Hi Pat, I know Betty Anne Durrer very well and talked to her about coat and colour. She does not use red leg or black and tan soft coats to keep colour. She consistently keeps dark silk in any of her pups and doesn't keep light colour especially a male in her breeding program. Never keeps a soft coat either.
My Tommy is 3/4 Durrer and I certainly have seen a wonderful improvement in my line in my coat texture and colour in his offspring.
I am certain Roberta also never used red leg in her program either and I very much doubt any of the others you mentioned have used them.
Certainly the Gordon sisters have contributed so much to the world of Yorkies and I would be surprised if anyone who has immersed themselves in the breed wouldn't have heard of them. |