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Originally Posted by Lorraine  A parti carrier is a piebald gene. The yorkie does not have it. They have the genes to carry a blue or black saddle with tan or gold furnishings.
Why anyone would purposely set out to ruin such a noble breed as the yorkie is beyond my comprehension but that is just my humble opinion, as a yorkie fancier/exhibitor. |
Lorraine then maybe you have a reason as to why Wildweir Kennels, Joan Gordon had a tri color show up in her yorkie line in 1976 and knew without a doubt that there was no mixes in her breedings of Wildweir dogs. Or why she states in her books that Yorkies can be born all black: all tan: tan with black points; tri-color: black, white, and tan; all blue; bluish grey with tan points;
ARe you saying that Joan Gordon is a liar? If thats the case, then should we believe anything written on the YTCA website as it was written by Joan Gordon. You can't take parts of what Joan has written to believe and disregard other parts she has written and said because you don't like it.
An excerpt from an article written in The Yorky Club Magazine on Colors and Texture by Hugo Ibanez, he states:
You must understand why we have so much trouble and tribulations with color and texture as well as other elements of type. As I indicated before, I was coming back to touch a bit of history. Learning a bit about Yorkie ancestors will give you a better understanding of our breed and the Yorkie founding fathers, the consequences and difficulties with which we are confronted today.
In 1845, one of them was described “resembling a Scotch (not Scottish) terrier, weight about 8 or 9 lbs., with good terrier head and eye but with a long body. The legs and muzzle only were tanned and hair on the body would be about 3 or 4 inches.” His mate was described as “a drop-eared Sky under 12 lbs with plenty of coat of blue shade but destitute of tan on any part of the body.”
The third dog to play his part in the breed’s foundation was “a bitch, an old English Terrier with tanned head, ears, legs and sort of grizzle back.”
Most of these English Terriers also had white markings.
These genes from these dogs are the beginning of our breed. It seems that after 163 years, those initial genes would have disappeared or have been diluted; apparently, they did no disappear, they just laid dormant, in sleep mode.
Some canine experts believe our purebred dogs are locked in a genetic trap due to the evolutionary and hereditary process. What does it all mean? It means that after so many years it is difficult to eliminate influences of breeds used in early foundation stock. Why? Well, it could be argued that at the beginning all were somewhat inbred, as any given breed would have a relatively small member of founding sire.
What are the consequences?
Well, as you can see we are attempting to breed the perfect dog from imperfect ancestors. 163 years seem legendary, but, genetically, Yorkies are newbies (babies)
As you can see our ancestors were “tutti frutti” which makes our breeding more complicated.