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Breeding Philosophy
This wonderful little breed
hit the American soil back at the beginning of this century from Germany.
It has since has had a multitude of controversy concerning the breeding ethics and how the breed was actually developed
and their name. But regardless, the heritage of this breed is German and that is the way it is intended
to be correctly bred. In the beginning, many
people held to the fact this breed should be bred back to the Yorkshires to alleviate any color issues or health problems.
If you are familiar with any breed of dog, all breeds come with their own health issues. As a breed, Yorkshire terriers
have the same health concerns as Biewers. Many will say that breeding back to yorkshire terriers is allowed
in Germany so why not here? The answer is that Germany had a very small gene pool in the beginning and
their choices for matings were few and far between, many breeders had no other choice a true fact of how any new breed develops
and evolves. But here in North America it‘s different. We have expanded the gene
pool and have a multitude of true lines we can breed to generation after generation of pure Biewer to Biewer. We also have had a genetic specialist, Dr. Jerald Bell, tell us that with careful breeding
we have the makings of a wonderful little breed within this realm of ancestors. This enforces what so many
have believed to be true in all these years. As we have evolved and developed, our own breed, the BIEWER, is a breed of it's
own, without having to go back to Yorkshire terrier, use Splitters and definitely not parti colored Yorkshire terriers.
Now we have
another issue with some breeders incorporating parti colored Yorkshire terriers into their lines, and are gaining registrations
from some registries based solely on color. This is a sad fact that this is happening more and more.
These types of cross breedings between the Biewer and AKC parti colored Yorkshire terriers are not allowed to be AKC
registered, because AKC does not recognize the Biewer. These breeders are turning elsewhere to gain their papers under the
name of Biewer. AKC doesn’t accept this kind of breeding then why should it be accepted in other
places? The problem is the uneducated buyers. Especially those that want to breed and
are thinking that they are buying pure German lines, when in fact they are buying mixes of blood lines from different breeds.
The argument that the breeders who are mixing these different types will express that they are all the same breed, Biewers,
Parti Yorkies, Yorkshire Terriers, so why not mix them all together? The issue is that the Biewer was developed
by certain standards and with certain lines of certain dogs for a type. That is how a true breed is developed
over time.
There
are only a few registries who hold true to the belief that the breed should only be bred unto itself and those are the BBIR,
here in America, the BBCAR in Canada, the RKF in Russia and the RVD/UCI in Germany. Applicants are scrutinized
for inaccuracies and misrepresentations of the Biewer breed. Any pedigrees that contain American Yorkshire terrier lines,
including parti colored Yorkshire terriers, or any other discrepancy that is a detriment to the breed will be denied entry
to these registries to preserve the Biewer heritage, if they don’t fall into this category, they do not receive registration
from these registries. In time a good pedigree will be worth so much more.
If you
are serious about the Biewer breed and want
to make sure that it grows strong, stays strong and stays true to this
beautiful breed‘s standard, ask your breeder where the lineages of their breeding stock come from. If
you get any answer other then Germany with original lines, then be aware that it’s not what it seems to be.
Additional reference sites:
Dr. Jerald Bell, DMV
The Ins and Outs of Pedigree Analysis, Genetic Diversity, and Genetic Disease
Control
Popular Sire Syndrome and Concerns of Genetic Diversity
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