History of the Biewer Yorkshire
Biewer Yorkshire a la' Pom Pon, pronounced (Bee-vir) was started by in January of 1984. Mr. Werner Biewer and his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Biewer, residents of Germany, founded the first Biewer Yorkshire "Schneeflocken von Friedheck". This occured when they, unknowingly, bred two traditional yorkies, "Darling von Friedheck" and "Fru Fru von Friedheck" (both youth winners at Dortmund in 1981) who both happened to share the same recessive piebald gene.
Mr. Biewer worked on this finding to perfect the coloring which were white across the chest, stomach and legs, This also included the tip of the tail. He began showing the Biewer in 1988. He then worked towards having the dogs recognized as their own breed. His first attempt, with the VDH failed but later found success in the ACH (or so it was called while still in operation) and the breed was finally declared a breed of its own.
In 1997, Mr. Werner Biwer passed away but his efforts for his treasured breed will grace homes of Biewer owners and will live on through their work.
To date, the American Kennel Club (AKC) does not recognize the Biewer a breed due to the fact that the were foreign-bred and the requirements have not been met. In time, owners remain hopeful that, with their continued efforts, AKC will be able to follow the line close enough to establish that they are, in fact, their own breed.
It was said that in 2007 the Biewer Terrier Club of America, Inc. was the national mother club. This, in fact, is untrue. A woman named Donna Hall started the very first American or "Mother Club" named "The American Biewer Club" (ABC or sometimes known as Biewer Club of America). The standard, as orignally laid out by Mr. Warner Biewer himself, already established that the Biewer is a breed of its own and breeding them back to traditional Yor kshire Terriers would be concidered mix-breeding.Biewer Standard variations - Why are there different standards for the Biewer?
You may run across some websites that publicize a different standard for the Biewer. This happened due to dissagreements between clubs who feel the standard should have variances according to some aspects of the conformation of this breed, for instance colors, sizes, weights, etc.
If time is invested to look at photos of top Biewer breeders lines, you will see they are well bred dogs whose lines certainly do adhere to the standard written by Mr. Biewer and that they closely resemble his dogs in the historic photos.
See Mrs. Biewer's letter in response to questions from American fanciers of the breed.
Breeding ~ Biewer to Biewer only or Biewer to Yorkie?
We are committed to what Mr. Biewer has set forth, and honor him and his work.
Mrs. Biewer, his wife of many years, has recently re-stated her position against breeding a standard Yorkshire Terrier into the Biewer lines. (See her recent letter).
There are some that feel a standard Yorkie must be bred into the Biewer for various reasons, be it for health or color or for other reasons. But the fact that the Yorkshire Terrier breed has heriditary problems of it's own would only add those to the Biewer lines.
There are now some off colored Biewer puppies born and instantly called a new breed such as "Golddust" or "Biro". The fact is that a pure bred dog bred to another pure bred dog of the same breed should not produce off colored dogs that are a "new breed".
We believe the Biewer can stand on it's own as a breed, and will only breed pure Biewer to Biewer.
BIEWER HISTORY
