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03-31-2005, 03:22 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lawrenceville, GA
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| Silkies? What is the difference between silkies and yorkies? |
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03-31-2005, 03:40 PM | #2 |
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| Two different breeds The Silky Terrier was developed in Australia by crossing terrier breeds, specifically Australian Terriers and Yorkshire Terriers. It’s therefore bigger than the Yorkie and has a more angular body. Whereas a Yorkie should not exceed seven pounds, a Silky can be over ten pounds. Whereas, in Yorkies there is only a weight standard, the Silky standard is much more specific: “Shoulder height from nine to ten inches. Deviation in either direction is undesirable. Proportion - The body is about one fifth longer than the dog's height at the withers. Substance - Lightly built with strong but rather fine bone.” Yorkies should be square in shape, a Silky is more rectangular. The heads are the most noticeably different as the Silky’s is much bigger and longer, and again, angular. Unfortunatly, many petshop/puppy mill Yorkies look very much like Silkys. There’s some reasonable speculation that this is because these so-called Yorkies are actually Silky crosses. A Silky can have more pups more easily because of its relatively larger size. This makes them more desirable to people who want to mass produce puppies. |
04-03-2005, 08:33 PM | #3 |
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| Hi, My yorkie Tilly is a silky, she is now on the heavy side due to her having cushings, her normal weight use to be 11 lbs and that was 4 years ago before her medication (steriod) and her condition she now weighs 15 lbs, her coat is alot different than sami's(blond & silver blue) it feels like silk and is real fine and shiney, she has never been matted and im not sure if that is because her coat is so fine? |
04-04-2005, 04:18 AM | #4 | |
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Glad you brought this up. It is a fairly common practice for millers and or unscrupulous breeders to crossbreed certain breeds intentionally. It's common for Maltese to be breed with Bichons Frise, and Yorkies to be mixed with a Silky Terriers or Australian Terriers. The reasoning behind this is because as yorkie power pointed out the females are bigger and can or may produce more pups and the risk factor for complications is lower like c-sections, maternal death, etc. So it's less of a risk, less out of pocket expense and possibly larger litters which means more profit for them.
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04-04-2005, 06:32 AM | #5 |
Stewie Rox the Sox Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago
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| I know a "maltese" with "papers" from a pet store who looks EXACTLY like a Bischon. Now it makes sense...
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