[FlDebra]

There is a difference in white hair that matures to the correct color (it will have the correct skin colors beneath) and hair that remains white in the mature dog (the skin color beneath will be wrong as well). There are different genes/modifiers involved. Maybe the expert you consulted was not aware that the puppy blazes do mature to the correct breed colors.

JeanieK said something I agree with and that is that no matter how these dogs got here, they are here and I find that sad in the way it is happening. There are no standards for the partis; so any combination or pattern of colors is being bred. I am positive some unscrupulous breeders are adding other breeds to the mix. Just as some trying for the very tiny are adding in chihuahua (just look at some of those faces online!). The problem is that most are coming with papers so other well-intentioned but uneducated folks are breeding them and further diluting the Yorkshire Terrier breed characteristics. I find it very sad that finding a Yorkie with the standard qualities may be exceedingly difficult in coming years. I had a Yorkie that was a product of non-selective breeding. Had she not been spayed she could have brought more litters of non-standard pups.

If you are for breeding Parti-colors AND getting full AKC recognition, ask yourself if you are for the same practices for chocolate yorkies, over 10 pound yorkies, those with long necks, short wiry coats, as a matter of fact -- look through the standards and ask yourself if you would be for omitting each one of them. And if we do....what will happen? Will these be the new Yorkies? (These are all yorkie rescues) Maybe a bit melodramatic -- but you get the idea -- once we compromise one standard, where do we stop?