and remain friends as I do not want a difference of what is going to only be opinion (since neither of us has a genetics lab)
to prevent us from talking on other subjects.
(1) There are references by some breeders that the Maltese MAY BE a POSSIBLE breed inroduced that encouraged the long flowing coats as the very early terriers did not have coats like we see today. There was NO evidence of it, no RECORD of it,
nothing but supposition. Others like Joan Gordon (the author of one of the most recognized Yorkshire Terrier books around and the History of the Yorkshire Terrier adopted by the YTCA) that believe it is unreasonable to think they would have introduced a white coated dog when they were working so hard on the blue and tan coat.
(2) The AKC site also has made the decision that off-color (any solid color or any white except the small spot on chest) would be a disqualifying trait. This is from the AKC site itself!!!
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Disqualifications:
Any solid color or combination of colors other than blue and tan as described above. Any white markings other than a small white spot on the forechest that does not exceed 1 inch at its longest dimension.
Approved July 10, 2007
Effective October 1, 2007"
There is no proof that the maltese was introduced. It seems unreasonable to me that all the breeders for some 150 years were killing off all the puppies with any white until suddenly in the last 10 years or more this proliferation of white marked pups emerged "en masse." I have heard the argument that suddenly people were breeding for the fault instead of "culling" them as before -- it still does not add up. I can think logically with math and science and it is not computing. Again, anay PROOF to offer? I would be happy to look at it. Give me a reference that is not a parti-breeder site.