The History of the Biewer Yorkie

The Biewer Yorkie originated in Germany in 1984 and was a piebald genetic recessive gene occurence offspring produced by Getrude and Werner Biewer's Yorkshire Terriers.  The sire and dam of the first recognized Biewer Yorkie were "Darling of Friedheck" and "FruFru of Friedheck".

The Biewer's saw the little dog with it's 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".  Thus the beginning of the Biewer Yorkie as we know them today.

The first German Biewer Yorkshire club was established in May, 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 of 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 Continental Kennel Club is another registry that recognizes the Biewer Yorkie and allows registration with their club.

Thank you for your interest in the "Biewer Yorkie".