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Originally Posted by simplyblessed  Molly (my yorkie) has thick, soft hair. She doesn't have the silk hair that most yorkies have. I was reading somewhere that if you have a yorkie with this type of hair it's better to keep them with a 'puppy cut' to avoid grooming frustration for the animal and owner. 
She is so pretty with some longer hair. She looks scrauny(sp?) and not like my Molly when she is short. She recently had puppies, and they did matt her hair so badly that I shaved her instead of making her go through all the grooming for the mats.
Wondering if anyone has a yorkie like mine? And what do you do about grooming? She is 5lbs, and like a said she looks super scrauny when shaved. Her hair does grow pretty rapidly though.  So we only have to deal with the short hair for awhile, but still.....
TIA for any help.
Blessings,
Christy |
One thing I have tried, that seems to work well, is to shave their belly (or cut it pretty close) and out an inch or two from the belly to the sides. To me, this is the hair that mats so badly and is soooo hard to keep brushed out. Then you still have a thick layer starting at the topline, down to within an inch or two to the belly. This layer can grow long, and is thick enough to cover the belly so you don't see how short it is, but still thin enough you can brush every other day and keep mats down. I like this because you can still have that Yorkie "look" of longer hair, but not have to deal with so much of it.
Also I have found that using plenty of conditioner, even sometimes a light spray of leave in conditioner works well.
I'm not sure this is making sense? lol