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Originally Posted by sylvan Just a slight correction on a minor point made...It is my understanding that the Silky Terrier is the result of a x of the Yorkshire Terrier with a completely separate breed the Australian Terrier. Such crosses began when imported yorks were crossed with the Australian terrier in Australia at the latter part of the 1800's. Out crossings continued for 26 years after the development of the Silky standard while the recognized 'type' was fixed.
Biewers are not the result of an outcross with a separate breed, just a refining of the recessive piebald gene in Yorkshires to bring the piebald gene characteristics to the fore.
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Then I ask you this..why do we have standards if we aren't suppose to follow them?
Sorry for being repetitive but I've made explained this several posts back. That's the question that comes to mind all the time when I ponder this..Mr Biewer has a written standard..which mentions 3 colors that are pattered as he has written, to go outside that box is mixing that breed. Regardless of the Piebald gene. Again, I will refer back to the 3 Blegian Shepards originated from the same pool..they are identical in structure movement, herding, again the variance is the colors and one has a longer coat. I am relaying to you the conversation I had with a handler/breeder of the Tevuern. Because the breeds are genes that have been evolved over the years they now have 3 different breeds and color is what sets them apart. The Tevuern has a shorter coat then the other 2, all 3 genes are related..
Why do you want to breed Biewers to Yorkies? Honestly, what benefit for the Biewer breed do you see in their future?