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Hard Silk Coat and Silk Coat ??? :confused:I saw this post and wanted to ask...what is this? A hard silk coat is exactly as you describe. It grows slowly and tends to break off. __________________ So is this a different kind of silk coat? And is there a difference in the way it feels? Thanks and sorry if this is a dumb question. |
This is not a dumb question. I hear terms all the time like hard silk, modified silk, pure silk and soft coated. I have yet heard a good explanation of the differences. I have two boys with nice silk coats but yet they are different in how they hang. One has a coat that hangs supper straight and the other one has more body to it. In going to shows and listening to other show breeders talk about coats I have discovered there is a wide difference in opinions among show breeders as to what is silk and what is modified silk, etc. I would love to hear good explanations of all the terms. |
Pure silk is the desired coat. Silky fine hair which hangs straight. A hard silk coat breaks off and will never reach the floor. Modified silk is a combination of coats...silk and soft. A soft coat is considered cotton. |
On this website the show breeder discussed different types of coats but in her explanation she talks about the cottony coat that breaks easily and the woolly coat that is black and thick but does not break off.:confused: Jon-An's Yorkshire Terrier Coat Care |
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This is really interesting....I think from reading this that Twinkle and Wicket have soft or modified silk coats. They are definitely not silk, but they do have a sheen to them (satiny looking rather than silk, if that makes sense)....they don't matt, but they are very thick and Twinkle's is slightly wavey. The eye-shine theory doesn't work with them either because in some they shine green and in some there's an orange tinge:rolleyes: xxx |
2 Attachment(s) Ok I am thinking Lolita must be a modified and Laddy I hope a silky but he is nine months old and his coat still doesnt reach the floor so am little concerned that maybe it is the hard silk.:confused: I will post some pictures of them maybe someone can tell. Lolita is the second one her coat is really thick but never tangles and it reaches the floor but her little bottom has a little curl. Laddy is the first one. |
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Show dogs are allowed to do many of these things, but their coats are cultivated, by being bathed every 4 days, kept in wraps, only allowed to sleep on satin. |
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i always thought morgan had a cotton coat but i read on the site that bjh posted that cotton coats are thin and breaking. Morgan's coat is anything but thin. its thick and poofy and sticks straight out. it doesn't break off either. So then i read the wooly coat description and i guess that's what she has. |
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There's also feeding the coat from the inside out. We do alot of things and each dog is different. We add supplements, special menu for feeding. When you start wrapping is entirely on the dog and where the length of the coat is.....but, you're right we do start when they are pups, getting them use to it. Usually a couple of wraps at the hips....then add a couple more and a couple more.....by the time their coat really needs to be wrapped, they're pretty use to it. The hardest for them to get use to is their facial furnishings. |
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The best way to describe it is if you have a silk thread and try to break it, it's difficult to do so. Cotton thread is easier to break. |
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Think of what silk fabric feels like vs. a cotton fabric....then feel a cotton ball and feel the difference. This is the best description I can come up with to get a feel for the differences in texture. |
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