[JeanieK]

Originally Posted by dezertblu

From My personal understanding and various research into it, the Biewer IS a TOTALLY DIFFERENT dog to the Parti color Yorkie, the Biewer is a German breed unto itself, probably a close relative to the Yorkie, but deffinately NOT a Yorkie, where on the other hand the Parti Color Yorkie, is deffinately a type of Yorkie with different markings, though many a breeder site has claimed AKC and acceptance among the breeding yorkie world, I personally find no data to support any claims, I have yet to find any DNA reports stating the Yorkie should have a piebald gene, and all science points to and has proven this parti color yorkie MUST have another breed in the original mix to have brought the piebald gene into the world of Yorkies.I am not against this new coloring , as I find it quite cute and think it suits the Yorkie to have other color choices, but my problem is......to claim this is a pure bred Yorkie, and to say there is nothing but Yorkie in thier genes, is ridiculous, as for centuries the Yorkie gene hasn't contained piebald, why suddenly would it appear unless a breeder, somewhere has taken and added a dog with piebald genes into the mix.Sure maybe now the gene is so well mixed in they CAN breed the Parti Yorkie mom with a true Yorkie dad and get the results or two parti's and get the result, but no one in any of my research has ever seen a parti pup come from a true line of standard yorkie parents.We just need to be careful that when creating one thing we don't destroy ages of preservation.The Yorkie breed has been maintained for a very long time, and even today with our even smaller tea cups and our pure blondes, we are changing what was meant to be preserving the breed.The Original breeds the Yorkie came from , some of them are extinct, imagine that...there are breeds of terrier extinct , breeds that existed not all that long ago, we as humans messing with the mix are in danger of doing the same, not only with our beloved Yorkies but MANY types, did you know there is an endangered breeds list for dogs...and we may lose more breeds that have for so long been protected by careful breeding programs? Anyways, didn't mean to rant on, like I said they are very cute and I wouldn't mind one myself.......but what cost will "fashion" have on the fate of the original Yorkie?

[Quote]but no one in any of my research has ever seen a parti pup come from a true line of standard yorkie parents.[/Wuote]

I disagree with you. And not only from a true line of yorkies, but from a Champion line no less.

I don't believe it is ridiculous to claim they came from two traditional colored yorkies. The extensive DNA testing that was required by the AKC, satisfies me that the parti coloreds came from two traditional colored yorkies.

My little Chachi does not have a spot of white on him but because his daddy is a parti, he is definitely a carrier, and if I were to mate him to another traditional colored carrier, they could produce parti colored offspring. I do not know what was required for the Biewer line, so I won't comment on them.

That gene may have only been in one line of dogs, and maybe there was a maltese mixed in, but it was so far back that it was and is still part of their make up.

The reason it does not show up very often and usually only in champion lines, is because the champion lines are where they do the in breeding. Ethical, Inexperienced breeders would never try it.