[yorkietalkjilly]

With a puppy, you usually have to be a far better Yorkie expert than I to tell what a puppy's coat will be like. I've had Yorkies before with hard, silky coats and their puppy coats were thinnish and sparse-looking when they were about 4 - 5 months, and one was like a chow-chow when I first got him at 10 or 11 weeks - can't recall for sure Scotty's exact weeks' age when I got him. But it thinned out, got sparse-looking but finally grew in long, hard, silky and shiny. Jilly was 4 1/2 mos. old when I got her and her coat was quite sparse when I got her, but she too had a silky coat, not as fine or hard as Scotty's but still silky, though it would'nt grow as long, even if I'd wanted it to.

My Tibbe's coat tends to be cottony-like except it doesn't mat. I brush him every two - four days as he's not overly fond of brushing though he never fusses. His coat is not silky and shiny but is thick, full, and kind of stands out, including his mustache, is kind of curly or tousled-looking and the short hair on the top of his head tends to stick up a bit. Is makes for a cute, four-square, solid, different-looking Yorkie but I came to love him crazily, even without a correct coat. He's the biggest ham, is smart as a whip, does a lot of tricks with lots of vim and vigor(for which everybody watching smiles every time) and is always on the go and has a big opinion on everything in life!!!

Sadly, unless the breeder represented that the dog's coat was AKC standard quality or sold her as having a show-quality coat, something like that, I doubt you can get any redress. I know you'll love her no matter the kind of coat she has.