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Originally Posted by pstinard  The part of the comment that I bolded about MARS testing is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read. SMH. The ONLY reason the MARS test goes back only 3 generations is because that's all the technology currently allows--if they could go back to the beginning of creation, I assure you that they would. It is NOT because "it really doesn't matter what is in a breed before that as long as it has been bred back to it own kind for three generations." MARS NEVER said such a thing! This is a lazy excuse for unscrupulous breeders to get "new" and "exciting" colors into "Yorkies" and then plead innocence/ignorance/whatever. I'm appalled... |
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Originally Posted by pstinard That's the slippery slope to unscrupulous breeding and the death of the Yorkshire Terrier as a distinct breed. Sad. |
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Originally Posted by pstinard I'm here. Merles are beautiful, but they do have increased risks of health problems (blindness and deafness) and Merle "Yorkies" are NOT Yorkshire Terriers, they are crossbred dogs. What really ticks me off, though, is the idea that people might be trying to trick the MARS test by crossing color genes from other breeds into Yorkies for more than 3 generations and thinking somehow that it must be okay. There is no better way to spell u-n-s-c-r-u-p-u-l-o-u-s. |
All so eloquently said and I couldn't agree more. And, oh by the way, often the new "exciting" colors and markings or unusually tiny sizes include a very high price for such "rare" dogs, don't they? Amazing how people selling dogs always stress the appearance of the dog over EVERY single other factor in 99% of the ads and NEVER add any of the possible downsides to breeding off-standard dogs.