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Originally Posted by Teresiana  To the breeders following this thread...It's my understanding that if a puppy is mixed with another breed somewhere down the line (not necessarily just the mother and/or father), that there's a chance that the puppy could take on characteristics of the other breed. For example...if Minnie's grandfather is Min Pin, Minnie could have taken on traits from her grandfather. Because Minnie looks so far from the Yorkie standard, doesn't necessarily mean that her father is not a Yorkie. It might not be common, but maybe her grandfather just has really strong genes? Is that correct? Or am I totally off here? Sorry of it's a dumb question, but I'm just curious because the breeder says she bred 2 Yorkies. Minnie obviously does not look like the offspring of 2 pure bred Yorkies. Maybe Minnie got her traits from another relative? Hence, the bewilderment of the breeder. Obviously, there was no testing/pedigree research done. So the breeder was probably surprised by Minnie's physical characteristics. I'm curious what the brother, Mickey, looks like. |
It would be very unlikely that the female would produce a pup that had the genes of an out cross from several generations back if the dogs had been producing standard Yorkies right along. Of course if there were an out cross to another breed it is highly unlikely that the offspring would produce standard looking Yorkies to begin with. The fact is if this breeder is an "experienced" Yorkie breeder then she knew that little Minnie was not a full Yorkie when she was still very young. Her color may be the same but the rest of her is far from Yorkie. The breeder had to see the differences and should never have sold her as a purebred Yorkie. Even if she really does not understand what happened (which I sincerely doubt) she should have told the new owner that there was a problem with the way the pup was developing and that there was a possibility that the pup would not look like a pure bred Yorkie. Maybe this is not the first time this has happened in her breeding program and has gotten away with treating people this way in the past. A breeder can write whatever they want on a "family tree" unlike an AKC official pedigree.