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Originally Posted by lisaly  I honestly don't know enough about Biewers or Partis to make enough of an educated decision on them, even though I've read quite a bit. I know this is a hugely controversial topic, and I don't want to cause any hurtful feelings. There is so much conflicting information about the Biewers because of the fighting between the clubs and also there's much misunderstandings with the Partis too. I think the Biewers are beautiful, and I most definitely think they are Yorkies. I also thinkthe Partis are too, my only hesitancy is not being sure with the way things are now with them not being accepted for showing, is whether it will affect the gene pool of traditional yorkies if carriers are shown and bred to traditional yorkies. There does seem to be at least more of a standard with the Biewers about the placement of colors than the Partis. I would hate to think that people could be breeding for color over more important traits like temperament, health, movement, etc. The last photo has beautiful dogs who seem to represent the Yorkie standard other than the color variance. There are going to be Biewers who are far from standard, and the same is true for Partis, but when I look at photos of Yorkies, I see more that are not to standard than the ones that I see that are. I don't think we can use those photos to prove anything. What's most important to me is a breeder who cares about her dogs, does health testing, breeds close to standard as much as possible, and puts their heart and soul into breeding to better the breed. I wish that Parti breeders who are trying to go about breeding correctly (other than the color issue) could be given a venue to show their dogs in AKC perhaps like the Beagles being shown in two separate categories for size so that those worrying about the standard Yorkshire Terrier being changed wouldn't have to do so. I know that's not going to happen anytime soon, but dreams are nice and change can happen if people stand up and play fairly. So many people at Yorkie Talk who I respect have Biewers and Partis, and there are breeders who I respect, as well. I think sometimes it's best to leave things to agreeing to disagree about things like this. I am very interested in the history of the Yorkshire Terrier and have enjoyed reading all of this. I have an old copy of Joan Gordon's book that I will try to locate. Thanks for the inspiration. |
I used the photos show that the drastic differences FlDebra was talking about is not just between the partis and the biewers, There are drastic differences in the biewers and partis alone. The spotting gene is very unpredictable.
It starts with the breeder, A breeder must be knowledgeable and research, have their dogs health tested and be very selective about what dogs they breed to produce top quality dogs.
It is not just about putting 2 tri color dogs together to get puppies which unfortunately is what alot of people do.