I gave you the link to YTCA in slide 10.
I looked at your profile and you are still young, planning
to be a teacher. I have been teaching now for 15 years. So you know about ethics. Just like we have ethics for teaching we have ethics for breeding.
It does come down to learning and knowing about the standard and what is best for the breed. The chocolate pups are born with the bb gene, but yorkies should only carry the dominent BB gene. Yes, it is a recessive gene being passed on to the pups from the parents. Apparently the parents were regular color, but carry this gene. As concerned breeders we should only want to breed dogs that are producing the acceptable color as well as breeding only ones that have the acceptable color. We should only want the true blue and gold color, because this is what the Yorkshire Terrier is suppose to be. Any other color makes the pup something else. Yes, at first I too thought the chocolate/liver color was cute. Would I breed for this? - no way! If people continue to breed knowing that their yorkie carries the bb gene or produces pups of this chocolate/liver color or any other color there is out there other than the acceptable true color - ourYorkshire Terrier breed can shortly become something else. I feel in love with the yorkshire terrier many years ago and love it in for the standard it is - I do not want it to change.
I am so glad that you are open and willing to learn and know more about our breed we both love so much.
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