I have a parti-color yorkie and she is only two colors, white and gold. Biewer are a "special" offshoot of the traditoinal yorkshire terrier and are tri-colored. You can read the history of the yorkshire terrier to doscover that the breed was originally formed by the cross breeding of lots of different terriers. (This is why I find it ironic when some people complain about breeders who breed different breeds and get "mixes". This is exactly how yorkies were made.) Yorkies have maltese in them as well to acheive the small size since most terriers were bigger in the 1800s when this breed was being formulated. It happended in the town of Yorkshire, England and they were developed as "working dogs" to kill vermin or mice and rats to be specific.

Because of all these different terriers and the maltese in the gene pool, yorkies carried these recessive genes and occasionally colors other than the breed standard tan and black would show up in a litter. The old practice was to kill these puppies due to the color "fault".

In the 1980s a breeder in Germany by the name of Biewer had these unusually colored puppies born to traditional colored dogs and decided to continue to breed "for" the tri color. They deveoloped a new breed which is called the Biewer Yorkshire Terrier. It is not recognized by the AKC but their are several registries that do recognize them. The breed statndard for a german biewer is an undocked tail whereas the American Biewer Assiciation allows a docked tail I believe.

Anyway, when we see unusually colored yorkies, I love it! I love the fact that they are NOT the breed standard and that breeders now appreciate the beauty and worth of these creatures and no longer "cull" them. There is no evidence that these off colored yorkies have any more health issues than the typical tan and black although you commonly hear that argument for killing them or suggesting that people not buy them. A lot of people like unique and unusual. I love my Princess Chai and she is beautiful and healthy! I hope to own a Biewer someday as I think they are gorgeous as well!

They're so cute. I like Biewers better though :) and yorkies the best :D

Wow this is the first time I have ever seen them. I was talking to a yorkiebreeder a while ago who said she wanted a german yorkie but I had no idea what she was talking about know I know. I think they are very pretty but I like the true color of a yorkie thats just 1 of the things that make them so cute! Remember I did say just 1 :D

They almost look like a maltese with a yorkie head.

Parti is a pattern not a color. It should make a dog appear spotted. It works on the base color of the dog. The Yorkie is a Tan dog with a black saddle so the parti gene should white out "spots". I would guess you could get any combination of the colors involved. I am curious how the graying gene works on them or if it does.

I am not that great with color genes so this is a pretty simple example of an explanation. LOL
Maybe our parti/brewier breeders will explain it better. I would love to know the combos.

The brewier has a standard they want for their colors I believe, the AKC parti does not.

Here is a good link which gives definitions for the various color patterns:

http://www.mixedbreedpups.com/colors.htm

I wonder what a poodle/schnauzer mixed would be called? :rolleyes:

A Pozer? lol J/K

LOL! :D

I think those dogs are so weird looking! But theyre cute in their own way.. ;)

There are those gorgeous babies ! good job on the pics too - they're just totally beautiful ..I always enjoy seeing your crew !