Quote:
Originally Posted by FlDebra  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.  |
Your statement is too broad and is your opinion. Which is what you did not want here.
Some of us parti breeders strive for color placement just as much
some traditional breeders. Not everyone strives for the color on the traditional yorkies as show breeders do. There are alot more yorkies born that do not have the proper color for show and those breeders don't care what color they breed or come out as long as they can sell them.
Stop lumping Parti breeders separately than any other dog breeder.
It is not just with some parti breeders placing any ol' dog with another ol' dog, Alot more traditional breeders are doing that.
All dogs start with the breeder and you cannot lump them all together just because of the color.
Some of us Parti breeders are just as selective, careful, meticulous, health conscious and reputable as are some traditional color yorkie breeders ,as are some Biewer breeders.
Some of us Parti breeders care very deeply and passionately about what we do.
We will continue to strive for the best, to show to the world how Magnificent, Beautiful and Healthy that the Parti Colored Yorkshire Terrier Is.
In my opinion, since you gave yours. It does seem that the YTCA cares more about the
color of the yorkie than anything else, including health. If that were not true, then people wouldn't be doing so much enhancing(coloring) for the show, now would they and the dog would have to have stringent health tests before ever entering the ring to guard against passing on any health related genetic issues.
But they don't, they mostly just have to be the "right color" to be a Champion. IMO Health should always come first.......