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Yorkiemom1 · 07-04-2012, 10:01 AM

Here we go! First a little history...
The Biewers started in Germany with Mr. Biewer purchasing a stud dog in 1975 from Streamglen Kennels, Streamglen Richard. At the time Streamglen was producing Champion status yorkies and were selling yorkies across the world and the United States. Mr Biewer started breeding Ch. Streamglen Richard to all his Female Yorkshire Terriers trying to make his own mark by producing Champion quality yorkies that would come from his kennel. In his quest for champions, he did a lot of line and inbreeding. Then in January of 1984, a tri-colored Yorkshire Terrier was born from 2 of his Champion dogs line bred from Streamglen Richard. Darling and FruFru.Mr. Biewer registered his tri colors at first with VDH/KFT but they designated them wrong color not for breeding so he went in search of a club that would accept them as a variation of the yorkie. The ACH was the first club to accept them as a variation of the breed. The dogs were then registered as Biewer Yorkshire A la Pon Pom. They originally had docked tails but Germany passed a law against docking so the tails then remained longIn the USA, Summit and Crownridge both got tri colored pups from Nikkos kennels and wanted their tri colored dogs registered with AKC, as they were born from 2 AKC registered dogs and they wanted the right color to be shown on the papers( Black , white and tan), so in 2000 after 18 months of DNA testing, AKC accepted the tri- colored Yorkshire Terrier. AKC papers state they are Yorkshire Terrier/Parti color on the papers so the name parti yorkies has stuck with the tri color yorkies in the last few years.During this time each country (USA and Germany)went its own way in developing and registries of the tri color, but both are true yorkshire terriers. How can the Biewer not be a yorkie? It is stated in all the Biewer clubs history that they started from 2 Champion yorkies, If they have tested to not be a purebred yorkie then you do have a mixed dog not a true Biewer that came from Mr. Biewers Yorkshire Terriers..The Parti yorkshire terriers are AKC registered and the Biewers are not , AKC considers them both yorkies and not a rare breed as the Biewer Breeders have portrayed them. They are not a RARE breed, they are just a tricolored yorkshire terrier that has been popping up thru the years but because Mr Biewer drew his dogs out of VDH/KFT they could not be registered AKC. In the process of him hunting for an avenue to breed and show his lovely tri colors he made a grave mistake by trying to pass them off as a breed of their own so he could raise and show them, So as of now AKC will not recognize them as a breed of their own since they see them as nothing but a tricolor yorkie..
I was fortunate enough to find this already composed, in detail, by Snow Blue Yorkies, so I didnt have to pull this all up from my OWN files....I took the liberty of copy/pasting HER explanation, which is accurate, and condensed down from the same information in my own files, pages and pages of research and letters ....The confusion surrounding these Biewers is exactly why I did not start breeding them back in the late 90's....I was fearful I was not a large enough breeder and not well known enough to make this work for my program....and I just did not want to get into all the confusion and arguing over these beautiful Yorkies!

07-04-2012, 10:01 AM	#4
Yorkiemom1 Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 9,462	Here we go! First a little history... The Biewers started in Germany with Mr. Biewer purchasing a stud dog in 1975 from Streamglen Kennels, Streamglen Richard. At the time Streamglen was producing Champion status yorkies and were selling yorkies across the world and the United States. Mr Biewer started breeding Ch. Streamglen Richard to all his Female Yorkshire Terriers trying to make his own mark by producing Champion quality yorkies that would come from his kennel. In his quest for champions, he did a lot of line and inbreeding. Then in January of 1984, a tri-colored Yorkshire Terrier was born from 2 of his Champion dogs line bred from Streamglen Richard. Darling and FruFru.Mr. Biewer registered his tri colors at first with VDH/KFT but they designated them wrong color not for breeding so he went in search of a club that would accept them as a variation of the yorkie. The ACH was the first club to accept them as a variation of the breed. The dogs were then registered as Biewer Yorkshire A la Pon Pom. They originally had docked tails but Germany passed a law against docking so the tails then remained longIn the USA, Summit and Crownridge both got tri colored pups from Nikkos kennels and wanted their tri colored dogs registered with AKC, as they were born from 2 AKC registered dogs and they wanted the right color to be shown on the papers( Black , white and tan), so in 2000 after 18 months of DNA testing, AKC accepted the tri- colored Yorkshire Terrier. AKC papers state they are Yorkshire Terrier/Parti color on the papers so the name parti yorkies has stuck with the tri color yorkies in the last few years.During this time each country (USA and Germany)went its own way in developing and registries of the tri color, but both are true yorkshire terriers. How can the Biewer not be a yorkie? It is stated in all the Biewer clubs history that they started from 2 Champion yorkies, If they have tested to not be a purebred yorkie then you do have a mixed dog not a true Biewer that came from Mr. Biewers Yorkshire Terriers..The Parti yorkshire terriers are AKC registered and the Biewers are not , AKC considers them both yorkies and not a rare breed as the Biewer Breeders have portrayed them. They are not a RARE breed, they are just a tricolored yorkshire terrier that has been popping up thru the years but because Mr Biewer drew his dogs out of VDH/KFT they could not be registered AKC. In the process of him hunting for an avenue to breed and show his lovely tri colors he made a grave mistake by trying to pass them off as a breed of their own so he could raise and show them, So as of now AKC will not recognize them as a breed of their own since they see them as nothing but a tricolor yorkie.. I was fortunate enough to find this already composed, in detail, by Snow Blue Yorkies, so I didnt have to pull this all up from my OWN files....I took the liberty of copy/pasting HER explanation, which is accurate, and condensed down from the same information in my own files, pages and pages of research and letters ....The confusion surrounding these Biewers is exactly why I did not start breeding them back in the late 90's....I was fearful I was not a large enough breeder and not well known enough to make this work for my program....and I just did not want to get into all the confusion and arguing over these beautiful Yorkies!