| yorkiekist | 02-03-2009 12:21 PM |
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Originally Posted by Pinehaven
(Post 2451917)
Many parti breeders are aware of deafness in parti colored breeds. There are numerous parti and solid white colored breeds that have little to no problems with deafness within the parti and extreme white colored dogs. The standard colored yorkie, is also listed as having inherited deafness problems, does every breeder BEAR test their traditional yorkies - I don't think so. At this time, since we've seen no deafness problems with the parti's, I don't feel that BEAR testing is necessary unless a breeder wishes to do so.
Yorkishire Terrier club isn't a "NEW BREED" club and it's not a club that will dictate rules and laws. It's a club that was started 3 months ago by two people who wanted to provide a "friendly" place for colorful breeders to come together and network, share ideas, story's and experiences. There is still much to do on the site and we are always looking for recommendations on how to improve it or what new educational information to add. We will run information on deafness and the piebald gene for those who may not be aware, so they can be on the alert and we will post links to piebald deafness genetic sites under the links for Alopecia.
As for standards, it's the same standard as the traditional yorkie but with the exception of coloring.
We can play the "What If" game and worry and dwell that something may happen, that actually won't happen. At this point, 10 years later, 5+ generations of parti's later, we are not seeing problems ... though we are on the lookout for any potential problems associated with color.
| Thank you for your post on this!
I know the Yorkie as a whole has alot of health issues and responsible breeders have dealt with them and breeding knowledge has definately improved over the 100+ years of Yorkie breeding. But what I am trying to say is that you may have 5 generations of partis. But they are inbred in the fact that the only parti gene every dog goes back to is one Nikko dog. You are quadrupleing up on one dogs genes only because of the color he can produce. And when only one trait(color) is bred for alot of other traits, desirable or undesirable, are left unchecked or may not be as important to the breeder. By continually purposely breeding in the parti gene, you are more likely to get bilateral or unilateral deafness, and unilateral cant be detected unless you BAER test. So, how do you know that you havent produced it?
Maybe this is an issue that you can discuss with your members and testing is a way to insure that you are, in fact, breeding beautiful healthy dogs. Maybe you can include a health problem page to your web-site that include all health related problems to the Yorkie and suggest that all members do testing for Lp, LS, LP, BAER, etc. It definately couldnt hurt and the parti breed would be healthier for it. JMO | 