Here are some traits to look for in a silky: long muzzle, flatter skull, smaller base of ears, muscular build, longer in body than in height. A yorkie's traits are: short muzzle, dome shaped skull, wide base of ears, is as long in body as high (like a box). The website the red98vett all show these points, so if you look for these traits in the dog you are sitting you can determine which traits she has and whether she is closer to a silky or closer to a yorkie.
Although there are alof of yorkies that look and resemble a silky but they really are yorkies. |