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Originally Posted by lynzy420  Ok I read the results and while I'm no geneticist, I can see that she is in the lowest range, but I still just can't see Minnie as a Yorkie, how sad that the breed is being so over bred that we can't even decipher the Yorkie from the Yorkie anymore.
Minnie is beautiful, don't get me wrong, she really is gorgeous, I would have loved to have a pup that looks like her she is so unique...at the end of the day the final analysis yields that Minnie is a Yorkie, the breeder did not lie, but the breeder did knowingly sell a very obvious poor representation of the Yorkie Standard, not sure there is any recourse here.
What say you Pstinard? |
According to the figure captions for the PCA analysis, Minnie was compared with Yorkshire Terriers (US Show) and Yorkshire Terriers (UK Show). To me, that means that MARS used only DNA from show dogs in their comparisons with Minnie's DNA. It's interesting that the US Show dogs clustered more closely together, and that the UK Show dogs were more spread out (showed more diversity). (Sorry that doesn't answer your question, but it's something I just noticed, so I had to throw it out there.)
Back to the question... Yes, Minnie is a Yorkie, but the breeder did knowingly sell a poor representation of the Yorkie standard. (Wait for the hair to grow longer?!?!??? Give me a break!!!) I think that if this ever went to court, Cristina (Minnie's breeder) could argue that at least Minnie is genetically a Yorkie. If push came to shove, a parentage test could be ordered to determine whether Minnie is the offspring of the reported parents, but I'm guessing that the results of such a test would favor the breeder
. Minnie is the result of a breeder who didn't know what she was doing, but at this point, I don't think there is much that Jen can do about it. Cristina has other ads on ebay, but it looks like her dog breeding is more of a sideline than a profession--I don't know whether her litters and breeding program are registered with the AKC. If I were Jen, I'd file a complaint with the AKC. I don't know what else she can do at this point other than love Minnie as a very special and unique dog.