Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1  Because of the genetic make-up of the Yorkie breed, ALL Yorkies have a recessive white gene in their DNA. The white gene was bred out for many, many years....in order to conform to the traditional breed standard. It is well known that when "famous, highly successful" show kennels/breeders had a breeding pair of high style, top dollar Yorkies, that produced a litter of puppies, with one or more showing excessive white, this was considered a "fault",..... OMG!! cant have THAT produced by MY kennel!!!..... and these babies were quietly CULLED. Then, one day, someone decided not to cull but rather to breed and try to get that recessive white gene to become dominant....thus was born the Parti colored Yorkie. These dogs are purbred Yorkies, NOT mutts or mixed breeds, and they are NOT unhealthy simply because of the white coloring. Just because a breeder breeds Parti's, do not believe this alone makes them villians or evil or puppy mills or back yard breeders! Parti's are now registerable with AKC, although they have not yet been accepted in the conformation show ring, where the breed standard considers them non compliant. Breeding these beautiful Yorkies does NOT make breeders that do so, evil or not reputable breeders, although show people will beg to differ. Read about Parti Yorkies, get CORRECT, unbiased information on them and how they came to be, and do not be discouraged or ashamed or intimidated by opinions from those that look down their noses on Partis. They are wonderful, devoted, beautiful, pure bred Yorkies that are every bit as healthy as a traditional yorkie. Their only "fault" is one of color, not a health issue. One day, the breed standard will include this variation in coloring, and then they wont be so looked down upon. I do agree, they should NOT be considered "rare" and pricing jacked up to compensate for that "rare" quality. I also agree no one should deliberately breed for tiny Yorkies...these occur in litters, and are called runts, terminology which does not garnish the price "tiny" or "teacup" does. If a tiny Yorkie is sold for a higher price, it is probably because of the intense labor requirements from the breeder and extra vet bills that were possibly incurred to keep that baby alive. These little fragile babies should go to homes with no children, and to people that are well educated, well experienced with Yorkies, as they are "special kids". And, here again, just because they are tiny, does NOT automatically make them sickly and unhealthy....I had a 1.13 pound runt that lived to the ripe old age of 15. |