I would ultimately one day like to see the Yorkie come in the different colors and be accepted, but I think it's a long way off. The only reason I would support such a decision is because we openly admit that the Yorkshire terrier had a less than glamorous beginning, with lots of different ''mutts'' going into the mix. We can document that there were different colored Yorkies. I suppose it's a moot issue though, since it's also documented that Maltese used to come in different colors, and now they're only accepted in white. At any rate, Poodles can now be shown in parti-colors with the UKC. Maybe it could turn into a situation where the AKC accepts Biewers as Yorkies, much like they do Harlequin poodles and German Spitz as American Eskimos? One thing that I absolutely hate is how merle is suddenly popping up into AKC stock of all sorts of breeds. INCLUDING poodles. Really?! Right now they're all stuck in the CKC, but it'll only be a few years before some unscrupulous breeder suddenly finds them in AKC stock. Thankfully no one's ever thought to try to have merle Yorkies,that's where I would certainly have to draw the line! |