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Originally Posted by Pinehaven The Morgan horse breed is a very small breed (number wise) in comparison to the Yorkshire Terrier breed. If colorful Morgan lines can trace back to the colorful descendants of the foundation non colorful Justin Morgan, why is it impossible for the much larger Yorkshire terrier breed, to have early lines that originated from anything but black/gold, blue/gold, black/tan or blue/tan colored dogs?
Is it impossible?
Sue White |
Is it possible? -- I suppose anything is possible. But there are many who have invested untold hours researching the history of the Yorkshire Terrier and have come up with a comprehensive history. The early reports that they were so unsure of original breeding mixes is really no longer accurate. They have a fairly concisive picture. And the picture just does not include any white.
From the YTCA site: "
When crafters from Scotland came into England, they brought several ?Scotch?terriers, among them the Paisley and the Clydesdale. The Paisley was a small silky coated dog in various shades of blue. The Clydesdale was a blue and tan dog with the exact color pattern as the Yorkie of today. All of these original breeds were grizzle, tan, blue, blue and tan, or black and tan. No white dog or dogs with white markings were involved in the process of developing the breed."
My personal opinion is that somewhere in the line a dog other than a Yorkshire Terrier was allowed to tie up with the mother. Maybe they also had her bred officially with a Yorkie sire and the litter looked all Yorkie and was sold as such. Maybe the puppy of this mixed breeding looks all Yorkie and carries the AKC papers, then it is bred, its puppies look all Yorkie, one of those pups is bred and suddenly somewhere down the line that rascal non-Yorkie's traits spring up and a puppy is tri-colored. Everyone is in awe as they just "know" all the relatives are pure Yorkie so this must be some recessive gene -- I think it is just the genes of the accidental mating springing up. The owners who think they have a rare throwback are not to blame -- they might not even know that original breeder who let her Yorkie-in-heat get tied with a different breed. I think this is the case for most well-meaning folks. But with SO MANY parti-colors springing up across the net, I am also fairly sure some are
intentionally crossing a breed to get tri-colors they can say are Parti-color Yorkies. I see this as a serious problem in breed dilution. But this is just one opinion and others are just as sure of their guess on the topic.
Whereas your history of the Morgan DOES contain the vari-color horses -- the official history of the Yorkie does not. So, that is basically the difference.