Red-legged yorkie?
 

Would he be considered a red legged yorkie? The hair on his head is wirey and the body hair is course.

I don't think he is red legged, but he may be mixed with Australian Terrier because of the coarse hair. A lot of Yorkies are mixed with the AT. I had a foster once who was a Yorkie/AT mix. He looked exactly like pure Yorkie till he was older. By the way, your baby is just adorable. Also you may want to cut his nails since they are so long. ;)

What a cutie. I'm not sure he's a red leg as I have never seen one in person, but I do know that a lot of Yorkies have that color in their legs when they are pups. Baby did, but now her hair is blonde. Sorry I'm no help. ;)

romey had alot of red when he was a pup, but as he grew older it went away.

Actually you should be thrilled. I noticed the green glow to his eyes which usually means a silky haired baby. And if that sounds unbelieveable, a baby with wiry coarse hair will grow a soft silky coat as he gets older. I wouldn't have believed it myself after feeling Beamers coat, but he is now 10 months oild and his new coat is coming in beautiful and silky

He isn't my "yorkie"... It's my bf's moms yorkie.. He's from a broker, and for some reason something is screaming at me that he's not purebred.. I tried to take good pics because he looks like a deer head chihuahua ... *shrug* The pictures brightened him up A LOT... he's more of a rust/red color.. And my definition of wirey is like a wire haired jack russell or a brissell (sp?) brush.. Oh well... Just thought I'd ask..

The texture of Lacy's hair is coarser..it has never grown fast at all. She's stayed black and tan which I like because I love the darker colors. I added fish oil to her diet in October and since then her hair has been growing faster. But I dont think it will ever grow to floor-length

Poor baby! This yorkie is probably not going to have long hair. Coat looks too wirey around the legs and sparse everywhere else, even with the green glow - coat hairs on leg is very thick, short, and wirey - JMO I am sure though he is very sweet.

Here are some good photos on the YTCA site - see 11 weeks old photo and you can see the difference. http://www.ytca.org/pictures.html

T.

Red-legs don't actually have a wiry coat but one that is considered hard. It is too brittle and slow growing to acheive floor length but holds a ton of pigment. My redleg threw silk coats but I've heard that they can throw soft coats as well. Her eyes always flash gold and her skin is a very deep gold as well.

I forgot to submit a pic.

I copied this from the sticky in the GDF (gen. disc.) on coat. Not sure if it applies, but it could be relevant....

A puppy that has a wiry coat texture, with a tan that is a very bright red gold by four to five months, will as an adult do one of two things: First, if the puppy as it approaches five or six months, or at least by nine months, shows the transition from black to blue, the coat texture will soften to a silky texture. If the black coat does not show this transition to blue, the adult dog will retain the wiry coat which will never attain any great length.


I'm like Topknot, I don't think he'll grow long coat. I don't think he's a mix either.

he sure is a cutie:)

Red Legged Yorkie
 

I've enclosed a picture of my Lily.......she looks so much like the red legged. She is 6 months old and weighs 1 lb 10 ozs. She is a doll and eats like a horse. She bosses my other two boys around. I hope her hair gets a little longer so I can put bows in it. I think her coloring is beautiful. I love the pictures of all the yorkies.

That's good information--
 

I have a red-leg and have to confess I've never been clear on what that means. I understood it to mean they tend to throw good color, but what is the difference between soft and silk? Is soft the heavy, fine coat that mats if not combed daily? Sorry to have to ask but we don't get a lot of hands on experience up here.

Yep. He is. I have one too. Yours looks like my dog.

:)

Here is a good link that shows lots of Red Legged Yorkies, including my baby. I need to post a picture of her as an adult. Her hair is growing pretty well, but the hair on her ears never ever grows. They have never been shaved and don't have any hair growing off of the edges of them. I'll try to get a good picture tomorrow...

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...-yorkie-3.html

Sorry, I am a novice. What does it mean to "throw" color? Is that a breeder term?

I love the look of your yorkie. Maybe is what my ZoE is? Is that why I keep looking at puppies (searching for a 2nd) and can't seem to find one that looks like her. She was never "fluffy" as a puppy. And at 11 months old is still the darker black & tan (which I personally love), althought I do see some lighter silvery colour coming through. And she's not had her hair cut ever and it is still relatively short and is slow-growing.

pls help me
 

here is my 4 months old yorkie she is same as yours will the leg hair get longer :aimeeyork

I used to think my little Max was a red legged yorkie, because up until he was about 7 or 8 months he had this deep red color on his legs and face. Plus his hair was sparse and coarse, but soft and silky in some areas. Now he's a 1 and a half he has a nice silky coat that I'm in the process of growing out. It's growing quite fast.

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This is my little red baby at 4 months.

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This is him about 3 months ago.

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And the last two are a few days ago.

I love how Max's coat is looking now!

I suspect that Toki may be red-legged (although I had not really heard of this until recently and like I'd be able to properly identify it anyway haha)...she has rich coloring on her legs and face and her back is still very dark at 1 year 2 months but her coat isn't hard or brittle. Her coat grows out with flecks of gray in it but when we cut it short, it appears to be very dark and still black. I guess we'll see how her coat evolves over the next several months :)

Dominica,
 

I don't see a photo of your pup, but as the poster below your question pointed out, puppies have a coat that is much different than full grown dogs. One thing that I noticed in the other posters puppy picture was that her dog had some longer hair on its ears. My girls ear hair NEVER grows, and has never needed to be cut or shaved. People always assume she had been groomed, when she has not.

My girl is several years old now, and her hair never grows long. Her leg hair is short, too. I think she actually has less hair than she did as a pup. I'll try to post a recent picture of her later today if I can get a good picture.

I want to tell you that I was a little disappointed to discover that she would never have a long, traditional coat. However, she is now my favorite dog. I also have three Giant Schnauzers and a tiny little 2.8 pound adult Yorkie with a perfect floor length coat. All four dogs take SO much time to groom. My girl, Izzy, looks great all the time with no grooming.

I sometimes shave her body hair into a very short Schnauzer cut, and that makes her look like she has some leg hair and a long beard and eyebrows. She loves looking like the big Schnauzers, too.

She's my favorite in personality, too. SUPER SMART, and very healthy. No reverse sneezing or tooth problems or other things you often see in Yorkies that have been bred down for looks(if that makes sense).

When I told my husband why I was typing on my iPad just now to someone who has a dog like Izzy, he said "tell her we'll trade her for Oscar(my perfect guy with a champion pedigree), lol. He was just kidding, of course, because he loves Oscar too. However, he's always saying all the dogs were as smart and easy to care for as Izzy is. Hope this helps some. Your dog will be you best friend one day like my Izzy is to me!

Throwing pups, lol...
 

Yes, it's sort of a breeder term. Means to have pups with certain traits. You could substitute the words "have" or "share", I suppose, and have a similar meaning.

Izzy had one litter before I had her spayed and I know how her pups turned out because they went to family members. Two had correct coats, and one was sort of in between a red leg and a correct coat (similar to others listed on this thread). The father had a silk coat.

Red Legged Yorkies
 

Trying to post a picture of my little Skyler, Does she look like a red leg? Her coat is not wiry and this is a picture of her at 3months. Not sure if her coat will grow.