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07-21-2011, 03:11 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Bronx, NY, USA
Posts: 237
| Is that a real ehm Yorkie? hey YT'ers, I have been wodnering if anyone on here have been asked if their furbaby is a real Yorkie? some of you know that My son was stolen from me a while back and I rescued another Yorkie. However, it never ceases to amaze me how amny people ask me if my son is a real yorkie. Here are some of gthe things that throw people-esp in nyc off 1) He is "Considered BIG" even though he weighs only 6lbs 2) He has thin hair, not a thick coat 3) He has longer legs than the other Yorkies I see around Manhattan which many call (Hold your breaths-those of us who know-teacups) 4) He has a long torso However, at the end of the day real or a "half-breed" he is MINE and I love him eternally for coming inot my life. I just wanted to know if there were other people on here who have been through this. thanks Coco Skittles Starburst Oquendo's father |
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07-21-2011, 04:23 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: VA
Posts: 8,040
| Yep, usually I just get asked "what kind of dog is that" I say...the kinda that stole my heart, You have a new love in your life...that you obviously love to pieces Most on here have had something or other said to them....but we don't give a hoot....we all love our babies! I personally love them all and love the fact that each and everyone looks different.
__________________ Tena & Zhoie Sweet Little Miracle |
07-21-2011, 04:33 PM | #3 |
Therapy Yorkies Work Donating Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Central, Florida
Posts: 3,863
| Worse yet is when they ask if it is a dog. Or when you say yes it is a Yorkie, they proceed to tell you it isn't, and why. I have heard: It is too big, the hair is too short/ not blonde/not fluffy enough, it's ears are not right, it eyes are too little/big, and my fav. It doesn't have a bow in its hair, I don't think it is a real Yorkie ! |
07-21-2011, 04:45 PM | #4 |
I ♥ Armani & Chloe Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 3,895
| Yes, people often ask if Chloe is really a Yorkie, if I am sure she is not a morkie- because she has floppy ears. It doesn't bother me- I just don't care what other people think- so I usually just say "I get that a lot" and move on.
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07-21-2011, 04:52 PM | #5 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member | Your baby son sounds like a pure breed silky terrier to me, I breed silkies my site is in my siggy, check us out, we are a VERY close cousin to the Yorkie... and very proud of it... |
07-21-2011, 04:57 PM | #6 | |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Where the deer and the antelope play
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Awwww that's perfect!
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07-21-2011, 05:48 PM | #7 |
I♥PeekTinkySaph&Finny Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Posts: 18,866
| Will you name my next dog for me? Love the names you come up with... So sorry your first son Hugo Versaci Fendi O hasn't been returned to you. I get questioned alot with Tinkerbell, bc she's a moose. 14 pounds, long torso, short legs... If I shaved her down I think she would pass for a Dachshund, lol. But her personality is all Yorkie, and she can be very sweet. And I love her too. BTW: New boy= Extremely cute!
__________________ Kat Chloe Lizzy PeekABooTinkerbell SapphireInfinity Last edited by kjc; 07-21-2011 at 05:51 PM. |
07-21-2011, 05:58 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: FtWorth,TX,USA
Posts: 3,269
| I dont usually get asked if she is a realy yorkie,but I might want to respond "yes very real. Barks and wets and everything". Guess that would be a bit much. |
07-21-2011, 06:04 PM | #9 |
Living In Paradise! Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Ewa Beach on the island of Oahu
Posts: 3,588
| It's ok...with the little one I watch...and some other passerby's they say...awww.cute kitty...lmao wth??? I think it's funny. Well from a distance she does look like a kitten. meeeeooowwwwwoooooooof! Roni~ |
07-21-2011, 06:06 PM | #10 |
threadkillin' 6 pack Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: USA
Posts: 1,242
| I'm pretty sure that Bridget is a silky, albeit an extraordinarily small one. She hovers around 6lbs. She is a rescue from a breeding operation that sold Yorkies. I understand that unscrupulous breeders like to breed yorkie boys with silky females, and being smaller than average I'm sure she had her work cut out for her. Brie, also a breeder rescue, looks like a cross, more Yorkie and what is really strange is that Baby and Bug come from the same litter and Baby looks 100% yorkie with the teddy bear face and short square squatty body. Bug is built silkie. I think that some breeders have mixed them so much that you wind up getting throwbacks in litters of yorkies. The two breeds are close enough genetically without mixing them on purpose. None of it matters they are all bundles of love. They round out my six pack perfectly no matter what they look like.
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07-21-2011, 06:14 PM | #11 | |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Where the deer and the antelope play
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We love them regardless. I also believe this to be the case with my Moka as well, a Yorkie/Silky mix, but I don't really care what she is.
__________________ Shelly and the girls Moka Mylee | |
07-21-2011, 06:22 PM | #12 |
Owned by Bella & Tibbs Donating Member | Yepp I get ask if Tibbers is a real Yorkie because he still has his tail and at 15 weeks is 5lbs 2 oz!
__________________ XOXO Valenie LOVING Mommy to Tibbers Bella and my son Adam! |
07-21-2011, 07:12 PM | #13 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member | some breeders have injected their inbred yorkie lines with silky blood to revive and try to clean some of the damage that inbred for smaller had done to their lines, I had to have my male and female DNA tested before even did the health tests on them just to make sure they were Silky and not silkshires.I find the practice very unprofessional, but I guess that if you breed purely for money, they do whatever is needed. is US the customer who has the responsability of asking the right questions and protect our pups.. and lines... |
07-21-2011, 07:15 PM | #14 |
Owned by Bella & Tibbs Donating Member | I think that is so sad I do not breed Im a new yorkie mom! But I think it's sad that people would just do stuff like that for money.
__________________ XOXO Valenie LOVING Mommy to Tibbers Bella and my son Adam! |
07-21-2011, 07:21 PM | #15 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 55
| I am frequently asked "Is that a yorkie? But it has a tail?!" I just laugh and tell them that the tail is the yorkie's cuteness meter... and as you can see my Gia's meter is at full capacity. (That usually shuts them up!) Truth is, she was the only survivor of her litter, and she almost didn't make it. So they didn't want to put extra stress on her little body by docking her tail. I'm so glad they didn't! I can't imagine her without it, now. |
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