The Biro Terrier often reffered to as the Biro Yorkshire Terrier is a tri coloured chocolate parti (piebald) Biewer Terrier. The only distinguishing difference between the two breeds is the colour of the coat. The Biewer Yorkshire Terrier is black tan and white or blue tan and white whilst the Biro Yorkshire Terrier is chocolate tan & white.
History Of The Biro Terrier
The first Biro Yorkshire terrier puppy was a bitch “Art of Highclass Relight My Chocolate Fire” born December 1, 2004 to the Art of Highclass Kennel of the German breeders Roberto Krah and J. Lutz. It was this female dog who became the first registered representative of the Biro Yorkshire terrier.
Mother of the puppies – Alisha vom Wasserschlößchen – gave birth to four puppies. Three of the puppies had the black tan and white parti coat of a Biewer but the fourth puppy was a female puppy who was chocolate gold and white.
Six weeks later on the 14th of January 2005 another female Biro Yorkshire terrier was born in another Kennel owned by breeders Birgit Rösner and N. Polak. The puppy was named Little Princess from the Lightning Showboy. The breeders of both Kennels took interest in the appearance of this new coat color and decided to continue breeding and strengthening the chocolate Biro Yorkshire terriers. Although rarer than the Biewer Yorkshire Terrier colouring the Biro Yorkshire Terrier can now be found world wide.
DNA breed analysis has made it possible to identify the ancestry of Biro Terriers, revealing markers of the Yorkshire Terrier, Biewer Terrier, Maltese, and Havanese, although often in very low percentages, indicating that the breed is now well established.
The Biewer Terrier and Biro Terriers, share the similar genetic ancestry and have identical breed standards and characteristics as the Biewer Terrier bar the colour of their coat which is chocolate tan and white. The eyes are often hazel or amber. The eye rims, nose and paw pads are liver not black. To find out more about the other breed standards visit our Biewer Terrier page
