[fancyyorkie]

Originally Posted by topknot

Okay - With our breed it is one of the hardest to predict how they will be as an adult, even for us experts. You got the original exerpt (thinner coated yorkies = thicker coat as an adult) from the Gordon and Bennett's book, "The Complete Yorkshire Terrier." They are/were one of the the top kennels in the US, Wildweir Yorkshire Terriers. Most all of our yorkies here in US can be traced back to them.

There are some yorkies that will have a thin coat as a pup and then have a thicker coat as an adult. Then there are yorkies with thin coats as a pup and never gain any amount of thickness in their coat as an adult - still thin. It is all based on genetics wheather a pup will have a nice silky coat of good quantity as an adult. You must not only look at the parents, but also the grandparents, and in some cases great-grandparents. The green eye shine, they say means silky, but not necessarily quantity or thickness of coat. If your pup has a brittle, terrier feel to their coat chancs are they will never grow a coat to the floor or have much of any coat. This coat may grow to the knees and then it stops.

I like a somewhat in between thickness as a pup. Not too thin and not too thick. A thick coated yorkie will most of the time have a cotton or wooly coat as an adult. Check the leg hair, if the paw/leg hair has a lot of coat - it is usuallyand will be a cotton or wooly coat as an adult. Wooly coats will curl, especially when wet. When this coat is blown dried you will also see slight lines going across the coat hairs as you brush during blow drying. I hope this information has helped.

There are also fine coated yorkies with not much silk to their texture and they will grow in length but not neccessary in thickness.

You do not need to trim a puppy's coat.

What one should do is research - get to know your lines (pedigrees) and study a ton of photos of yorkies when young and how they looked as an adult, this will give you some clue. The best is to see yorkies coat in person as a pup and the as an adult - see many yorkies and feel their coats. This is the best way to learn.

What about a blue born????