| Pinehaven | 08-19-2008 02:16 PM |
Man, I have lots of catching up to do ... Quote:
Originally Posted by yorkiekist
(Post 2189936)
The standard for the Yorkie has always been blue and tan. The founders of this breed(1800's) never included parti, chocolate, solid colors, goldens or any other color in the developement of this breed..
| The founders never included parti, chocolate, solid colors, goldens OR BLACK and tan in the development of this breed but these colors have been showing up since the beginning of the breed (1800's). Quote:
Originally Posted by yorkiekist
(Post 2189936)
A small white spot on the chest that quickly turned tan was common also.
| I wonder how many of the yorkies born with white spots on their chest and toes are actually parti carriers? I've had several parti carriers born (parti sires x traditional mothers) that had minimal white markings, so when I see a 1 inch spot of white on a pups chest with white toes, well, it kinda makes me wonder. Quote:
Originally Posted by yorkiekist
(Post 2189936)
It did not include parti colors. The YTCA standard never included these "designer" colors, ever!
| Back in the old days prior to DNA and the understanding of genetics that we have today, people were ignorant because they knew no better. But today we do know better and science is more advanced, so what was once thought to be in the mid 1800's, we now know isn't true. Quote:
Originally Posted by yorkiekist
(Post 2189936)
The texture and length were developed from the clysdale terrier and paisly terrier(both extinct and both blue and tan) so why in the world would the founders of this breed use a Maltese or any other colored dog? I dont believe the founders of this breed were stupid or hap-hazard in their breeding practices to produce a blue and tan terrier.
| Prior to there being an AKC or Official Yorkshire Terrier breed, during the 1700 - mid 1800's these terrier type dogs were used for hunting. Their owners could have cared less if they bred their bitches to blue and tan studs, they just wanted to produce superior ratters and hunters. If Mr. Smyth had the best hunter male terrier in town and his dog just happened to be rust colored or parti colored, the farmers, millers, and spinners didn't care and bred their bitches to that stud regardless of color. These commoners just wanted to try to improve their own breeding stock in order to help feed their families. For them color wasn't an issue; speed, stamina, accuracy and bringing home the dinner was.
If we still thought the way our fore fathers thought, the world would still be flat! :wink: | 