TRADITIONAL YORKSHIRE TERRIER

The colour "Parti" is most associated with American Parti Yorkie breeders. The word “Parti” originally referred to any breed of dog with “more than one colour.” Parti Yorkshire Terriers, a term unheard of in the United Kingdom for a British pure bred Yorkie. The only colours recognised by the UK KC are: confirmation email from UKKC

"I have checked with our Registrations team and they will accept only the following 8 colour descriptions when registering a Yorkshire Terrier. No other colour descriptions are acceptable" further reading here at UKKC:

Black & Tan/Steel Blue & Tan/Blue & Tan/Blue Steel & Tan/Steel Blue/Steel Grey & Tan/Black,Blue Steel/Steel Blue, Black & Tan"
http://www.the-kennel-club.org.uk/services/public/breeds/display.aspx?id=6165

An American AKC parti dog, can be re-registered with the UK Kennel Club, even as a "parti" colour, however should that dog be used to produce a litter of pups (Sire or Dam), the pups they produce will not be allowed to be registered with the UK Kennel Club.Why breed a dog who cannot be registered with a pure bred registry, where will these little "parti" dogs end up in the UK, on a non recognised registry, looking like poor little cast offs.

The UK Parent Club The Yorkshire Terrier Club made a decision very early on in time that the correct showing colour for the Yorkshire Terrier was the standard colours you see today winners of Club Shows & Crufts.
Parti breeders make claims that other colours, such as white, chocolate, gold dust have always existed within the breed, but were not accepted and were essentially “banished”, culled by all early breeders, this statement lacks foundation and breed knowledge, and is used to justify the breeding of these almost all white, all gold, all chocolate dogs.

It has also been written by Parti breeders that in 1984, an American 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!) To my knowledge Nikko's breeding lines have never won anything in the UK. Continued referencing by these "parti" people to the Streamglen Kennels of England endeavouring to trace the ancestry of their "parti" colured dogs, bears no relevance as to how the white in the "parti" was inbred into the traditional coloured Yorkshire Terrier. Streamglen was a Champion UK breeder of Yorkshire Terriers, this is evidence enough that all her dogs were of the accepted breed standard, NO WHITE there then...

There is much controvecy as to the origin of the "parti" colour in America. Why have they been an accepted breed colour by AKC one would ask? The AKC are only a registry and not a BREED CLUB. One could ask the question - Why would a breeder continue to breed a colour which the breed club has classified as a fault within the breed? Could it possibly be because these "parti" coloured dogs are sold as "rare" fetching higher prices for their breeders. How did these colours get into the Yorki? The truth is hidden well into the inbreeding lines of these "parti" colours, a breeder is expected to be honest when registering their dogs, accidents happen within kennels "could this be the case" with the first Nikkos American parti dog Nikko's Mickey Spillane TM831173/03 01-94 registered as a Blue/Tan, some breeders of "parti" coloured dogs are now claiming this was in-fact the first "parti" Yorkshire terrier.

The UK of course is where the Pure bred Yorkshire Terrier originated .. in 140 years of the yorkie being at one time one of the most popular breeds in the UK, we have NO White pure bred yorkies. "Parti" coloured Yorkshire Terriers as the name suggests are just that (colour fault). They hold no mystery or secrets. They are as adorable as any Yorkshire Terrier. They are not rare and should not be exploited by breeders & sellers. Anyone wishing to buy a puppy should not be duped into paying any more for that puppy as any traditional colour Yorkie.

We do not have predominantly WHITE Yorkshire Terriers in the UK, these are Biewer's, bred in Germany by a man called Herr Biewer around the 1980's, many years before the first "parti" yorkie came into the world in the 1990's.
These "adorable" little dogs are a cousin to the Yorkshire Terrier, called the Biewer Terrier. (Herr Biewer did not use the term "Yorkshire" in his title for his new little creations).
The term Biewer Yorkshire Terrier is a mixed breed dog of both breeds, who is still to this day NOT recognised by FCI affiliated registries. Yet another designer dog from Germany & America. Some breeders of these beautiful little dogs, continue to breed true to Herr Biewers' wishes of breeding only Biewer to Biewer, and are a credit to breeders. Other unscrupulous breeders breed their dogs back to a Yorkie. In a letter to Frau Biewer she had replied "It is FRAUD to breed Biewer to Yorkshire". I believe that says it all. The ACH in Germany was the first Club to register Herr Biewers' dogs as they were also NOT accepted by the KFT, affilicated FCI, due to colour fault. From that date, other registries have taken to registering these dogs, and because there is no one registry where all ancestry can be checked, Herr Biewers breeding lines have been compromised. Breeders have put other breeds into these dogs, such as Shih-Tzu, Maltese in a vain hope of breeding a copy of Herr Biewers' dogs.This is FRAUD as Frau Biewer had written in her reply to that letter.

Article written by Biewer Terrier Club America as confirmation of their breed:
http://biewerterrierorbieweryorkshirealapompon.webs.com/