Silky coat predicted by puppy's feet

[Peabody]

I just read an interesting article that says you can predict that a puppy will grow up to have a silky coat by looking at the coat on her feet when she is a puppy. If it will be silky, the coat on the puppy's foot lies flat. If it will be soft, the coat on the puppy's foot is fluffy.

What are your experiences with this?

[danyellm]

Where did you find the article ...that sounds like it would be interesting reading.

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by Peabody

I just read an interesting article that says you can predict that a puppy will grow up to have a silky coat by looking at the coat on her feet when she is a puppy. If it will be silky, the coat on the puppy's foot lies flat. If it will be soft, the coat on the puppy's foot is fluffy.

What are your experiences with this?

Experience is pretty right on. Silky coated pups tend to have less hair on their legs and feet.

Soft Coated tend to look like fuzzie bedroom slippers.

[Peabody]

Originally Posted by danyellm

Where did you find the article ...that sounds like it would be interesting reading.

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.

[Mardelin]

Carolyn Hensley is an AKC judge/breeder and YTCA member.

[Peabody]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

Experience is pretty right on. Silky coated pups tend to have less hair on their legs and feet.

Soft Coated tend to look like fuzzie bedroom slippers.

That's interesting. It seems like most of the puppies I see in ads look like fuzzie slippers. Are silky coated puppies (and adults) rare? The image I have of an adult Yorkie is the silky coat. (And that's the kind I dream of having.) Or maybe that's why a silky coat is so highly prized, because it's rare?

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by Peabody

That's interesting. It seems like most of the puppies I see in ads look like fuzzie slippers. Are silky coated puppies (and adults) rare? The image I have of an adult Yorkie is the silky coat. (And that's the kind I dream of having.) Or maybe that's why a silky coat is so highly prized, because it's rare?

No, not rare at all, if you are breeding correctly. What is difficult to achieve is the color. There is much emphasis on the coat. The coat is the crowning glory of the yorkie, structure and health is much more important.

Have you been to a AKC dog show. Yorkies in the ring are silk coated. Occassionly you will have a soft coated dog, though it's not desired or standard.

[Brooklynn]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

No, not rare at all, if you are breeding correctly. What is difficult to achieve is the color. There is much emphasis on the coat. The coat is the crowning glory of the yorkie, structure and health is much more important.

Have you been to a AKC dog show. Yorkies in the ring are silk coated. Occassionly you will have a soft coated dog, though it's not desired or standard.

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

[Mardelin]

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

I don't mind a modified either, as you say it doesn't take that long to grow. I thought Charmer was a modified, because he had a thicker shaft in his hair strands.....but, then I changed my mind because he didn't start growing coat until he was 18 months of age.

[Brooklynn]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

I don't mind a modified either, as you say it doesn't take that long to grow. I thought Charmer was a modified, because he had a thicker shaft in his hair strands.....but, then I changed my mind because he didn't start growing coat until he was 18 months of age.

yeah radar's hair wasn't too the floor until he was almost 2. I finished him right at 2 and his coat was just then touching the floor.

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by Brooklynn

yeah radar's hair wasn't too the floor until he was almost 2. I finished him right at 2 and his coat was just then touching the floor.

I didn't bring Charmer out until he was 2....coat not yet to the floor, but at 2 1/2 when I finished him his coat was beyond the floor.

[Brooklynn]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

I didn't bring Charmer out until he was 2....coat not yet to the floor, but at 2 1/2 when I finished him his coat was beyond the floor.

well I finished Radar in August just after him turning 2 and it was just touching the floor of course now its' past the floor and I have to cut it about every 2 months....seems like it took forever when he was growing up but now it grows fast...guess it's because I keep him wrapped all the time lol....now just wish the face furnishings were too the floor lol

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by Brooklynn

well I finished Radar in August just after him turning 2 and it was just touching the floor of course now its' past the floor and I have to cut it about every 2 months....seems like it took forever when he was growing up but now it grows fast...guess it's because I keep him wrapped all the time lol....now just wish the face furnishings were too the floor lol

Charmer's facial furnishings grew before the rest of his coat....I had no problems there.....

[Brooklynn]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

Charmer's facial furnishings grew before the rest of his coat....I had no problems there.....

I can grow coat it's just the facial hair I have a hard time growing LOL...Radar's mustache is about half way and his ear furnishings are almost there. Funny thing is the non show side mustache is shorter than the show side lol

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by Brooklynn

I can grow coat it's just the facial hair I have a hard time growing LOL...Radar's mustache is about half way and his ear furnishings are almost there. Funny thing is the non show side mustache is shorter than the show side lol

Ain't that the case most of the time. CJ's non show side is longer than his show side....Ticks me off, I'd like to turn him around on the table and when he's in a stack.