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Originally Posted by magicgenie  We are to strive for perfection as defined by whom?" |
As defined by the breed's standard. The standard describes the ideal specimen of the breed, the one that we are striving for.
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Originally Posted by magicgenie So, we have "perfect" Yorkies that are blue and tan. We also have technically "imperfect" ones,parti colored, that have a lot of white in the coat. We have a growing group of people who like the "imperfect" partis and want to promote them rather than kill them off as the YTCA and their international counterparts would do. |
There is a huge difference between imperfection and wrong genes that have no place in the Yorkie's genotype like the sp, the si allele or the e allele. A yorkie should be SS in S Locus and EE on E Locus. Furthermore you don't breed these faults in, but you try to breed them out. Its the breeder's responsibility to do so.
There will always be group of people that like super tiny yorkies, chocolate yorkies, double merle yorkies, orange yorkies or maybe someday green yorkies. Whats that suppose to mean? That breeders should follow the masses and breed what these people want? Of course NOT.
The breeder, the dedicated breeder, the one that respects the breed that he/she is committed to, should breed to the standard. The standard of the breed, not the standard of the masses.
No one said to kill the parti puppies. For God shake...
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Originally Posted by magicgenie I guess what offends me most is the constant dismissal of people who like the parti color Yorkie as a no-good breeder lusting after financial profits for selling a rare coloration. It's a blue and tan world and we need to kill off anything that doesn't fit that description.
Some people like partis. Why can't we find a way to make room for them in the Yorkie world?
Personally, I breed for blue and tan but find it hard to live in a rigid world that doesn't have room for natural variation. |
Well, why don't they (the parti fanciers) create a new breed?
We can certainly find room for them in the dog world as a separate breed from the yorkie and keep the Yorkshire Terrier breed with its traditional unique colors.
