Is this a "chocolate" yorkie?
 

Is this a Chocolate Yorkie? If so, should it cost more than a normal Yorkie? Just curious. I've seen a couple ads with people charging outrageous prices just because of the color difference.

Thanks in advance.

omg he/she is sooo cute! looks like a choco to me and yes they can sell for more

Looks like a chocolate yorkie to me! Soo cute :p

Brown nose. Definitely looks like a chocolate

Yes, the one on the left is Chocolate/tan AKA Liver/tan.

The colors that are not within the AKC show standards like the Parti Yorkies or Chocolate Yorkies are generally priced higher, especially if they are very nice quality Yorkies in every aspect except color. Other registries and large, out of AKC show standard size, are usually not as expensive.

does a chocolate yorkie also change colour? what colour will it likely be as an adult?

Some of the Chocolates do change to a lighter color. In order to determine if it will, you might look to see if both parents have changed to lighter color. If both are still dark, the puppies MIGHT stay dark.

Yes, it's a chocolate yorkie, do they sell for more? Yes. Should they be? No. But, some breeders will use this as an advertising ploy "Rare Chocolate Colored Yorkie" to obtain more money from an undeducated public. No reputable breeder would sell these off colored yorkies, but place them in qualified homes as pets. It is a color fault or rather known in the Show World as a Disqualification.

Your little chocolate baby is cute as can be

Confused
 

Ok, I am little confused. From my research on the Yorkie breed and talking with a show breeder the chocolate is not to standard and is a genetic mutation. Hate that saying as they are still living, breathing beings. With that being said the chocolate should be at a lower price due to genetics and should automatically have no breeding contract. The breeder I spoke to advised me that if she had chocolate in a litter she would actually give the puppy away after she had it spayed/neutered. So, are they getting the higher price because people are trying say they are a rare breed or are a designer dog?

Mardelin, I most always enjoy your posts and you give some of the most knowledgeable information available on this forum. But, you surely must agree with me, that breeding for these exotic colors does not make someone not a reputable breeder. As we both know, there are many non-reputable breeders that breed both "traditional (boy do I ever hate that term being used by many Yorkie breeders these days)" and the new exotic colors. Although I do become disgusted by some of the colors breeders are claiming are chocolate or golden, when the puppies are truly only red or brindle or something they mixed up to get something that I want to say "what the heck is that and what the heck is it mixed with?"

The Chocolate Yorkie is not a rare breed and def not a designer dog. If pure bred, they are Yorkshire Terrier.

this is what i heard and was told when icame to this site so that s correct i wouldnt pay a high price if its not in the standard breed right.. but that said the puppys a doll best of luck

Looks like a chocolate yorkie to me!

wow; what a beautiful color and adorable yorkie :)

WOWZA!!! :eek: Looks like a chocolate bar to me, CUTE AS ALL GET OUT!!!
BUT, So is the lil fella beside him....they are BOTH DOLLS!!!;)

The others are right, when it comes to the chocolate and golden yorkies. Sorry, i posted without answering any of your questions! :rolleyes: However, i still think they, like the parti coloreds, are soo beautiful. Here are links to more pics:

http://chocolateyorkshireterrier.com...nnysaverad.jpg

http://chocolateyorkshireterrier.com.../nicesteps.jpg


http://partipuppiesnj.com/yahoo_site....154100736.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...oc%C3%A3og.JPG

http://www.diamondyorkies.com/chocolate%20boys.jpg

No, I don't agree with you. If you are reputable breeder you are breeding to improve the breed and follow the Yorkshire Terrier Standard set for by the YTCA/AKC. You do everything in your power to improve the breed. But, I do agree with you, more that goes into making a reputable breeder than just putting two dogs together. You do not breed for off colored yorkies and sell them as rare for high prices. Just as you don't breed purposely for tinies and sell them for high prices. I'm not saying that producing a tiny or an off colored yorkie is unheard of in a reputable breeder's program. But, I repeat, we "do not sell them", they are spay/nuetered and "placed" in approved homes. In my opinion if you are breeding, you should be following a code of ethics and conduct.

A reputable breeder will strive to breed to the breed standard including correct colour. Therefore, yes, purposely breeding to produce wrong colour in the eye of the reputable show breeder is considered to be a breeder not breeding for the right reasons and considered to not be reputable. Mardelin is absolutely correct.

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Thanks for all the info everyone. There are 2 of them listed in the newspaper here. The one picture, they want 400.00 and another is 1,800.00. I am debating as to whether I need another "kid" or not. He/She is way adorable and I think I may just go for it!

Wow! that is a big spread. What is the difference between them? The pix you posted is sure a cutie.

vbayne, got any more pix of your Golden? Would love to look.

Yeah, I know, thats mainly the reason I started the thread. I wanted to know if it was indeed a chocolate yorkie and if there should be such a price difference. Anyways, they sold him yesterday :(

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I am shocked to think that a person is so closed minded about a color and will lump all breeders of color in one category and make a blanket statement about them, yet does not recognize the horrible breeding practices that many show breeders take part in. I would look inward before pointing any fingers at anyone. As for making money, I for one have lost large quantities of money on breeding, from traditionals and from the Yorkies of color. Investing in a stud male from a reputable show breeder with great bloodlines, raising him for over a year, multiple vet bills for all the testing (eyes, knees, bile acids, etc) and normal vet items, care, food, etc... only to have a male that in my opinion is not breed worthy, neutering him and placing him for free in a loving pet home, and starting the process all over. How many of us have done that? I have more than once with males and females. Not counting the mommy checkups and xrays before the birth, the set up for the birth, sleepless nights on end, c-sections,loss of a puppy or a litter, check ups after the birth, tails, dewclaws, shots, check up before going to the new home, standing by a puppy and offering a replacement or money back if something goes wrong...and the list goes on...
I think maybe that what was trying to be said was that there are some unethical breeders out there who should not be breeding, period! Let us not point fingers at a group of breeders just because you do not care for the deviation from the standard color.
Just my opinion of course.

Quoting the above from another thread (I want a biewer/parti yorkie). Thank you!

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. And as I said earlier, if you breed these off colored yorkie then you are breeding out side the standard.

Why would this be shocking to anyone. I'm a YTCA member and follow a strict code of ethics and conduct.....with Breeding to Improve the breed within the standard. Until they change the standard, you won't change my mind.

OOPS! I probably should have edited out a few things in that quote that did not apply. My apologies. I do have great respect for YTCA and members like yourself Mardelin. As I said, you are one of the people who does not post mis-information on here and are very knowledgeable and always very respectful.
That said, I feel like it is a blanket statement to put breeders in a category of one deragatory sort or another just because they have the Color Passion!