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My question in short: Would you buy a yorkie w/o a docked tail, or a parti colored yorkie?

My question in full w/ the background info:
I recently met a yorkie and was petting her and cuddling her and had none of my usual allergies, so I realized yorkies might be the perfect breed for me. My friend & neighbor has always had yorkies and her last one just passed away a few months ago. I was getting mine from this really nice breeder and was going to look at the pups who are super tiny, and to interact with them and the mothers so I could test my allergies once more. My friend decided to come with to meet the pups because she wanted to get a new one with me.
This breeder was clean, her pups were AKC registered and super sweet and very small. She had 3 females. 1 retired/spayed after having 2 litters. 2 having their second (and last) litters. She explained she only wanted to do it twice to each one to keep them as healthy as possible. She had great vet references, I actually met the vet who is right down the road from her and did all the pup's shots already and does all the housecalls to check on the mommas. She seemed great to me.
We left the breeder after meeting the available puppies who were still too young to go home and just as I was about to say "wow I loved her, I'm definitely going to bring her a deposit and pick one of the pups for her to hold for me tomorrow", my friend says "I'm glad we didn't already pay because I would never get a puppy from that woman." Her reasons were that one of the mothers was the tri-colored Parti coloring, my friend swears those cannot be purebred and the documents must be forged and that they have no value. Another reason was that one of her breeding females (the spayed one who is now retired) had floppy ears. The breeder showed that all the puppies have perfectly standing up ears, but said her one mom just never had them stand up and she decided she was fine how she was and chose not to tape the dog's ears since it was her personal pet and not a puppy she was selling. Lastly, my friend was upset that the woman doesn't crop the puppies' tails. She explained that she thought docking an animal's tail was barbaric and cruel, and said it was even illegal in the UK. She says they're going to be people's beloved pets, so why do tails matter? She said putting her puppies in pain when it's not necessary would be terrible for her.
I tended to agree with her that cutting an animal's tail was pretty cruel, and I probably wouldn't force my dogs ears to stand up if she was just my own pet and not in shows either. But my friend is adamant that this woman is not a good breeder and her pups are worthless because they may carry the Parti gene and have full tails.
I'm now trying to figure out if any of this is a legitimate reason not to get my puppy from her. She seems great in every other field to me. Is my friend being a snob or is she right? Would YOU by a yorkie with an undocked tail, or a parti colored yorkie?
Sorry if this is a dumb question. Like I said, this is my first yorkie. Thanks so much. xoxo