What is the difference between the Biewer and the Parti Colour Yorki?

Anyone?

That's a question I have asked SO many times and I am still confused!

They look the same to me?

As far as I know, a Biewer is a recognized, separate breed with its own DNA while a Parti-Colour Yorkie is a Yorkshire Terrier with a gene causing the different colour.

Maybe Amoureux could help us out here?

My understanding of it is that the Biewer have a set color pattern like for instance the three colours on the head perfectly symmetrically colored , no color except white on the legs below the shoulder and no gold on the body and a white tip on its tail (a solid white or black tail is considered a fault), to name a few, while I am not an expert on the Party Yorkie I believe the Party Yorkie's color may be in a more random fashion on the body. We also prefer to have a solid black/blue saddle on the Biewer. If you look at the pictures of my babies you will see that my little girl's color on her head is not symmetrical she does have a little gold on her cheeks, we prefer more gold like on the boys head, and therefore she will be sold as a pet only with no breeding rights. Maybe Sharlamay can share with us her understanding of the difference.

Seems we were posting at the same time Marilize. Yes. The Biewer has been recognized as a breed on its own for 28 years in Germany. All Biewer owners will tell you that there is a big difference in the Yorkie and the Biewer. Biewers are more mellow with very gentle temparements, and a bonus, they don't jump at all, why we don't know.

I got this information from YT:

The Biewer and Parti Yorkies

As far back as we can trace, the parti color has been in the Yorkshire Terrier. It is a recessive gene that can be explained very well at the Colorful Yorkie website. CYTC...Parti Color

The difference between the two parti colored dogs is supported by my tracing of pedigrees, researching their history, and speaking to numerous people involved with these breeds.

Biewers

The Biewers started with Mr. Biewer purchasing a stud dog and a female in 1975 from Streamglen Kennels, Streamglen Richard and Streamglen Flora. This was during the time Streamglen was producing Champion status yorkies and were selling yorkies across the world and the United States.

Mr. Biewer started breeding Ch. Streamglen Richard to all his Female Yorkshire Terriers trying to make his own mark by producing Champion quality yorkies who would come from his kennel. In his quest for champions, he did a lot of line and inbreeding. Then in January of 1984, a Parti colored Yorkshire Terrier was born from 2 of his Champion dogs line bred from Streamglen Richard, Darling and FruFru.

Partis

On the other side of the ocean was Nikko’s Kennels (The Lipmans), who were doing the exact same thing: breeding for Champion Yorkies. Nikkos purchased their Champion male (Ch. Quarnhill Fusspot) from Stoneybrook Kennels in 1971. They then bred him to Streamglen Milady (DOB:10/02/71), the female they obtained from Streamglen Kennels. This mating produced Nikko’s Orange Blossom in 1974. Nikkos then began producing Champion Yorkies and continued to line breed also. In the 80’s, Parti colored Yorkies started showing up in Nikkos kennels. Gloria couldn’t bear to put the pups down so she passed them out the back door as pets and told them not to say where they got them (her own words).

Registration etc.

Mr. Biewer did get his first Tri-colored Yorkshire Terriers registered with VDH but they designated them "wrong color not for breeding". He wanted his adorable dogs to be shown, so he went in search of a club that would accept them as a separate breed because they could not be shown as Yorkshire Terriers. The ACH 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. They originally had docked tails but Germany passed a law against docking so the tails then remained long.

In the USA, others wanted their AKC papers to reflect the true Tri-colors on them (Black,white and tan), so in 2000, after 18 months of DNA testing, AKC accepted the Parti colored Yorkshire Terrier. During this time, the development of both the Parti and the Biewer went separate ways, as did the registries. Nikko's is not the only line of Parti-colored yorkies; rather, Nikkos is the most prominent and had the DNA testing done to obtain the AKC recognition for the Parti-color.

Thank you Marilize, I'm sure everyone can learned a lot!

Yes Marlize, thank you for this information. I have a similar note on our facebook page (www.facebook.com/sharlamayyorkies) with further information. We have conducted a great deal of research into the Parti before bringing four across from the States, two boys and two girls, all unrelated, and out of the Nikkos (California) line.

The Parti colour gene is a simple, recessive colour gene. In order for it to be expressed, it must be on both sides of the pedigree.
Parti Colour Yorkie to Parti Coloured Yorkie= All Parti Coloured Yorkies
Parti Coloured Yorkie to Traditional Yorkie=All Parti Carriers
Parti Coloured to Parti Gene Carrier Yorkie= 2 Parti Colour, 2 Parti Gene Carriers
Parti Gene Carrier to Parti Gene Carrier= 1 Parti Colour, 2 Parti Gene Carriers, 1 Traditional
Parti Gene Carrier to Traditional Yorkie= 2 Parti Colour Gene Carriers, 2 Traditional Yorkies



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Sharlamay your babies are gorgeous!!!!

Thanks Val, we are quite besotted with them, they are now just under 10 months old.

Sharlamay, do the Biewers have a set colour pattern and the parti's not?

Hi Marilize,

The Parti's pattern is not defined by the AKC however they require four photo's (front, sides and back) of every parti pup being registered. This means that each Parti's patterning will be individual and unique.

Thanks, Sharlamay!! Now I understand much better

Your Parti's are beautiful They look so cute and cuddly! I'm loving the white (third colour) more and more...

Is the Breed standard with regards to size the same for Biewer / Parti / "normal" yorkies? Is it also below 3kg?

Hi Dominique. The size standard for the Parti Yorkie & the "normal" yorkie are exactly the same. The Parti yorkie is a "normal" yorkie - it just has different colouring, but apart from the different colouring it is 100% yorkie in every way. Please visit my website for more detailed info about the Parti Yorkie www.sharlamay-yorkies.co.za Many thanks.

Wow I'm so inlove with the party yorkie nw