[tammys]

I keep meaning to post this, and realized after posting some puppy pics, that I should really say something.

For those who saw the pics of, "The moose and his sister," and thought, "Those have to be the ugliest Yorkie pups ever!", they're part Silky!

For years I thought Cassie looked so different than every Yorkie I had ever seen. She was bigger, had a longer snout, her floppy ears were a little more to the side of her head, than on top of her head, etc. I had heard of Silkies and looked up some pics of then! Oh my gosh! It looked like someone posted pics of my dog all over the internet!

So, for those who saw our babies, and were too polite to comment on their floppy ears, and longer snouts - now you know why. LOL (I like floppy ears anyway, so I didn't tape them, but this way the look more like Mama.)

For those wondering how I could have thought I got a Yorkie:

9 1/2 years ago, I began looking for a Yorkie and found one in the newspaper. I was looking for a pet, not a show or breeding dog. On a Sunday afternoon before church, we went to see her and fell in love with her. We gave the lady a deposit, went to church and dinner, then returned to come pick up our baby.

When we first walked in, I had noticed that she had several small breed dogs, but didn't really question it; I didn't know much more than the existence of puppy mills, or anything like that back then.

So, that evening we returned to get her, and since it was dark outside, it was easy to see through the windows of a detached garage that had the lights on. Through the windows, we saw cage, after cage, after cage. At that moment, I realized that this was a puppy mill. I felt terrible, but was determined to get that sweet baby girl out of there.

That week I contacted a few organizations (Human Society, and a local animal shelter) to get info on how to help these poor dogs , but no one could help, b/c I saw clean, healthy-looking dogs. Of course I did! Duh! I walked into her living room, not into the puppy cage building.

Luckily, about a year later, it was on the news that it had been shut down!

The lady told me she didn't have the papers ready to give me to send in for her registration, and that she would send them to me. Whatever! I didn't care, and knew I would never see them. So, she was sold to me as a Yorkie (that's what that the newspaper said), and I had no reason to doubt otherwise, until I researched Silkies.

So, I guess Sophie and Todd are actually Silky Yorkies.
This would explain why at 10 weeks Todd weighs over 4 1/2 lbs, and Sophie weighs almost 3 1/2 lbs!