You can guestimate by the parents, grandparents, etc.. but the best way is to look for signs as the dog is maturing. If at say 12 weeks, the dog has already broken "silvery" on the black, chances are you are going to have a VERY light dog..the longer it takes the black to start changing color, the better deeper color the dog will have, first change usually happens on the chest. My best indicator is that the dog "bleeds" into blue, versus breaks it. As for the gold, typically dogs who hold a "thumbprint" (black or grayish streak up the forehead) will hold better color than dogs who break a cream color uniformly and it grows off completely leaving no thumbprint. Also for golds, around the nose and the color of the legs are good indicators, if dark, then the gold will typically be darker, if light, then typically lighter, but golds deepen for up to 2 years or more.
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Originally Posted by Willow I have a question, if you guys don't mind my asking, since a yorkie's color can change so much during their growth, at what age do you choose yours by their looks/appearance or do you just go by what the parents look like?
When we choose Autumn we were hoping to get a dark yorkie with a red face and red legs. She is silver and has a lot of blonde. I soooo don't care because I love her so much! But I really want to know if there is anyway to know what color they will turn out to be at a young age?
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