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Originally Posted by Julia Howard  When AKC does an inspection they will DNA Mom, Dad, and puppies if there is a litter on site. Most breeders of partis or goldens that I know DNA (cheek swab) sires and dams. |
That's good to know, but it only establishes that the puppies are the offspring of those parents. It doesn't say anything about whether they are purebred Yorkies. If the color genes were bred into a Yorkie line from another variety of dog several generations back before DNA testing was conducted, we may never know. If I was a veterinary researcher looking for a research project, I would take this on, because there are ways of finding out where these color genes are coming from (whether they arose spontaneously in Yorkies, or whether they were bred in from some other breed). Interesting discussion, but I'm still disillusioned with the AKC.