While there are those who claim the Yorkshire terrier never carried the parti gene this fact has never been proven .
The fact is the Yorkshire Terrier is a man made breed and different
dogs and genetic material when into the development of the breed.
The first breeders who started developing the breed and the secrecy of how they were breeding or which other dogs were used to get that long silk coat... which most assume was a Maltese..
We don’t know and will likely never know for sure but if you look at the grizzly short haired dogs of the pass to today yorkies they look totally different.
Breeding 2 grizzly short haired dogs together does not produce a long silk coated dog.
And when you think about it since they has no DNA testing available back then, makes you wonder just how many standard oops litters were registered incorrectly.
The lines you think your dog carries, may not be the correct lineage at all.
Each person needs to make up their own mind if they think the Parti’s are pure yorkies or not.
But for me I believe they are Yorkies just as much as the silver/tan ,black/tan and the
redlegs (which reminds me of the dogs of the past). |