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06-25-2015, 08:41 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Portland Maine
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| 5 yrs old no gray Maggie is about 5 yrs old now, and still black and tan - no gray at all! People always assume she is still a puppy for this reason. Anyone else have a yorkie that hasn't turned gray yet? If I really look, there is the very faintest gray where the tan meets the black. Just curious! I know all pups are different, and I love her colors!
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06-25-2015, 09:19 AM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| Max is 6.5 years and has a dark saddle, reflects blue. I wonder if he will ever turn silver/grey. He went completely gold/blond on his head, except for 2 streaks at the lower corners of his mouth.
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06-25-2015, 09:41 AM | #3 | |
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It's possible that she's a "red legged" Yorkie, which has shorter, coarser hair and remains black and tan. Could you post a photo? | |
06-25-2015, 09:44 AM | #4 |
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| Ziva is 6 and is still black altho she has a few white guard hairs that are visible when she gets a short cut, also the slight greying at the top of her legs. Abby at 4 is totally grey and silver from the sun/pool- I know it is fading because she has black roots! |
06-25-2015, 10:01 AM | #5 |
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06-25-2015, 10:02 AM | #6 |
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| So intersting, love the feedback, maybe she will never gray, ok by me, she is a cutie just they way she is!
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06-25-2015, 10:11 AM | #7 |
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| Does she have a cotton coat? Those tend to stay darker.
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06-25-2015, 10:16 AM | #8 |
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| My Luci is 7 yrs old and has no grey what so ever.
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06-25-2015, 11:58 AM | #9 | |
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06-25-2015, 12:00 PM | #10 |
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| The YTCA site gives some examples of how texture can affect coloration here: The Yorkshire Terrier Grooming Tips- America Teddy is dark with a cotton coat but he's only a year and a half old so I think I'll have to wait another year and a half before guessing what his final color may be! |
06-25-2015, 12:17 PM | #11 |
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| Maddie is the Black and Tan one in my avatar will be 9 years old next month. No gray
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06-25-2015, 12:23 PM | #12 |
YT 1000 Club Member | The father and grandfather (they look identical) to my puppies are black saddled with a tan face. The dad is still young, but the grandfather is much older, I think 5 or 6. He still is black on his back. I think some are just colored that way. I am hoping my little boy puppy, Rowan will end up looking like his dad and grandfather. I think the girl puppy Raksha is going to look like her grandmother and be tan and silver, just like my older Yorkie looks as well. I had Teek at the house of the person who owns the grandma and we could barely tell which dog was whose. Same size, color and hair cut. It was funny! I do think that Raksha will end up looking like them.
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06-25-2015, 12:36 PM | #13 | |
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I do not think Maggie looks like a red-legged at all. There are many Yorkies who stay dark until really old age. As I wrote above, my Max has a very dark back. He has a silky coat that grows floor length. Show Yorkies have dark backs, steely blue that some mistake as black. I don't know how long they stay dark because most have their coats cut by a certain age. The only older champions who have kept their coats I have known turned dark silver.
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06-25-2015, 01:45 PM | #14 |
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| My Mollie is 11 1/2 and she has some silver highlights but, no gray. She was Black and Tan then when she had puppies at 2 years and then she got her silver highlights.
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06-25-2015, 05:28 PM | #15 |
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| I have had 4 yorkies, all now past, 2 stayed pure black on their back, one had auburn face and legs, the other had blondish red on face and legs. I LOVE the black backs, not very common colors.
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