He's very cute! I've dealt with, and still deal with, the same type of questions about my boy. But I've learned to not let it bug me. And I kinda embrace it a bit and just think he's unique and different. There's always going to be some genetic variance amongst dogs and sometimes they can have some physical features that don't necessarily match their parents. My boy is also a purebred with papers. His dad is a champion. And all throughout his pedigree is champions and names such as Durrers and Nicnaks, which I understand are fairly well-known names and probably in a lot of pedigrees.
Despite that he has floppy ears, a muzzle that is considered a bit too long, he's oversize at 12 pounds, and has a coat that's not quite silk - it's more a modified coat. What's odd is that both his parents and his siblings are all half his size and look fairly different than him. It's weird how that works. My friends tell me I got the reject out of the litter. Lol. It's just genetics I guess. I've attached a picture of him at 8 months old. You can see he's quite different looking from many other yorkies; hence, all the "what's he mixed with?" questions. He's the nephew of my other yorkie, and when I tell people that, it just blows their mind that they're related cause she looks much more like a typical yorkie and so much different than him. So, just be aware that yorkies do come in different shapes and sizes and it doesn't necessarily mean that they're not purebred. |