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Originally Posted by bjh  It is not easy to tell on a young puppy how light or dark it will be. You best bet with be to get with a breeder that does not sell their pups to young. If a puppy starts breaking to a light color on their head at a early age, say around 8 to 12 weeks then that is a sign that they may go light. Also, on older pups, say around 12 weeks, if they are showing signs of turning grey on their shoulder hair at the roots or on the belly hair then you know they won't stay black.
Some yorkies do stay black, even into adulthood. Over the years I have had very few yorkies that stayed black. I have one female that stayed black and I have posted a picture of her. She was around a year old when that picture was taken. She ended up with a cottony coat. She is now 8 years old and she is still black. Her head did clear more. When I shave her, her coat is still black. Most of your silky coated yorkies that change from black to steel blue will look a lot lighter when they are cut down.
I don't think their sex really has anything to do with if they go light or stay dark. It is all in their genetics.
You most likely won't see any black yorkies in the show ring because it is considered a fault here in the USA. In Europe some of the dogs do tend to be darker. |
yes the pic in your attached thumbnail is more what I looking for and the one below (I hope) if possible where you can see the dog still has the brown but is over all a darker shade than some with very light caramel coloured faces and silvery-grey backs.
I have looked at some other similar breeds as someone mentioned I did originally look at Border Terriers that can also be very black as puppies but always tend to go a lighter brown in age.
I looked at Lancashire Heelers also a (black/tan combo) ..I think they tend to keep their colour however they are a native endangered breed and so not as many breeders. I think I'd have difficulty securing a female particuarly if I was not intending to breed to boost the popularity of the breed in the UK.
I did also see a photo of a very cute yorkie x pom that was all black. (see pic below).
I've had a couple of mostly black dogs with either just white or tri. I do like the black-tan after my inlaws had a rottie, however they are way too big for me. I'm looking for a much smaller sized companion for my later years!.. so starting looking at black-tan small breeds!
I'd like to support a British breed so been from Yorkshire I had to check out Yorkshire Terriers!!!
Also can someone tell me what is the size difference in these I see advertised as 'teacup' Yorkies and how big I'd expect a 'regular' Yorkie to be?
Thanks
Mimi