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Originally Posted by cliffick  I did not read all five pages of this post, but (please don't be offended), why does everyone want to groom their yorkies to look like a different breed? (Scnauzer cut). I just think yorkies look soo beautiful with their long hair. Different from other breeds because they do have hair-not fur.
Hope I'm not opening a can of worms here  I think some yorkie boys can pull it off, but I'm sticking to the basic yorkie look.  |
Not opening a can of worms at all! I for one felt very much like you. I believe although there are many reasons we decide on a particular breed as our pet, one of the main reasons is the "look" of the dog. And Yorkies with their long, flowing coats are just absolutely stunning (IMHO).
I felt the same about my Biewer. I felt to cut his hair was to change his identity. But reality is, not all the Yorkie or Biewers have the ideal long, silky, flowing, easy to groom coat. My Biewer was one of them.
Now my Yorkie...her coat would get matted, but they would brush out rather easy. However, she LOVES to go for walks and with temps in the 80's and 90's here in Pa....she would get so hot!
So cutting down the coat, at times, becomes a necessity. But some of us don't want to do a simple puppy cut. we won't something more "cutting edge". Therefore, we've fallen in love with "The Joey Cut" as we lovingly refer to it.
Hope that helps for you to understand, at least for me, why I cut my dogs coats!
PS: I still have one more Biewer that has the lovely silk coat. I'll let him grow into a show coat!