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Originally Posted by bjh   The Biewer standard sounds like it is up to interpretation. To me a soft silky coat would be silky because a silky coat is soft as opposed to coarse. And it describes it as long, flowing and straight. A yorkie can have a straight cottony coat but it is not flowing like a silk coat. A true silk coat will hang straight down and when you pick up the hair on the shoulders and let it drop down it each strand should easily fall back into place and not bunch up like a cottony coat does.
Sorry to go off topic, I forgot this thread was about parti yorkies. I'm just trying to learn more. |
Your interpretation is correct.
The original UCI standard from Germany states..
the hair on the body has a length 3/4 down the sides of the dog or long enough to reach the ground, and is absolutely straight (not wooly) shiney like silk and of a fine silk texture without an undercoat.
This is the standard that NAKC and IABCA uses in their shows.
You can feel the silk texture of Frazier's coat....and see it "flow" when he walks.