We are proud to introduce our Biewer Future Dam and Sire!
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Brigitta                        Geoffroi is a German Import

Catharina - Our newest addition

 
                    




              
Brigitta and Geoffroi getting to know their new beds!
 



Origin of the Biewers
       The Biewer Yorkie was originally a piebald genetic recessive gene occurrence from 2 Yorkshire Terriers. It originated in Germany on January 20, 1984 from a breeding by Gertrude and Werner Biewer's Yorkshire Terriers. In this particular litter they produced a piebald Yorkie puppy from a genetic recessive gene. This piebald puppy's registered name was Schneefloeckchen von Friedheck ( Snowflake) Sire: Darling von Friedheck a FCI World Junior Champion in Dortmund in 1981 Dam: Fru-Fru von Friedheck a FCI World Junior Championess in Dortmund in 1981. 

      Gertrude and Werner Biewer saw this little dog with its white markings as extraordinarily attractive and began the selective breeding process to produce more.  The Biewer's named these little dogs with their white markings "Biewer Yorkshire a la Pom Pon".   It was from these breedings the Biewer Yorkie was developed.   It is said, that while dining one evening the husband of singer Margot Eskens gave her a Biewer Yorkie puppy on a platter. This celebration may be the very reason that the name “a la' Pom Pon” was added. In French it means, Tassel or colorful ball of yarn, which was the perfect description of the puppy’s hair. The breed was officially recognized in 1986 by the ACH ( allgemeiner Club der Hundefreunde Deutschland - ACH-L e. V ).

      Thus the beginning of the Biewer Yorkies as we know them today.  The First German Biewer Yorkshire club was established on May 24, 2003.  The Biewer Yorkie was recognized as a breed unto itself long before this date though when the general public recognized it unofficially as a breed.  The Biewer Yorkshire is bred, registered and shown in other countries and is on the top of the popularity list for the United States.  Few registries in the United States as this date have acknowledged the Biewer Yorkshire as a breed.  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.