[DazzlinYT]

Well let's see, a soft coat is probably what you are considering a "cotton" coat, I have NO CLUE what a wooly coat is. A properly cared for soft coat will not feel like cotton though, it can be hard to tell from a silk coat except in color, obviously, and slight texture variation, however it grows MUCH more quickly, and there will usually be much more of it than a silk coat. A hard silk would be what is described in the New Complete Yorksire Terrier as a darker almost black coat that breaks easily and grows slowly, usually the gold will be VERY dark reddish, but with care and over time, the coat will become more silky...it is not soft, it is more coarse. A Modified coat is neither soft nor silk, but a combination of both, and will be dark, head will be sooty and take some time to clear, maybe over 2 years. Silk is obvious. All of these coat types can eventually become a shade of Gray to blue to silver depending on which type of coat, or softer coats can stay black. Soft coats won't usually reflect light depending on how you care for it, and will have a reddish cast in the sunlight. The average pet owner with a soft coated dog will not reflect light, and it will not feel cool to the touch...silk will.