i just wrote a huge huge statement that didn't come through. rather than write it again i'll just state that i am forming my own opinions and basically so far it is that i wish to see the yorkie standard stay blue and gold only and the white varieties of the dog to be known as a seperate dog breed NOT as a variation in color to the existing yorkie. this would be a great compromise to make everyone happy. i think as long as a breeder breeds to health and quality, they should be able to breed to a standard they as the breeder are looking for. someone who puts their life into changing the traits of a dog and creating an entirely new breed of dog should be able to do so. i don't think yorkies should be bred off standard for sales and pet industry, but breeding for the white traits in a dog and considering the end results a new breed of dog seems ok to me. if people don't change the traits in a dog's lineage then how will we ever get new dog breeds. every year the AKC recognizes more breeds. i just think a yorkie is a blue and gold dog and a white variety should be a new breed. we may never truely know if it's a gene that naturally happens in yorkies or if it's another dog breed that leaked into the line, but either way it can and prob. in the future will be a whole new breed of dog a white dog with blue and gold and brown and black colors in it's coat called something other than a yorkie and has the yorkie as it's ancestor. that's my opinion and i'm sticking to it. |