| pstinard | 11-20-2015 12:15 PM |
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Originally Posted by DBlain
(Post 4604937)
This Biewer vs Biewer Terrier debate has me scratching my chin, first off I love the look of these little black and white pups with the long fluffy tails, someday I might own one and it will not matter to me if it is considered a terrier or not. But I can't help but wonder since they were supposed to have originated from Yorkshire terrier how they can not be terriers. If you read about the origins of the breed passed down from the man with the same last name, they came from off colored Yorkshire Terriers, not able to be shown.............. then there is more than just speculation that another breed was somehow involved, if not I think it would be hard to consistently get black, white and tan dogs because the piebold gene which is recessive in yorkies would not keep presenting itself, and if it did there must have been an awful lot of inbreeding originating from that first pair that Mr. Biewer had. But don't believe me, here is an excerpt from what one of the breed club has to say. But if someone can explain how you can have some Biewers that are terriers and some that are not I would sure love to see it explained. The Biewer, pronounced (Beeva) originated in Hunsruck, Germany in 1984. After raising and showing Yorkshire Terriers for 20 years, Werner & Gertrude Biewer created the first Biewer through the occurrence of a recessive piebald gene in their Yorkshire Terriers. "Darling von Friedheck" and Fru Fru von Friedheck" were the original pair used to begin the Biewer foundation stock.
Both dogs were blue and tan and world youth winners in 1981 at Dortmund. Their mating produced the first blue, white, and gold Biewer, "Schneeflocken von Freidheck", born in January of 1984. Through selective breeding, the couple continued to reproduce the signature head piece with all three colors, blue/black, white, and gold in good symmetry. The belly, chest, legs, and tip of the tail were characteristically white and silky, not curly. The tail meant to be full. The back colored blue/black with white in it. The Yorkshire Terriers that produced the Biewer originated from the Streamglen Kennel.
There is some speculation, although not substantiated, that an accidental crossbreeding may have occurred in this kennel that did not show up until many generations later through Mr. Biewer’s dogs. Mr. and Mrs. Biewer had 4 Yorkies from Steamglen, two of which produced the tri-colored dog.
Mr. Biewer first introduced his tri-colored dogs to the show ring in March of 1988 at Wiesbaden, Germany. He presented two dogs and called them Black and White Yorkshire Terriers. The VDH denied the acceptance of the dogs being a breed of their own. Instead, they were designated as being “the wrong color, not for breeding”. Mr. Biewer was unhappy with this decision and began his search for a registry that would accept his beloved dogs as a separate breed. The ACH (Allgemeiner Club der Hundefreunde Deutschland e.V.) was the first club to accept them as a distinct and separate breed. The dogs were then registered as Biewer Yorkshire a’ la Pom Pon.
The name “a’ la Pom Pon” came from a unique story. While dining one evening, the husband of singer Margot Eskens presented his wife with a Biewer Yorkshire puppy on a platter as a gift. The phrase “a’ la Pom Pon” is French and translates “a tassel or colorful ball of yarn”, which described the puppy’s hair perfectly Biewer Breed History - Biewer Breed Club Of America
| There is a lot of Yorkshire Terrier in them to be sure, so I would definitely call them terriers. Wisdom Panel took a look at the DNA of a subset of Biewers (now called the Biewer Terriers) and found a lot of Yorkie DNA in them, with DNA from a few other breeds mixed in as well. The Biewer Terriers that were tested were different enough from Yorkshire Terriers, and showed enough similarities among them, that the American Kennel Club admitted the Biewer Terrier into its Foundation Stock program as a distinct breed. Biewer Terriers must be maintained by breeding them with other Biewer Terriers.
Some (but not all) people breed Biewers and Parti-colored Yorkies by crossing them to regular Yorkshire Terriers and then re-extracting the piebald trait out in later generations. Those are different from Biewer Terriers, and are more likely to have similarities to Yorkshire Terriers, since they have been bred to them. But they are all terriers. |
