Hi *waves* Welcome to YT!
It's so hard to say. I get asked by everyone if Jackson is a Silky and your boy reminds me of Jackson. He is about 16lbs, longer than he is tall, has a bit longer muzzle, bigger/pointier ears. I still often wonder.
The thing is... a well-bred Yorkie and a well-bred Silky are easy to tell apart. But because sooo many people breed Yorkies without any understanding of the standard and because they are so popular, you often get out of standard Yorkies. So just because a dog is, 20lbs for example, doesn't mean they are NOT a purebred Yorkie. And you'll often find a tiny 4lb Silky as well.
The Silky was "founded" by mixing the Australian Terrier and the Yorkie so they are all related. They wanted the "terrier-ness" of the Aussie with the hair of a Yorkie basically and wa-laa, there's a Silky! The fact of the matter is that Yorkies are more common so more often than not, they are going to be a Yorkie just by looking at the chances. |