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Old 12-31-2012, 08:09 AM   #5
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Did you, by any chance, trim his hair shorter? I was talking with a lady who said her Yorkie had dark hair again after she cut him down. Plus, I have seen other reports where a change of food and the dog developed dark roots. Also, I recall seeing where one owner took their Yorkie to the vet after finding a dark or black spot and the vet said it was just hair color.

Brody still has a few dark patches, but his hair is lightening...the patches are all that remain of the darker hair. My understanding is that after they lighten up, they do not return to a full dark blue coat.

The YTCA say, in their:

<Begin Quote>

DISQUALIFICATION DIRECTIVE
TO: AKC Judges, AKC Judging Operations
FROM: Yorkshire Terrier Club of America Board of Directors
DATE: September 26, 2007
.
SUBJECT: Clarification of the Yorkshire Terrier DQ to be initiated on
October 1, 2007
.
The Disqualification reads as follows:
Any solid color or combination of colors other than blue and tan as
described above.
Any white markings other than a small white spot on the forechest
that does not exceed 1 inch at its longest dimension
.
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.
DIRECTIVE
The new Disqualification is an ADDITION to the Yorkshire Terrier
Breed Standard. It is there to disqualify Yorkshire Terriers with
colors OTHER THAN those as described in our Breed Standard.

...

The Yorkshire Terrier whose coat is of prime importance has a slow
metamorphosis from the black and tan puppy to the blue and tan adult.
Some of these dogs take three or more years for their coat to mature;

therefore our YTCA Members chose NOT to specify an age for color
maturity. Only dogs of solid color, unusual combination of colors,
and parti-colors should be disqualified.


<End Quote>

The whole directive is at http://ytca.org/mainview.htm


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