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  The Nikko's line is the line that produced the Parti colored Yorkies here in the  USA. The Nikko's Kennels bought 2 puppies from Streamglen Kennels one which was Streamglen Milady(Born 10/02/1971)(out of Streamglen Shaun) The same year Nikkos Kennels bought Ch Quarnhill Fusspot from Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Duffy(Stonybrook Kennels)  . Nikkos bred these 2 dogs and got  Nikko's Orange Blossom(Born 11/20/1974).  

Nikko's Rolls Royce Corniche was a top show contender in  1983 and 1984, he was out of Nikkos Orange Blossom and CH. Nikko's Mister Independence.   From Corniche came Nikkos Rolls Royce, Ashley,  (Born 6/19/1982) From  Ashley, Came Nikko's Mickey Spillane ( Parti colored) ( Born 5/3/1992) and Nikko's  Silk and Sale(Born 9/9/1991)  When these 2 were bred together my records show that  3  puppies were born on 10/15/1997.  These pups were Nikko's Great Expectaitons (Parti color), Nikko's April in Paris(parti-color) and Nikko's Golden Charm II(Black and tan w/white Markings).  Nikko's Mickey Spillane was a parti, but as I said, his AKC papers state blue and tan because AKC did not Acknowledge the parti color at that time.

Crownridge  and Summit had obtained Parti colored puppies from Nikkos kennels and wanted them AKC registered with their true parti-colors . So in 1999 they convinced Nikkos Kennel to  go to AKC and get them registered  as yorkshire terriers parti color.

This turned out to be a very lengthy and costly process to Mrs. Lipman,(Nikko's Kennels) as AKC shut down her kennel in 1999 for 18 months to conduct DNA studies of 42 litters sires and dams. She was not allowed to breed or sell  or conduct any business during this time.

3 of the dogs tested were owned by Mrs Bogren(Crownridge)  and 1 owned by Mrs Gesmundo(Summit Yorkies)

 During this study AKC also spoke to several other breeders about tri colored pups born in other bloodlines.

 Many highly respected breeders admitted they occasionally had these tri colored pups born.

AKC Rep, Florence Males, investigated the parti colors and she found that in the 70s AKC asked the parent club education chairman, Joan Gordon, if this was a possible color and Joan told them that she had come up with a tri color from breeding two normal color yorkies. Apparently, according to Florence, it’s not just coming from one kennel.      Europe has parti color yorkies too.

AKC went back as far as they could with the living dogs. They DNA'd about 42 litters. They also talked to a lot of the "old" breeders and they told them they had always been in the lines but were disposed of.      

 Wildweir told AKC that they had more Partis than Gloria (Nikkos kennels) but they got "rid" of them. 

 In June of 2000.  The DNA studies of Nikko’s Kennel was completed to the satisfaction of AKC

AKC deciding that after a study of the Yorkshire History and the DNA of the dogs involved in the study they were satisfied that the color can be produced in otherwise normal litters of Yorkshire Terriers.

There are several lines of Parti colored Yorkies but Nikkos Line has been the most talked about and prominent because they were the ones who had all the testing done.

  In an 1895 book entitled The Dog by Stonehenge, he states about the Broken Haired Terriers" Sometimes the Broken Haired dog is  White,  more or less marked with blue or some other color, but the less  the better

In 1904, Mrs Leslie Williams published the book, ( A Manual of Toy Dog How to Breed, Rear and Feed Them).

 In the book she writes “ A Yorkie must have the nourishment of meat. Withal, it is a merry little soul and if its coat can be to some extent sacrificed, a good companion, fond of outdoor life, very barky and lively and tolerably affectionate: but a really lovely show yorkie is not a being for everyday. The breed does not suffer much from “distemper” and strange to say in spite of generations of coddling and fussing, and breeding for smallness and coat is a decidedly healthy one.The white Yorkshires a new variety some folk have tried to push is, I think in no way especially desirable---The Maltese can do all that is necessary in that line: while the attempt to make “silver” Yorkshires popular, too, simply means that the bad colored dogs without any tan (paleness of tan is the stumbling-block in many Yorkshire’s career) are classed by themselves and offered prizes.”

In 1976 Joan Gordon and Janet Bennett published a book,

The Complete Yorkshire Terrier.  In her Book she states;

"It is not unusual to find small white marks on one or more toes or a fine white line in the lower fore jaw. These will not be visible as an adult. A large amount of white marks on the chest, paws, jaws, or skull, places a yorkie into a tri-color classification and it is very wise to guard against this possibility. Yorkshire terrier puppies can be born of colors that automatically deprive them of the necessary qualities to become the proper colors of the breed. They can be born all black: all tan: tan with black points; tri-color: black, white, and tan; all blue; bluish grey with tan points; and so remain or change to another shade of their newly born colors. These mismarked Yorkie puppies are not the result of the mis-alliances or throwbacks but are rather the net product of incorrectly inherited genes which have failed to activate the pigment glandular system to providing what they require to be in accord with the yorkshire terrier standard. Puppies incorrectly colored or marked should not be sold as rare, they should not be registered as Yorkshire terriers, but should simply be found a loving home If one cannot bring oneself to having them put down."

According to the above statements in 1904 and 1976 the color has been referred to and shown in the natural makeup of the Yorkshire Terrier.

You can read more about the Parti on our Parti Yorkshire Terrier Club site or Visit the PYTC Library of Old Books

 Before purchasing   a puppy( whatever breed) , Do your homework. There are many unscrupulous breeders out there just for the money and many crosses being bred and sold .

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