English Pronunciation: BEE-VIRS
Origin: 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 letter came a piebald Yorkie puppy from a genetic recessive gene. It's name was Schneefloeckchen von Friedheck (Snowflake). Mother and Father were Fru-Fru von Friedheck and Darling von Friedheck. Gertrude and Werner Biewer found this puppy to be quite beautiful and bwegan a selective breeding process. They named these Yorkies with white markings "Biewer Yorkshire a la Pom Pon". It was from these breedings the Biewer Yorkie was developed. The breed was officially recognized in 1986 by the ACH (Allgemeiner Club der Hundefreunde Deutschland-ACH-L e.v.)
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 be too 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 of 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.
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.
Weight & Height: Up to 22cm in height and a weight of about 3.1 kg.
Temperament: The Biewer seems oblivious of its size. It is eager for adventure and very curious. It is highly energetic, brave, and very intelligent. IT can be aggressive to strange dogs and small animals. They do best with older considerate children. They are usually easy to train but can be stubborn at times.
Grooming: These little dogs do require attention. Most owners prefer to have them in a "puppy cut" if they are to be companion dogs. The coat needs to be combed regularly to prevent matting.