The colours of the parti Yorkie are unusual and
makes them uniquely adorable ...........
The word “Parti” originally referred to any breed
of dog with “more than one colour.”
Parti Yorkshire Terriers?
Coloured Yorkshire Terriers first
came on the scene in the 1800s, common colours :Tan/Gold/Blue/Steel Grey.
However, the UK Parent Club
made a decision at the time that the preferred showing colour for the Yorkshire Terrier was the standard colours you see today
winners of Club Shows & Crufts.
As a direct result, the tiny Parti Coloured Yorkie pups were not accepted and
were essentially “banished”,
this is a term used by American web sites only.
It has also been written by American breeders that in 1983, a Yorkshire
Terrier named “Nikkos Rolls Royce Ashley” won the Best of Show at Crufts and was selected
Dog of the Year.
(It was won by an Afghan Hound!) yet more rediculous tales from American Parti Coloured
Yorkshire Terrier Breeders. Nikko's breeding lines have never won anything in the UK. Nikko's lines were bred with
cross bred Yorkshire Terriers from Hungary to obtain their White colours! Continued referencing by these American
clubs to the Streamglen Kennels is also rubbish, Streamglen was a UK breeder and all her dogs were of the accepted breed
standard, NO WHITE there then...
The AKC officially accepted the Parties
after numerous and articulate DNA-tracing, but it did not test all the dogs in the ancestry, so therefore were unable
to determine where the White got in.They also didn't register some Nikko's dogs for 6 years! Not a practise done in
the UK Kennel Club. The most common characteristic of the Parti Colour Yorkie are White/Black/Tan or White/Black/Blue also
colours such as Chocolate or Blonde (these are really cute!) There is much controvecy as to the origin of the Parti colour,
even though they are not accepted by either the AKC or UK Kennel Clubs for showing. Why then have they been an accepted
breed colour by AKC one would ask?
So they can never be shown of course! They are a mixed breed undeterminate!
