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Originally Posted by concretegurl  1. I've seen that too and thus I saw Parti's and Biewers as different types of Yorkies...from what I have heard directly from many Parti breeders enthusiasts etc. that's the basic idea, anything goes-Parti simply means naturally occurring fault, partially colored in some or any way-yes, even if the color difference from the standard is just the appearance of some white.
**Sayign that isn't very selective-well that seems so open in determining "selective" did you mean in breeding standards period, or just the color result and basing that as selective? If you meant just in the resulting coloration-well I think many (I don't dare say most as I can't speak for them) Part breeders celebrate whatever coloration occurs so they do not exercise "selectiveness" there., thus I assume Biewers were created directly from Partis-they were the result (I though they were crossed out to another breed) of selective Parti breeding-apparently I was wrong there-?-unless you talk to some Biewer breeders whom swear they were crossed out...making them 'not Yorkie' so confusing. ... |
I will try to answer what I think your question may be...your wording is VERY confusing. My post said, "For Parti's it seems that "anything goes" as long as the dog has white on it. That does not seem like very selective. " I think that is simply stated but I will go into more detail. The Yorkshire Terrier standard requires VERY SPECIFIC guidelines as to the COLOR and placement of that COLOR on the dog. Breeders strive FIRST for health, then structure and the next priority would probably be COLOR. It takes such meticulous attention to detail looking for the right shades of dark steel blue and tan. You look for dogs that do not fade to silver, you look for dogs that do not stay pure black. You look for dogs whose tan, is rich but not red. You make sure the hairs are NOT entermingled. So many considerations and reasons to disqualify a dog from your breeding program if they are not showing as a prime example of the color and placement you want. Now enter the "parti" folks who just want to make sure white shows up somewhere on the dog. Who cares how much of which color? Who cares where the colors show up? Who cares if there are 2 or 3 colors? As I said, that does not seem very selective in ANY sense of the word. Breeding a purebred dog is not supposed to be an "anything goes" project -- it is supposed to be challenging and require meticulous attention & care. My opinion, but one shared by more than a few, I'm sure.
