The Biewer Terrier is quickly working its way into the
hearts of Americans everywhere. With its lighthearted,
whimsical; child like attitude, this tri-colored toy terrier
is gaining popularity with dog lovers everywhere. Equally as
good with children as he is with other dogs of all sizes,
the Biewer Terrier is a loyal and fast friend to all he
considers part of his family. Although every dog has his own
unique and special personality, as a breed, the Biewer
Terrier is confident, happy, fun loving and even tempered.
Generally speaking, Biewers are not noisy or especially
difficult in any particular way.
With the introduction of the Biewer to America in 2003,
there has been much speculation about its heritage. Mr. and
Mrs. Biewer had been raising and showing Yorkies for 20
years, when on January 20th, 1984 the first blue, white and
gold Biewer named Schneeflocken von Friedheck was born. This
was the start of what is known as the Biewer Terrier Breed.
Mr. Biewer spent 5 years selectively breeding his dogs until
he was able to establish and breed true to a standard
uniquely the Biewer Breed. The dogs were then registered as
Biewer Yorkshire Terrier a la Pom Pon with ACH. In 1989 when
Mr. Biewer signed the standard for this wonderful new breed,
it was that of the Yorkshire Terrier with the coloring being
White-Blue-Gold. Mr. Biewer was not a man of many words, so
the standard was short and brief.
Mr. and Mrs. Biewer kept a close reign on the Biewer
breeding programs in Germany, so their quality breeding dogs
were hard to come by and quite costly. When Mr. Biewer
became ill, he was not able to carry on the dream that he
and his wife had set out to accomplish for the Biewer Breed.
All the decisions of their breeding program became the sole
responsibility of Mrs. Biewer and the care of her husband
and the dogs became to much. She slowly phased out their
breeding program in order to better care for her husband.
Gayle Pruett and Myrna Torres contacted the Mars Veterinary
in Feb of 2007 to see if they could help them with the
genetic make up of the Biewer Terrier. It wasn’t until later
in the year that they released the tests and we began
submitting blood samples. After testing over 30 different
lineages (100 plus dogs) to date, we have been able to show
that the Biewer Terrier is a distinct breed of its own. Oct.
5th, 2009 the geneticist working with the BTCA, Inc.
released the news that they had developed a breed signature
for the purebred Biewer Terrier. Click to see Breeds
Detected
In Nov. of 2007 Mrs. Biewer agreed to a meeting with Gayle
Pruett, president of the Biewer Terrier Club of America,
Inc. at which time she shared important information about
the early development of the breed, and the trials and
errors they had gone through to reach their goal. The BTCA
shared what they were doing since the arrival of the Biewers
in America and the trials and tribulations they were going
through. Mrs. Biewer remained a faithful supporter of the
BTCA, Inc. until her passing in Oct. of 2012.
The BTCA, Inc. began applying for recognition in 2006, and
in April of 2014 AKC/FSS accepted the Biewer Terrier. This
was a huge accomplishment for our breed and we are proud to
be taking an active part in the development of this
remarkable new breed, the Biewer Terrier. |
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