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Originally Posted by soryloveyorkie  i have two yorkies. The female is black and tan( 6 years old). she doesn't have a cotton hair. The male is black and gold but he has cotton hair( 21 months). When you choose a puppy how do you know if they will be silver and gold? and cotton or silky?
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It's very rare that you have a black silk coat, once touched it you don't forget it.
It's difficult to determine a puppy's coat texture and color at 12 weeks of age. That's one of the reasons exhibitor breeders hold onto them longer.
It takes a trained eye, a breeder that has an established line to somewhat make a good guess at the coat texture.
However, there are a couple of things that were mentioned that are some indicators of whether a coat is going to go too light or if the coat is silk or soft coated.