| Pinehaven | 01-24-2008 06:32 AM |
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Originally Posted by Brooklynn
(Post 1698675)
I have a black yorkie and I showed her at one time but that was before I learned it was not correct to be in the show ring....Puppies are born black and tan and can be shown as puppies what the DQ is for is for an adult yorkie but you have to know how and when your dogs lines change colors and no it's not specified with an age but read the standard again and it will say puppies are ok to put in the show ring because of course they haven't turned blue yet.
| Just throwing out some more thoughts, I've tried to simplify the genetic stuff ....
I am aware that puppies are allowed to show but I still think YTCA should have put an age requirement on when a dog's coat should change by to insure that the "not to standard" black coated yorkies won't show. If most people finish their dogs by 1 1/2 or 2, than an age limit of 2 1/2 could have been made? But with no limits on age for color change, a 2 or 3 year old dog (who is no longer a puppy) could concievably show, this is a dog who hasn't a grey hair on his body but their owners are claiming that "their lines talk longer to turn blue"? YTCA has just left a big door open, for this to happen in my opinion. Quote:
Originally Posted by Brooklynn
(Post 1698675)
I wouldn't put an adult "black" yorkie in the ring because that's not what the standard calls for...the black gene does help for a dark steel blue which is correct but if the white gene exists (which I haven't studied so I can't say it does or doesn't) and I got a parti colored yorkie first thing I would do is spay and neuter both male and female and all puppies because it's incorrect.
| With people dyeing their yorkies to be the correct color I'm sure some people will also show dogs who are black because there is no age limit or restrictions to the color change.
Instead of breeding the off colored black yorkie to help improve the steel blue color, why not find a darker steel blue dog to breed back to the lighter blue dogs? By breeding a homozygous blue/grey (carries 2 grey genes) to a black (carries no grey genes), the puppies will be blue as adults but they will be heterozygous for the grey gene (they will only carry 1 grey gene from the homozygous blue/grey parent; the black parent doesn't have a grey gene to pass on) ... if those pups then breed back to a black or anther heterozygous blue/grey, you'll be producing black (non grey) and blue (grey) puppies (when adults).
If that's acceptable, why can't someone breed their off colored Golden to a blue coated yorkie, to enhance the tan/gold color in their pups? In both scenarios, neither dog has the correct genetic makeup according to the current YTCA standards. | 