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Originally Posted by Carinhosamulher Look, it's so simple - take Retrievers, for instance. There is the Black Lab Retriever, the Yellow Lab Retriever, the Chocolate Lab Retriever, and the Golden Lab Retriever. In the end, they are ALL Retrievers!! It's the same with Yorkies. Biewers are Yorkshire terriers. Period. They happen to have a different color coat, but when you look at all the other physical aspects of the dog, it is identical to the standard colored Yorkshire, which, I might add, there are several colors recognized by the AKC and some not. Does that mean those that aren't are less a Yorkie? The bone structure is the same, the body is built the same, with Biewer coloring, the tails don't get docked, but the dog is the exact same as any other Yorkshire terrier.
It's getting ridiculous to go through this arguement every time someone asks what exactly is a Biewer. I have a Biewer Yorkshire Terrier. He's not a Biewer. He's a Biewer Yorkshire Terrier. Just like my dearly departed dog I had 13 years ago wasn't a Chocolate - he was a Chocolate Labrador Retriever.
Now, if that's not simple enough to understand, then I'm just gonna stay out of the arguement from now on. And don't anyone tell me that my Matthias is simply a Biewer, a seperate breed. He's not. He's a Biewer Yorkshire Terrier. |
The question to be answered isn't whether it's a Yorkshire Terrier or not, it's what future road is the breed going to take. If it's paired back to the standard color it will never stand on it's own, fact. Talking about color of Labs, if you want to produce a certain color in Labs then you try to pair up the one color to get your chances of the same such as:
Chocolate to Chocolate Pairings
bbEE x bbEE will give 100% chocolate puppies.
bbEE x bbEe will give 100% chocolate puppies. One half will carry yellow.
bbEe x bbEe will give the probability of 3/4 chocolate pups, and 1/4 pale yellow pups.
Now, if your trying to stay with the Biewer color, which is three, you will continue to pair healty colored Biewer dogs to get same. Eventually the genes that are produced will get stronger and there won't be a "break" in the pattern, thus you will strong Biewers. The genetic makeup will change, this will effect over time, not only color but diffent characteristics. Some for the better, some not. This is where good breeding will take over. This is the path that the Biewer has been taking over the years and hopefull it will continue. We don't know it all, and like any other breed this will be a controversy that will continue. I don't mind talking about it at all, some find it boring, but I do enjoy learning, it's what keep us going. I myself would love to see them develope into strong dogs that will stand on their own merit....