Biewer Terrier

The history of the Biewer Terrier has been debated and many false documents have been submitted as fact to the Biewer Terrier Club of America. It is known for certain that Werner and Gertrud Biewer had been breeding and showing Yorkshire Terriers for over 20 years when on January 20, 1984 a litter was born with a blue, white and gold female puppy. At the time there was no parti-colored Yorkshire Terriers and this puppy was an anomaly. The puppy was named Schneeflocken von Friedheck. The little parti-colored Yorkshire Terrier was the start of the Biewer Terrier. She was sold to a woman in Germany and in 1986 the Biewer Terrier was officially recognized by the Allgemeiner Club der Hundefreunde Deutschland (ACH) of Germany. Shneeflocke von Friedheck was used as a foundation dog and produced many puppies that were registered with the ACH as Biewer Terriers. However, there was much debate on whether or not all of the Biewer Terriers registered with the ACH were in fact purebred. The Biewer Terrier was imported into the United States and the Biewer Terrier Club of America began tracing pedigrees but found many discrepancies. Therefore, the Biewer Terrier became the first purebred canine to be established as a purebred through scientific data rather than researching pedigrees. In 2014, the Biewer Terrier was recorded in the American Kennel Club’s Foundation Stock Service. This is the first step in becoming officially recognized by the AKC. The Biewer Terrier is no longer simply a parti-colored Yorkshire Terrier, he has evolved into his own breed with his own official breed standard.