Congratulations Lilly and Ricky on Your B- Litter!
Feb. 22, 2008
4 Girls & 3 boys
The Biewer Yorkshire Terrier originated in Germany in 1984. This was due to a recessive gene within the Yorkshire Terrier, this gene is called the piebald gene and resulted in the offspring produced by Gertrud and Werner Biewer's Yorkshire Terriers. The sire and dam of the first recognized Biewer Yorkie were "Darling of Friedheck" and "Frufru of Friedheck”.
Mr. and Mrs. Biewer recognized this rare beauty as an extraordinary event, and started selectively breeding these gorgeous dogs. They named them Biewer Yorkshire a la pom pon.
The American Canine Registry is one of the few and the first United States known registry that does recognize the Biewer as a breed and is helping to promote the breed in the United States and throughout the world by the breed name of "Biewer Yorkie". The American Canine Registry formed the Biewer Yorkie Association on May 15, 2003 preparing to set in place breed standards and other club necessities and applied for recognition in 2004.
The Biewer was originally a piebald genetic recessive gene occurrence from 2 Yorkshire Terriers but unscrupulous breeders have tried to match the looks of the Biewer Yorkshire by crossing the Yorkshire Terrier and the Shih-Tzu. The crossing will produce the parti/piebald/white markings from the Shih-Tzu influence after the second generation but these crossbred dogs would take generations before they would produce the hair coat and the facial features seen in the Biewer Yorkshire. If the dog being presented to you as a Biewer Yorkshire has wavy and/or course hair, or the facial features or body style of the Shih-Tzu then it's highly unlikely that it is a TRUE purebred Biewer Yorkshire.
Biewer Standard
