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Originally Posted by Mardelin  Recommending a long coat, I don't think that's up to me. It's entirely dependent on the person, their desire and patience to keep it up. There's nothing like a correct coated yorkie in long coat.
Yes, I have had a long soft coated yorkie. When it was just her it was fine....but, once I began showing, it became difficult to keep her up and cultivate a coat on a show dog.....
Let me put it this way, while I love a dog in long coat, especially the correct silk and color, the minute I get that Championship Certificate in my hands off comes the coat. Well sometimes I wait until I breed the females. Then of course it's dangerous to the pups to keep them in coat.
I will say that my dogs prefer to be in a shorter cut. |
Ok
Im not going to have him with coat to floor length just a bit fluffy, he's very big so if I were going to make him get floor length coat he would be about 2-3 years getting it so long.
On this picture of him he had a coat in length that I like, a bit fluffy I can part it in the middle of the back, he didnt matt much (only on the belly area and on the paws, I just shave the belly and keep the paws short then its no proplome).
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._3213896_n.jpg
lol, i was making him stand like a schafer
and another, bad pic though:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-a...06_5450484.jpg
These pictures are 1 and a half year old, he didnt matt much there,well I had to brush him daily to keep him matt free and bathe him every 5-7 days, if I didnt brush him in 2-3 days then he would become matted.
Also, i never use clothes on him except if they are very wide and have silk inside
When he gets matted, its only on stumach (i cut it very very short now so he doesnt matt much there), under the armpits ( I also cut the coat there if it gets tangled) and sometimes on the paws, he matts there when he goes for a walk and sand and grass gets stucked there
With bad matts (they almost never come,just if I put him in tight clothes or non-silk clothes) I cut them out.
Im gonna give it a try getting him in long coat, if it gets hard and he hates it then I'll cut him
But usually he doesnt mind grooming, he loves his brush, but he gets mad if I have to brush a tangle out, if I keep him matt-free i dont think it will be a proplame
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I just have to beware when I put him in any clothes, I almost never put him in clothes when he has coat, only when he's short cut (I dont like his coat short), I have a good jacket (pink, lol
) who I close on the back, very good jacket from PuppyAngel, my grandmother is going to fix him for me so I can use it, also I'm getting two vest's who are with silk, and dont tuch the armpits or the legs, so he wont matt of it , very cool !