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Biewer Breed Information

Origin: Germany

General Appearance: That of a long-haired toy terrier whose hair hangs evenly and straight down each side of the body, and from the base of the skull to the end of the tail. The animal should be very compact and neat. The tail should be carried up. The outlines should give the impression of a powerful and well proportioned body.

Head and Skull: The head should be rather small and flat, not too proportionate round in the skull, not the muzzle too long with an absolute black nose. The hair on the head is long with colors: white, blue, gold, symmetrically colored.

Eyes: Medium size, dark and sparkling with a sharp intelligent expression and placed in a way that they look straight. They shall not to be prominent and the eye rims should be of a dark color.

Ears: Small V shaped ears, that are carried erect, and set not too far apart, covered with a short hair.

Teeth: The teeth should be all the same. Either a scissor bite or a level bite is acceptable. Premolar faults are tolerated.

Fore Legs: The legs should be totally straight, well covered with hair.

Hind Legs: Legs rather straight, well muscled and well covered with hair.

Body: Very compact with well formed hips and a level back line.

Tail: A complete tail with lots of hair carried slightly higher than the level of the back.

Feet: As rounded as possible, with toenails being white or black.

Coat: The hair on the body has a length 3/4 down the sides of the dog, or long enough to reach the ground and is absolutely straight (not woolly) shiny like silk and of fine silky texture, without an undercoat.

Colouring of the coat of the trunk and the head piece are as follows:

Rather white or blue-white broken or closely blue absolute or black, without brown coloring. Hair on the breast, pure white on the belly and the legs. The head with White-blue-gold, symmetrical colored.

Weight & Height: Up to 22 cm in height and a weight of about 3.1 kg.

Biewer Yorkshire Terrier

ORIGIN: GERMANY

Traditional Yorkshire Terrier

ORIGIN: ENGLAND

Small Dog up to 3.1 kgs
Typically Hypoallergenic
Non-Shedding/Low shedding
Undocked Tail

Low level barking unless permitted. Not high pitched. Good watch dogs. They alert their owners to visitors.

Bred as a companion dog

Active in and outdoors. Can get enough exercise inside but also enjoys running and playing outside and with other animals.

Tri-colored dog (Blue-White-Gold or Black-White-Gold).

According to the German Breed standard, the color must be as follows:

Coloring of the coat of the trunk and the head piece are as follows:

Rather white or blue-white broken or closely blue absolute or black, without brown coloring.

Hair on the breast, pure white on the belly and the legs.

The head with White-blue-gold, symmetrical colored.

Full Breed Standard for Biewer Yorkshire Terriers is shown above.

FAQ: Why is there such a price difference between Biewers, Yorkies and what appears to be a Tri-colored Yorkie??

Biewers are truly a rare breed dog. They hail from Germany and it's quite expensive to import them. Very few breeders have ventured into taking on the import of these dogs.

There are many Yorkie breeders which means that with the price is lower since there are so many competing to place puppies.

Yorkies are very similar in size, coat and temperament. It's much easier to find and adopt a Yorkie. They are a well known and loved breed and very popular.

Too many unscrupulous individuals have bred a Yorkie with any white dog at all (Maltese, Poodles, Westies etc) in order to produce what they refer to as 'Biewers' in order to take advantage of the 'market' for this rare dog. Don't be fooled and don't waste your money unless you just want a cute mixed doggie.

You want a REAL Biewer and not just a cute mixed breed doggie with a high price tag!

Small Dog up to 3 kgs
Typically Hypoallergenic
Non-Shedding/Low Shedding
Tail Docked medium length

Typically a barker, high pitched and incessant.

Originally bred to hunt rats and other vermin

Active in and outdoors. Can get enough exercise inside but also enjoys running and playing outside and with other animals.

Blue/Tan only. According to the CKC Breed Standard for Yorkshire Terriers the Body Colour must be as follows:

The body coat is a bright steel blue, not light silver and not BLACK, not mingled with fawn, bronzy orblack hairs.

The blue extends over the body from the back of the neck to the root of the tail.

Head, Chest and Legs: A clear golden tan deeper in colour at sides of head, at ear roots! and on the muzzle,with ears a deep golden tan. The golden tan hair is shaded from the roots down and does not extend down the back of the neck, nor above the elbows on forelegs or above the stifle on the hind legs.

FACT: There are no TRI-COLOR YORKIES within the breed standard!! These are a fault within the Yorkie breed. The tri-colored marking isn't an option within the Yorkie breed standard and does not make them a Biewer!! It simply makes them a mis-marked Yorkie.

The Biewer has it's own breed standard and requirements for where and how the markings are placed.

FACT: Breeding a Yorkie to a white dog does not produce a Biewer!!

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The name 'Biewer' is pronounced 'Bee-va' or 'Bee-vir' (both are acceptable) and is the surname of the German couple that worked so hard to develop the Biewer Yorkie

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