This happened to me, too. I was brushing her everyday, but using a boar bristle brush and it did not get underneath next to the skin. I really did not know much about yorkies at the time, we have a lab and thats all I knew about. When I took her to the groomers(I waited until all her shots were finished) she was matted so badly that she was crying when she was brushing her and trying to get the knots out. She had to be shaved. I almost cried to see that little body, I did not know that she was so small and fragile. It was extreme at first, but in a month or two it looked like a puppy cut. We ended up liking the short hair on her and we keep her in a puppy cut all the time. But it was sad to lose that puppy coat so early. |