Silky coat predicted by puppy's feet

[Peabody]

Originally Posted by Brooklynn

Silk is preferred and not rare at all and I agree Mary structure and health should be more important than color and coat.
I see soft coated yorkies in the ring all the time LOL! I don't mind a modified silk coat it's easier to grow LOL...true silk coats take freaking forever to grow and is not as thick like a modified silk coat is. Radar has that nice fine silk coat and takes forever to grow! BUT finally his facial furnishings are getting long YAH!!

Donna

Is Radar the Yorkie in your avatar? I'd love one like that!

I don't think I could identify a modified silk. I have a lot to learn. (That's why I'm starting my research now.)

[Brooklynn]

Originally Posted by Peabody

Is Radar the Yorkie in your avatar? I'd love one like that!

I don't think I could identify a modified silk. I have a lot to learn. (That's why I'm starting my research now.)

Yes, that is Radar in my avatar.
Identifing coat texture is still hard for some and it's all for interputation in my opinion. If one really reads the standard the definition of a silk coat it's of like "fine" silk thread and very slow growing. In my interputation of a modified silk coat when the strands of a coat is thick and grows faster than a pure true silk coat but silky feeling it in my opinion is modified silk coat but of course that is just my humble opinion

Donna

[Patti]

Pixie is a silk coated one and her hair legs lays flat, my other 2 are cottony coats and they have a lot of fluffy hairy legs.

[Peabody]

Originally Posted by Patti

Pixie is a silk coated one and her hair legs lays flat, my other 2 are cottony coats and they have a lot of fluffy hairy legs.

I loved Cali's Castle (cute trick, ringing the door bell ). All the Yorkies (and Maya) in the pics look beautiful!

[Peabody]

Is "cottony" or "soft" the same as "wirey"? I've seen descriptions that a puppy will have a wirey coat. But, to me the word wirey doesn't suggest soft or cottony. Is wirey at the other end of the spectrum from silky? Like, silky --> modified silky --> cottony soft --> wirey?

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by Peabody

Is "cottony" or "soft" the same as "wirey"? I've seen descriptions that a puppy will have a wirey coat. But, to me the word wirey doesn't suggest soft or cottony. Is wirey at the other end of the spectrum from silky? Like, silky --> modified silky --> cottony soft --> wirey?

Nope, swoft and cottony is not the same as wirey. Wirey feels more....stiff, harsh.....

Coat texture is something that can't be learned over night....At some dog shows they do have dog seminars and some conduct lectures on breed specific coat textures......However, as Donna said....you can discuss it till you beat it to death and at times it's subject to interpretation. jAnd coats can be enhanced for the ring. But, eventually you'll know a good coat when you feel it.

[Peabody]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

Nope, swoft and cottony is not the same as wirey. Wirey feels more....stiff, harsh.....

Coat texture is something that can't be learned over night....At some dog shows they do have dog seminars and some conduct lectures on breed specific coat textures......However, as Donna said....you can discuss it till you beat it to death and at times it's subject to interpretation. jAnd coats can be enhanced for the ring. But, eventually you'll know a good coat when you feel it.

It seems to be like making candy. You can read the recipe about "glossy," and beating 'til "dull," but until you make it with someone who knows and you can see the different stages, you don't really understand.

[ChantalB]

Interesting.

Soft coat puppy do look more fluffy all over so it make sense.

Thanks for the link.

[Brooklynn]

Originally Posted by Peabody

It seems to be like making candy. You can read the recipe about "glossy," and beating 'til "dull," but until you make it with someone who knows and you can see the different stages, you don't really understand.

Some people will never understand the differences and again it's all up for interputation for each individual. I see things in black and white and my interputation is probably quite different than most. I have felt a pure true silk coat and I've felt a soft coat and a cotton coat and my interputation will be different than some but when you feel a true silk coat there should be no doubt about it

Donna

[xxmxaxrxyxx]

Originally Posted by Peabody

This is a link,

http://www.judgesl.com/

then click on Yorkshire Terrier. I can't take credit for finding it though. bchgirl posted it in reply to another post.

thanks for the link...very interesting!

[delicatepuzzle]

Originally Posted by Brooklynn

Silk is preferred and not rare at all and I agree Mary structure and health should be more important than color and coat.
I see soft coated yorkies in the ring all the time LOL! I don't mind a modified silk coat it's easier to grow LOL...true silk coats take freaking forever to grow and is not as thick like a modified silk coat is. Radar has that nice fine silk coat and takes forever to grow! BUT finally his facial furnishings are getting long YAH!!

Donna

Man I was soo close to figuring out my Versace's coat until I read this. His coat takes FOREVER to grow. He is soooooooo soft!!!! But he is fuzzy and get's called fat when I try to let his coat grow out. And my brinklii seemed silk to begin with (less fur on his legs) but now his adult coat is growing in and its soo cottony. Geez ... what is going on? LOL Can you tell which has what coat just from description?

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by delicatepuzzle

Man I was soo close to figuring out my Versace's coat until I read this. His coat takes FOREVER to grow. He is soooooooo soft!!!! But he is fuzzy and get's called fat when I try to let his coat grow out. And my brinklii seemed silk to begin with (less fur on his legs) but now his adult coat is growing in and its soo cottony. Geez ... what is going on? LOL Can you tell which has what coat just from description?

From your discription both sound soft coated. However, one must see and feel a coat to give one's educated opinion.