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| Biewer Standard Definition of a Breed Standard:
A breed standard is the officially recognized written description of an ideal specimen of a specific breed. This is the document judges are tasked to interpret when judging in the breed ring, where dogs are judged as to how well they conform to this written standard of excellence. Original breed standards are written by clubs of each individual breed, and are then adopted by the Parent Kennel Club of the appropriate country.
This is the original Biewer standard written and signed by Heir Werner Biewer on his personal stationary.  Here is the above document professionally translated into English: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Werner Biewer, Bahnhof Nr. 14, 55483 Hirschfeld, Telephone (06543) 4888. Hirschfeld, November 15, 1989 Standard
Biewer Yorkshire a la Pom-Pon Similar to the Yorkshire standard, except for hair length and hair color. Hair color: White-Blue-Gold Head: White-Blue-Gold symmetrically colored. Body hair: Blue – interrupted white, total white or completely blue with white neck ring. No gold (brown) in body hair. Legs, stomach and chest hair white. Hair length: Three-quarters to floor length. Signature Biewer, Werner
Standard for the Biewer
General Appearance -- The Biewer is a small, friendly, elegant toy dog that is refined, dainty and of lively action. The Biewer is distinguished from other breeds by its striking Piebald markings in strong contrast to either black or steel blue on the body and rich gold tan on the head. The single long coat is profuse, silky, glossy and straight.
General outline -- The dog’s outline is compact and neat, and of square appearance. It possesses a high head carriage and confident manner conveying vigor and self-importance. He has a well-proportioned body with refined bone structure, but of sufficient substance to go to ground. This tiny Terrier is joyful, intelligent, entertaining and affectionate making him an ideal companion.
Size, Proportion, Substance -- Height at withers not to exceed 9 inches and the length of body from shoulder point to buttock--the ideal of proportion being reached when the last two measurements are the same. in height.. Weight: Must not exceed 7 pounds. Substance: Lightly built with strong but rather fine bone. The Biewer is always compact, solid and carries good weight and substance.
Head -- The Eyes are medium in size, dark brown in color, almond shaped, and not round or too prominent.  The Expression is bright
and sparkling, alert, inquisitive and intelligent. Eye Rims are pigmented black. Ears: Small prick ears, V-shaped, carried tightly erect, set on high and without any tendency to flare obliquely off the skull. They terminate in a sharp point, and must never be cropped. The hair on the upper third of the ears is trimmed short and is smooth and velvety, lower two thirds are long fringed. Faults – Round-pointed, broad, large, ears not held tightly erect, or placed too low on the side of the head. Skull: Approximately two thirds the length of the muzzle, not flat but slightly domed between the ears. It gradually tapers to the eyes being not too prominent or round and not too wide between the ears. A line drawn between the outside corners of the eyes and to the nose will create a near equilateral triangle. The Stop is shallow. The Muzzle is slightly more than one third the length of the skull and gradually tapering to the nose. The Nose is pigmented black. The Lips are pigmented black, tight and clean, no excess flews. Faults – Muzzle too long or too short, sloping downward, or with a prominent stop; Nose color other than black. The Bite is Scissor or Level. An undershot or overshot bite is a serious fault. The Teeth are well placed with even jaws. There must be six incisor teeth between the canines of both lower and upper jaws. An occasional missing premolar is acceptable. Faults – Teeth defective or misaligned. Any incisors missing or several premolars missing; teeth overshot or undershot.
Neck, Topline and Body – The Neck is moderate in length, arched, and in proportion to dog; well set on to blend smoothly into shoulders laid well back that slope inward at the withers promoting a high carriage of the head. Faults – Neck too long or too short. The Topline is the same height at shoulder as the rump; flat and level both standing and moving. Faults – High rear, any deviation from above. The Body is compact and of good substance; sufficient muscle throughout. The Chest is oval and deep enough to extend down to the elbows. The Prosternum is easily felt. The Ribs are well arched in the upper half of rib with breadth in proportion to the size of the dog. The Underline should reveal a good tuck. The Back is rather short, distance from last rib to upper thigh as short as compatible with free movement of the body. Loin: Short and strong, topline level over the loin. The Croup has just a perceptible slightly curved slope. Faults – Back weak, either too long or too short; barrel ribs, ribs above elbows. The Tail is long, never docked; is moderately set and follows the line of the spine, is Sickle or Pot-Hook and when alert is carried above the topline. The tail is profusely covered with a long flowing flag. The flag may hang to either side of the body. The tail should set neither too high nor too low. Disqualification: Tail that is docked.
Forequarters – Front Angulation is moderate. Shoulders are well laid back, together with proper angulation at the upper arm, set the forelegs nicely under the body. Shoulder blades are sloping. The length of the shoulder blade and the upper arm are about equal. Elbows are well-knit and held close to the body, neither in nor out. Forelegs are slender, fine-boned and straight when viewed from any direction. Height from elbow to withers and elbow to ground should be approximately the same; well covered with hair. Pasterns: Short, strong and straight. Removal of Dewclaws on forelegs is optional. The Feet are small, round, compact, tight feet, turned neither in nor out. Forefeet are larger than the hind supporting the ability to dig up prey. Toes are nicely arched. Pads: Either solid or spotted black and or pink. Nails: May be black, clear or white.
Hindquarters – Well developed with strength, substance and shape throughout the rear assembly. Angulation: Rear angulation is moderate to match front. Legs: The hind legs are slender, fine-boned and quite straight when viewed from behind and well covered with hair. The length of the upper thigh and the second thigh are about equal. Moderate muscle should cover both thighs and second thighs. Stifles moderately bent when viewed from the sides. Hock Joint: From hock joint to ground perpendicular. Hocks are parallel when viewed from the rear, neither in nor out. Dewclaws: May be removed. Feet: Round, strong, tight feet, are smaller than forefeet. Toes, Pads and Nails: Same as forequarters. Faults – Weak hocks, long hocks, lack of angulation; Cow-hocks.
Coat – The Biewer has a long, single coat hanging quite straight and evenly down each side, three quarters to floor length, with a parting extending from nose to end of tail. Hair is fine, glossy and silky in texture. There is no undercoat. Coat on the body is long and perfectly straight. It may be trimmed to floor length to give ease of movement and a neater appearance, if desired. The fall on the head is long, tied with one bow in center of head or parted in the middle and tied with two bows. Hair on muzzle is very long. Ears well fringed with long silken hair. Hair should be trimmed short on tips of ears and may be trimmed on feet to give them a neat appearance. Faults – Wooly, cottony, curly or wavy.
Color – This is a Piebald dog whose color and markings are crucial distinguishing features of the Biewer. Necessary markings are: White belly, white chest extending up neck and including the chin; white legs, white feet and white tail two thirds from the tip. Head is predominantly gold or tan. Head: Symmetry of facial markings is preferred. Three colors on the head is most desirable consisting of predominantly Gold or Tan; with Blue or Black; and White. Gold or Tan must appear on the head, not to extend on to neck. Gold or Tan appears on muzzle and each cheek, around the base of the ears, must cover both ears back and front, and extend without interruption from the ears over both eyes. A head with only Gold and White or Tan and White is acceptable. Blazes may not touch the eyes or ears. A white nose band and white collar on the nape are desirable but not necessary.
Body: The body is Bi-Color either Steel Blue or Black with White markings in either Splash or Saddle pattern. There shall be no presence of other colors intermingled on the body. The colors blue and black are of entirely equal value. Legs: Long coated white stockings below the elbow on the forelegs and below the stifle on the hind legs and feet must be white. Skin: The skin may be freckled or spotted blue or black and pink. Faults: There must not be any sooty or dark hair intermingled with any of the white; markings other than described are to be faulted in direct relationship to the extent of the deviation.
Examples of Black/White/Gold
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Examples of Blue/White/Gold
 |  | The head color is Gold with the proper white on the chin, a little white on the muzzle and a little blue on the sides of the head. The body is Blue and white. Legs, belly, chest and tail are white. | This dog is also a Blue. The head is Tan and White. The body is Blue and White, also possessing white legs, chest, chin, belly and tail.
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Gait -- From the rear the hocks remain parallel to each other, and the foot fall of the rear legs follows directly behind that of the forelegs. The legs, both front and rear, will tend to converge slightly toward a central line of gravity as speed increases. The side view shows good, strong drive in the rear and plenty of reach in the front, smooth and flowing with head carried high. The topline should remain firm and the backline level, the tail carried high as the dog moves.
Temperament -- The Biewer is happy, keenly alert with a quick, friendly and responsive manner, intelligent with a sweet, non-quarrelsome disposition. Shyness, excessive nervousness or aggression is to be faulted.
DISQUALIFICATIONS -- Any pale washed out color; white surrounding the eyes or ears; white
split face markings; an all-white dog or a dog with no white; flecking or ticking; or colors other than described in the section above; Cryptorchidism; undershot or overshot mouth.
Even though a toy dog, the Biewer must be subject to the same requirements of soundness and structure prescribed for all breeds, and any deviation from the ideal described in the standard should be penalized to the extent of the deviation. Structural faults common to all breeds are as undesirable in the Biewer as in any other breed, regardless of whether or not such faults are specifically mentioned in the standard.
Approved: December 12, 2010
Effective: January 1, 2011
RVD/UCI Standard of Germany Reference No 00 / 490 The RVD/UCI standard was written in 2003 by that club's President in conjunction with the founder, Donna Hall, of the first Biewer club in America, now inactive. This standard was used by International style kennel club shows until variations of it were submitted to them by a few different American Biewer Clubs whose standards vary.   Biewer Standard Founded in 2003
INFO: Translated from the UCI Standard of Germany
UCI Reference No 00 / 490
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 propionate round in the skull, nor 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 level bite is acceptable. Premolar faults are tolerated.
FORELEGS: - 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 ¾ down the sides of the dog, or long enough to reach the ground, and is absolutely straight (not wooly), 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 22 cm in height and a weight of about 3.1 kg.
FAULTS: Any and all differences within this breed standard. Light colored eyes or eye rims. Light colored nostrils.
Any ear that is not erect. An over or undershot bite. Wavy or curly hair.
Please Note: As of May 2002 Germany enacted the Animal Protection Dog Regulations
(TIERSCHUTZ-HUNDEVERORDNUNG) in which it is NOW ILLEGAL to dock tails or ears, therefore any docking of tails and ears on the Bierwer is considered FORBIDDEN in Germany. So ALL Biewer’s imported, and shown in the USA must have Uncropped tails and ears. This standard depicts the original standard, but we will enforce the current new restrictions enacted from Germany. Any Biewer shown in the United States or Germany must now be shown in its natural state. Any Biewer with cropped wears or tails will be disqualified.
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| Biewer Standard variations - Why are there different standards for the Biewer? You may run across some websites that publicize a different standard for the Biewer. This happened due to dissagreements between clubs who feel the standard should have variances according to some aspects of the conformation of this breed, for instance colors, sizes, weights, etc. While the standards can be confusing as to which one to use, ultimately the judges decide which dog they feel comes closest to the ideal. If time is invested to look at photos of top Biewer breeders lines, you will see they are well bred dogs whose lines certainly do adhere to the standard written by Mr. Biewer and that they closely resemble his dogs in the historic photos. | | Breeding ~ Biewer to Biewer only or Biewer to Yorkie? We are committed to what Mr. Biewer has set forth, and honor him and his work. Mrs. Biewer, his wife of many years, has recently re-stated her position against breeding a standard Yorkshire Terrier into the Biewer lines. (See her recent letter). There are some that feel a standard Yorkie must be bred into the Biewer for various reasons, be it for health or color or for other reasons. But the fact that the Yorkshire Terrier breed has heriditary problems of it's own would only add those to the Biewer lines. There are now some off colored Biewer puppies born and instantly called a new breed such as "Golddust" or "Biro". The fact is that a pure bred dog bred to another pure bred dog of the same breed should not produce off colored dogs that are a "new breed". We at CALARYN believe the Biewer can stand on it's own as a breed, and will only breed pure Biewer to Biewer. Our lines have many generations of all Biewer breeding and have been traced to and beyond Darling and Fru-Fru von Friedheck back to their ancestors of the Streamglen kennel in England.
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