A biewer and a parti color come from the same piebald gene. The Biewer line is from Germany and not registereed in the states. The parti coloreds are the American version. They were Accepted by the AKC three years ago after extensive DNA testing. They are not allowed in shows yet, because there are not enough of them, but they are AKC registered.
The piebald gene is a recessive gene and it has to be on both sides in order for it to show up. That is why it shows up so often in champion lines, because they do a lot of in-breeding.
Whispers mom has one and she also has Biewers.
My new little guy Chachi is a carrier, and I have my name on the list for a colored female.
There has been a lot of controversy on here about the tri colored yorkies, some claim they are not yorkies. but if the mama is a yorkie and the daddy is a yorkie, then the baby has to be a yorkie. It is just a horse of a different color. (or yorkie) |