I thought Taffy was balding at first when she started turning silver. (As you can obviously surmise, I am quite new to Yorkies.)
Ours is about 7.5 months old now and the colors seems to change almost daily. (I know that's an exaggeration but it almost seems that way.)
I had major problems, too, with mats but I'm noticing that as she ages, her hair is getting more and more silky. I also learned the hard way that I wasn't brushing her correctly. For lack of a better word, at first I was just "surface" brushing.
It's cute though now. When I pick up the brush, if she's not already in my lap, she jumps up in it to be brushed. What was first something I dreaded has become one of our most pleasant "bonding" time of the day. It all changed when a groomer showed me what I was doing wrong. (For one thing I was using the wrong tools, too. Plus, I wasn't brushing "deep" enough which wasn't getting the worst mats. It is much easier now that I've had her groomed and the texture is changing as she ages.)
Plus, her "Mommy" doesn't feel quite an inadequate as she did...LOL |