COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
UTILIZATION: FCI CLASSIFICATION: 1/3 Companion Not an FCI breed
GENERAL APPEARANCE: Elegant, long-haired, tri-coloured toy terrier, with a parting on the back and falling smoothly and straight to the sides of the body. The body is slightly longer than its height, the topline is horizontal, the bone is slender or medium strong. The thickly furred tail is set high and curves over the back.
IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS: Although the dog gives the impression of being square, the length of the body measured from the shoulder joint to the tip of the seat bone is greater than the height at the withers, i.e. the dog is slightly longer than its height. Squareness is acceptable.
BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT: Cheerful and very attached to its owner, playful like a puppy, sometimes mischievous but always obedient, a loyal and intelligent companion. Makes friends quickly and is an excellent companion.
COAT Coat: Long and flowing, silky soft, no undercoat. The coat is long and straight, reaching at least almost to the ground. For ease of movement, longer coat can be shortened to reach the ground. The coat on the head is tied with a bow on the top of the head. The coat on the paws is trimmed neatly, as is the coat around the anus. Colour: Tricolour. The colour of the head is blue/black, gold/tan and white, symmetrically distributed. A symmetrical two-colour (blue/black and gold/tan, or gold/tan and white) is also acceptable. The coat on the back is blue/black and white, the different colour distributions being of equal value. There may be a slight reddish-brown color around the anus. The chest, belly, legs and tip of the tail are white, the white color on the chest should rise up to the neck all the way to the chin.
HISTORY
Since 1984, Biewer Terriers have delighted their owners, starting from the breed’s country of origin in Germany. The breed was originally known as the Biewer a’ la Pom Pon. The first Biewer (pronounced Beeva) was born in Hunsruck, Germany in 1984. The couple Werner and Gertrud Biewer had been breeding Yorkshire Terriers for over 20 years when they had a litter from the combination of Darling von Friedheck and Fru Fru von Friedheck, both of whom, to the couple’s great surprise, carried the recessive piebald gene. This is how the world’s first Biewer Terriers were born. Both of the parents of this litter were award-winning blue & tan Yorkshire Terriers, or in Finnish steel blue-tan, or basic color Yorkshire Terriers. The Yorkies that left the Biewers were originally from the Streamglen kennel. It is of course speculated that at some point there may have also been crossbreeding at the Steamglen kennel, as the Biewers had four Yorkshire Terriers from them, two of which inherited the tricolor color. From the first combination, a blue-white-gold Biewer was born in January 1984, called ”Schneeflocken von Freidheck”. Through selective breeding, the couple continued to breed in the direction that is now one of the breed’s hallmarks: the heads had all three colors: blue/black, white and gold/tan, the goal being to get the colors symmetrical, in good balance and harmony. The belly, chest, legs and tip of the tail were white, and the coat was silky throughout, not curly. The tails were kept undocked, and the body coat was black/blue and white. These colors have remained in our breed standard in Finland to this day. Mr. Biewer first showed his tricolor dogs at a dog show in 1988 in Wiesbaden, Germany. At that time, he entered two Biewers into the show, calling them Black and White Yorkshire Terriers. The VDH (German Kennel Club) did not recognize the breed.