BRAVO, Pat!!! That is an excellent defense of the breed standard and responsible breeding and I salute you for doing your best to keep our Yorkies, Yorkies!!! Adhering as closely as possible to the breed standard is very, very important in my mind. I used to show my English Setters in another lifetime........
Now I have a "pet" Yorkie who wins a blue ribbon in my heart every day. He was neutered at an appropriate age, so he'll be one of a kind! Higgin's coat is thin, neither cottony nor silky, grows slowly, and doesn't mat very much at all. We bathe him about once a month, though I would like to bathe him more often. (Don doesn't want him bathed that often.....afraid we'll dry his skin.....and he has a point.) Higgins hates to be brushed or "fooled with" (typical little boy), so I'm sure glad that his coat is an easy one to care for. He sure looks like he's a mess when he gets up in the morning, though! So funny, that little "bedface." |