The Countess produced parti color pups born from two solid black parents, (both of whom had solid black coloration for 6 generations), and these parti color pups and their progeny were selectively bred and have carried forth
the parti color gene to the present day purebred parti colored Miniature Schnauzers, despite the color prejudice encountered all along the way.
Not exact matches
Wholecolors have improved the world over: England, Australia, New Zealand and the Continent boast many wholecolors that can hold their own with any
parti -
color and many of these dogs have formed the basis for a solid
gene pool in the States with beautiful wholecolors resulting.
As a conclusion, the
Parti Yorkies are indeed purebred Yorkshire Terriers and differ from the «standard» once only by their
coloring — a factor which is determined by the recessive
genes.
These
genes combine to determine two things - the coat
color (black, red and liver) and the coat patterns (solid and
parti -
color).
If a solid that carries a
gene for
parti -
color is bred to a
parti -
color, some puppies will be solids and some will be partis, but all the solids will carry for
parti -
color.