| kpstoybox | 10-27-2009 04:42 PM | Quote:
Originally Posted by bchgirl
(Post 2856636)
The word "fault" was applied to parti yorkies by the YTCA. The coloring of a parti is a color fault. It goes against the standard set by YTCA.
A biewer's coloring is not a fault...it is exactly how the dogs are supposed to be.
The white on both dogs is the result of a the recessive pie bald gene. The color placement on a biewer is another gene entirely. I've read the irish spotting gene...but some argue that also. |
I have oftened wondered about the "irish spotting gene". And once thought this gene was in play in the makeup of the Biewers markings.
However, I myself have seen very few irish marked Biewers. One was just born very close to being an Irish marked in a litter a friend had two weeks ago, and even that pup is not a true irish marked as she doesn't have the white neck ring.
Now that the Biewer is getting a following...and is being bred over and over again...we are seeing the color placements getting just as sporadic as those of the parti yorkies. In other words...just as many Biewers today, are being born without the black saddle as those that are born with it.
Parti or "pie bald" pattern is considered any breakage of the black saddle...and most all Biewers have that to one degree or another.
Here is a good link that shows the markings of pie bald and Irish spotting patterns, bordercolliecolors.white |