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Originally Posted by Lorraine  The yorkie never did carry the parti colour gene. Regardless of the claims of those that don't know the breed and claim the are purebred, they are not but the result of a mix getting in there.
Unfortunately, they have been accepted into AKC registration but that was based on the registration numbers of sire and dam and who knows where the mix happened? At that time, DNA was not able to be tested as it was today.
The Biewers also a parti colour Yorkie that come from Germany but not recognized by the FCI or the German Kennel CLub, have proven they were the result of a mix and have very little yorkie genes. It is on their website when they chose to have that information on there. |
There are
numerous books from the late 1800's through early 1900's that state that one of the dogs thought to be used in the makeup of the YT was the maltese, the UK Kennel Club has this information also posted on their YT description page.
The Kennel Club
Even the AKC's "The Complete Dog Book" states that a majority of the old authorities credited the Maltese with having a part in the development of the Yorkshire terrier. This was printed in my copy of the 1945 the Complete Dog Book.
It is known that the YT began from dogs with no pedigrees and dogs of unknown heritage. So where did things go from numerous early writings stating that the Maltese was thought to have been used in the makeup of the Yorkie to the present day thinking that there was never a white dog or a dog with white genes used in the make up of the Yorkshire terrier? How can the early writings and thoughts be completely ignored?
As for the one Biewer club that you've pointed out as saying they have "mixed" bred biewer yorkshire terrier dogs ... well, I'll let someone else talk about that can of worms.