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Originally Posted by chocolategracie  Breed standard
Head coloring is (Blue/Black, White, Gold/Tan); (Blue/Black, Gold/Tan); (Gold/Tan, White) in good symmetry. |
The judges have asked for a better, clearer standard from which to judge the biewers.. many if not most Biewers heads change in color so drastically by the time they are three years old it is almost impossible to tell what they will look like when they are puppies.. mine have almost all cleared to a tan like a yorkie head does even though as pups they had vibrant colors.. and, even though the parents don't have blazes... they have thrown full white blazes and muzzles.. there is just so much we don't know yet about the modifiers that work on facial coloring and it has nothing to do with the quality of the total dog.
Actually, all that is really needed is that white come up from the neck to the lower jaw so that there is white somewhere on the head.. some of course have alot more and have those beautiful blazes, some have much less and have lovely dark faces.. as of right now, it is a personal preference and the judges have been much more interested in structure and character of the dogs than what color is where, as they should be.. color is of such miniscule importance in the overall value of the dog when you consider all the other issues like health, character, ear set, top line, tail set, size, pedigree etc etc etc.. we have way to many other things to concern ourselves about as breeders than to worry about if we have a symmetry in our faces.
Diana
