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Originally Posted by EvaNoel  Thanks for the info! Great photos, beautiful Yorkies, but I'm not sure that's what I'm looking for. This is one of the references to "sooty" that I read in an article in Yorkie Club Magazine;
“My ideal color on a puppy is one who is starting to break in color, but is still very dark. The head will be sooty, with the tan showing on the head and legs. The adult may still have some thumbprints at 2-3 years of age. The ideal adult color is a steel blue, the color of the inside of a gun barrel. I do believe, however,that varying shades of blue may still be correct as long as the color pattern is correct.” It refers to a puppy that is starting to break in color ... and the head will be sooty. That's what I need to see a photo of ... a sooty head in a puppy.  This is the link, very interesting reading; http://www.yorkyclub.com/arti09aprCopia.html |
Hi, from everything I've read, "sooty" means that black hairs are mixed in with lighter hairs. Since the standard head is supposed to be tan in the adult, I assume that sooty means that some dark blue or black hairs are mixed in with the tan, give a "sooty" appearance. I'll post a photo of my Bella below. She is only 17 weeks old, still a puppy, and has what I would consider sooty hair on her head (mixed dark hairs in with the tan on the top). Can someone with more experience chime in and let me know if this is an example of a sooty-headed puppy?