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Originally Posted by mscat  Youe little one is a cute little yorkie  When she goes and gets her hair cut , and her ears are trimmed , that is all she needs. To me, they don't look funny, especially if she hasn't had a cut before. I think it's great she can hold her ears up ! my Suzi couldn't until her ear hair was shaved.
I do have a question though  About Silky vrs Yorkie's I thought a Silky did have the long muzzle? ANd is larger then the yorkie breed? Am i mistaken? How does one tell these 2 a part? Should i start a new thread? Just curious? In tis lady's picture her little Yorkie was small, though, therefore, to me still fit the profile as a yorkie, with the petite features, and color markings>  |
From what I understand (someone correct me if I'm wrong) Yorkies are originally from the UK (yorkshire), and silkies from Australia. Back then they would send the felons/prisoners to Australia and maybe they took their dogs with them? Since yorkies used to be owned by the lower class and for hunting rats. Once they took them to Australia they bred them to be larger perhaps there are larger rats down under???
But yes generally silkies are larger (more than 7 lbs). I did some research when we got Uni, and I looked at yorkies and silkies and they looked almost the same, except size.