Originally Posted by lilgidget (Post 4795850)

Just did some more googling and found that the German Yorkie is also known as a Biewer Yorkie.

Originally Posted by matese (Post 4795859)

lilgidget....You are correct, I believe they were just accepted in 2017 or 2018, the Biewer Terrier can now he shown under the class of toy breeds. It was a long and hard fight to get the AKC to accept this dog as a separate new breed. They are still rare in the states meaning you do not see a lot of them, many ppl are not aware of this breed. I do see there are breeders breeding them, in fact, I believe we have two breeders on YT.

Originally Posted by lilgidget (Post 4795865)

They are SO cute. Looks like they are about the same size as a standard Yorkie, 4-8 lbs. Perfect size.:)

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88 (Post 4795872)

I used to want one so bad then I looked at the price and found out some health issues they are still trying to breed out of them and they are supposed to be a lot chiller then yorkies and I love the yorkie attitude lol. I did not know they finally got accepted by the AKC.

Originally Posted by matese (Post 4795875)

I was very interested in the breed and was doing a lot of research, I saw either 2017 or 2018 the AKC accepted them as a new breed. I was hoping to see them in the 2019 Westminster show. Maybe there will be some for the 2020 show.

Originally Posted by lilgidget (Post 4795884)

Love my Gidget and wouldn't trade her for ANY other breed. To me, she's perfect just the way she is. I enjoy watching the Westminster Dog Show especially the toy breeds. Yes, the Biewers are VERY pricey. Don't know that I would want to pay that much for a fairly new breed. Oh, well, to each his own.

Originally Posted by matese (Post 4795885)

I am hooked on yorkies and their quirky lil ways. I like their feisty lil selves and charming, silly personalities, their big do attitude in a small package.

The Biewer Terrier in not a new breed. The breed was started in Germany back in the 80's. It is new in the states meaning, a few breeders are now breeding Biewer Terrier's and reason they are pricey pups.

Originally Posted by matese (Post 4795889)

LOL, yappy dogs. Cody is not yappy, he barks for a reason like a leaf just fluttered to the ground lol. Cody is the only yorkie I have had that learned commands very fast, but, he is very food motivated. I met a yorkie breeder at my vets office a while back, she has her pups in agility training and they are tiny babies.

Originally Posted by matese (Post 4795852)

I'm gonna go with a Biewer Terrier, they originated in Germany, the breed was named after the breeder Werner Biewer, Biewer is pronounced Beeva. I hate to say this but they look like Parti Yorkies. Biewer color placement to be white body, they are to have a black saddle and black on certain places of the face. They were breed for more of a companion dog with the prey drive bred out of it. They are beautiful babies.

Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985 (Post 4795895)

I will say "German yorkie" when people ask me about JakJak. I do say Biewer Terrier (bee-vah terrier) but I get a crazy look, so I follow it up with a "he's a German yorkie." It's technically true, so it's not like I'm lying. :)

I wouldn't say that the "prey drive" is less though. JakJak definitely has high prey drive! He hunts every living creature that's in the back yard.

Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985 (Post 4795895)

I will say "German yorkie" when people ask me about JakJak. I do say Biewer Terrier (bee-vah terrier) but I get a crazy look, so I follow it up with a "he's a German yorkie." It's technically true, so it's not like I'm lying. :)

I wouldn't say that the "prey drive" is less though. JakJak definitely has high prey drive! He hunts every living creature that's in the back yard.

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88 (Post 4795896)

Whatever works lol

Originally Posted by matese (Post 4795901)

You have an awesome new breed to the USA and they are rare here because not many breeders are breeding them yet. They are now accepted by the AKC to be shown. I would be very proud to say my pup was a Biewer Terrier and a new breed in the USA, and yes they originated in Germany, but a Biewer Terrier is a breed of its own as is the yorkie. A terrier is a terrier, and they were breed to flush out rodents, I don't think they can ever fully remove prey drive out of any terrier.

Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985 (Post 4795903)

Right? :D People tend to remember "German Yorkie" more than Biewer yorkie. It's just an easy way to answer peoples' questions.



I am by no means ashamed by my Biewer, or try to diminish the fact that he is a Biewer. However, when short on time I need a quick answer. If I have the time educate someone on this new breed, then I take the time to do so. I tell them how they were "Foundation Stock" when I first signed up for JakJak, while the AKC considered Biewers for the registry; I share the history of the Biewer family; and why Biewers are so special to me. The puppy book that came with JakJak was so well prepared. :)

However, most of the time when I get asked I am out and about training JakJak. (he's developed a fear of dogs, and getting him comfortable with everything is my #1 priority) When we're training, I need to focus on him, but I also don't want to be rude. If you do Google "German" and "yorkie" the first result is Biewer Terrier. People are more likely to remember German yorkie anyway, so it's a win-win for those we encounter that would like to learn about the breed. That's how I learned about Biewers many, many years ago by referring to them as "German yorkie" until the name of the breed finally stuck. The only thing I refuse to answer is "How much was he?" cause it's no one's business but my own. Besides, he's priceless!!!:p

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88 (Post 4795907)

I totally get it. For Callie it was always a back in forth of she’s a yorkie yes she is a bigger yorkie so I always just answer the first time with she is a bigger yorkie or like with Joey it’s hes a yorkie with a full tail and with Ollie it’s always he’s a chocolate yorkie it just kinda simplifies it. My mother is the only one who knows what I payed for all of mine. I refuse to tell my father because he is unrealistic and from a time where you got the free puppy from down the street type thing. He tells me that even though Penny was 8 months when I got her dirty, bad Uti, unspayed and starving that she wasn’t a rescue because I paid for her. I’m just like whatever. I love all my babies an no matter what they cost like you said they are priceless.

Originally Posted by yorkiemini (Post 4796021)

As for the standard of docked tail- due to so many folks getting European Yorkies now judges are getting more relaxed about the tail issue here in the US. Europe however is not relaxed about it, but at least more Yorkies from out of the country are being show here in the US and many breeders have enhanced their lines.

Originally Posted by matese (Post 4795852)

I'm gonna go with a Biewer Terrier, they originated in Germany, the breed was named after the breeder Werner Biewer, Biewer is pronounced Beeva. I hate to say this but they look like Parti Yorkies. Biewer color placement to be white body, they are to have a black saddle and black on certain places of the face. They were breed for more of a companion dog with the prey drive bred out of it. They are beautiful babies.