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Originally Posted by crystalsmom  Mardelin has given you some wonderful advise and I don't mean to putt in but I might add one more way to tell a silk coat and that is cool to the touch where the cotton coat is warmer.
This is also one thing that I will also always remember that I read about breaking patterns and it is:
A puppy that is about 3 or 4 weeks of age that shows gold hairs on the top of its head when the black hairs are parted, will as an adult have a clear golden tan. If the coat texture is silky, the blue will have no intermingled colors.
I also have found that the silky coat in a pup is a thinner coat but maybe Mardelin would know if that is always the case?
I've also heard a young puppy with gold on the back of the ears should have nice color but I am not sure of that one either. |
You've added a couple of things that I'd completely omitted. The cool touch and the gold at the back and base of the ears.
No, the thin coat is not always the case. The density depends on genetics....
The blue should have no intermingled colors, however, you missed something, running gold....