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11-22-2008, 02:26 AM | #1 |
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| Apple-Head Yorkies?? I read a web site and the Yorkie breeder is describing her puppies and adults as cute little Apple Heads. I have not been participating in YT for a while so I might be out of touch. Have y'all heard of this description? Is it a good or bad thing or just a come-on? |
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11-22-2008, 02:43 AM | #2 |
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| I've never heard that term before either! maybe it's a marketing ploy, such as 'teacup' to sell puppies for hugely inflated prices to the uneducated xxx
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11-22-2008, 03:15 AM | #3 |
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| Honestly, I have never heard that term, but I would venture to say that no reputable breeder would classify their yorkies as "apple-heads". It's either a marketing ploy or the other thing that comes to mind is dogs with dome-shaped heads which is not a good thing..Hydrocephalus comes to mind...
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11-22-2008, 03:51 AM | #4 | |
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11-22-2008, 06:00 AM | #5 |
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| many breeders use this term to describe their puppies and they breed for 'appleheads". If I have ever even seen one, I don't know it. I also think it is a marketing ploy. |
11-22-2008, 06:08 AM | #6 |
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| I have heard that term when describing chihuahuas...but never yorkies...?
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11-22-2008, 06:18 AM | #7 |
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| I have seen several people advertising with this term. From what I have seen of the puppies they sell it means they have bred away, intentionally or by accident, from a proper head and are trying to make it sound attractive or preferable. I have a Miniature Pinscher that bites when you try to pick him up. I like to call him independent.
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11-22-2008, 10:18 AM | #8 | |
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11-23-2008, 04:11 PM | #9 |
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| Anytime you have a breeder who is purposely trying to produce pups with a cranial structure other than what is standard for the breed, you are playing with fire, IMO. Be it apple-headed, or the 'baby doll faced' yorkies you hear about. Not a good thing. |
11-23-2008, 04:29 PM | #10 |
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| Be careful, alot of times the rounder head is associated with an open fontanel.
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11-24-2008, 06:33 AM | #11 |
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11-24-2008, 10:16 AM | #12 | |
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Same here.
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11-24-2008, 10:25 AM | #13 |
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| I would not buy an "apple-head" Yorkshire Terrier...it's a term I'd associate with chihuahua pushers/mill breeders...and if the breeder in question also raises chihuahuas, I would be even more cautious. Any time I see a breeder who raises more than one kind of dog at a time, my puppy mill senses tingle... |
11-25-2008, 05:02 AM | #14 | |
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Yes, me too! I had three Chihuahuas and they do have heads that are sort of apple shaped. I don't know if it is a marketing ploy or not, but you will see it often to describe the Chihuahua. I have never heard it used for a Yorkie.
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11-25-2008, 05:13 AM | #15 |
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| Chi's are suppose to have big round foreheads, yorkies are not!! Basically it's just a poorly bred yorkie.
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