Is there such a thing as platinum yorkies?

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by wolverine9827

DOH! That's a GOOD one!!!

What dog doesn't get over 2 lbs? (fully grown that is)
Our yorkies are 4 lbs and 7.5 lbs (pregnant I can't imagine them any smaller

These breeders often lie about the age, and sell a much younger dog, so people will think that they will just double in weight, when they are more likely to triple in weight, and then double.

[miabellaamoure]

Originally Posted by manina

My goddaughter did that which lived in Fl, she got a dog and was told it wouldn't b more than 2 lbs, the poor thing got up to 6 lbs last time I saw it. And one day I came over and the dog was gone , I said where is the dog , oh we gave it away to a friend and they took it to NY , I said why ? Cause she got too big we never wanted a big dog !!! 6 lbs isn't a big dog !!! I told them do me a favor and don't buy any more dogs.
I told her well thanks God your mom didn't give u away when u were overweight !!!
Bark@ulater!!!!
manina,miley,max

Ooooh, that just made my day...good one!

Personally, I think "some" should be blackballed from EVER owning any living creature & possibly children, too!

[sferrini]

I have one the same color but was told she is a "Peral", when I looked up on the AKC site, I did not see anything that mentions that color.

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by sferrini

I have one the same color but was told she is a "Peral", when I looked up on the AKC site, I did not see anything that mentions that color.

When you register a dog with AKC there are only 2 or 3 color boxes that are acceptable. It also says, if the color isn't listed go to such and such section. However, the standard identifies those colors that are correct. However, when you read the standard you must realize that it is what is acceptable in the show ring and what every breeder should strive for.

[EXOTICYORKIES]

My niyah was this same color i love it

[wolverine9827]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

These breeders often lie about the age, and sell a much younger dog, so people will think that they will just double in weight, when they are more likely to triple in weight, and then double.

I agree. Our first yorkie was a puppy mill 'look what we found in the corner of the barn' type deal. Poor little guy was so tiny. On the way to get him we named him Scrappy - little did we know he would live up to that name so well!!! He stank so bad and was literally too weak to eat! After nearly dying twice right in his mommy's lap (while she was driving all over Maryland yet) she rushed him to the animal hospital fearing the worst... they found he was severely malnourished and had an intestinal infection.. and they took his lifeless little body and hooked him up to IVs... about 4 hours later our phone rang and we saw it was from them and we were afraid to answer it - when does the hospital call you? - I answered and heard this little yapping going on in the background... the lady says "come get him - he REALLY wants to go home BAD!!" - two overland speed records later and we had our little Scrappy home. We kept on top of him with Calorie Gel and his shots and he became the picture of good health - at a whopping 3 pounds. Now he's almost 3 and is 4 pounds of pure mommy-loving spunky attitude!! We went to a breeder for our female and my lovely lady looked them in the eye and for some reason one reached out to her and we brought her home and named her Mistletoe - another name we found matched perfectly! Now almost 2 years later we just found out she's going to have puppies in about 2 weeks - we weren't planning on breeding them until she was about 2.5 years old but I guess they couldn't wait

Anyway, as far as the coloring - Scrappy has gained a lot of "blue" both on his forehead as well as his back. Mistletoe only shows a little but we keep her cut very short due to her cotton ball type hair that mattes so easily... we can't wait to see what the puppies will look like as both Scrappy and Mistletoe are so different in hair types and body styles - Scrappy is so tiny and she's a little hoss (at a whopping 7 pounds compared to him) So much attitude and personality confined in such a little body!!

"Sir Scrappy Doo" and "Our Little Lady Mistletoe" are about to have at least 4 puppies according to the x-rays and she's doing great! (follows mommy everywhere making Scrappy SO jealous!) oh the drama!!! LOL

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by miabellaamoure

Hmmm...I wonder if my Phoebe's color (black/gold) & coat type (cottony) is what you are referring to above. (see pic below) She came to me as a rescue/adoption after her 2nd c-section and her Breeder had no use for her any longer.

Then, Abby sounds similar to the coloring that OP is referring to. (see pic below) She is a silvery gray nearly everywhere but, has a apricot (that's the color I call it) head. She also was a rescue/adoption as well but, she came to me after her owner (college student) was disappointed she did not remain a "pocket puppy" size...sheesh!

Yes Abby's coloring looks just like Uni's. Apricot is a good name for the head color, forgot about that one.

[itzzbarb]

Sometimes I think people are misinformed, or perhaps just make things up. I mean, where do they come up with this stuff? Andy is primarily silver gray and tan. Recently a man remarked to me, "oh, I see you have one of those genuine silver back Yorkies". I just smiled as I knew anything that came out of my mouth would be wrong. There may be a "silver back Yorkie", but I have not heard of it.

[MntSnowBabies]

I thought I was the only one that had a yorkie with really light coloring. She's got the pale gold on her head and the light blue silver on her back. This summer she actually turned all gold , but I shaved her again (the last of the summer) and there was the blue silver on her back again.

[addicted]

I love light coloring yorkies. I know it's not the standard, but it's my preference.

[nanahas3]

We have our little Lolo who we got from a kind YT member who had taken her in to rehome her and she is a beautiful dark gold with very little dark hair. We get asked all the time if we color her as her roots are always darker. And the other day in the store I had a lady say to me "oh I have never seen a red yorkie before". I just laughed and said they come in all colors, she is not to standard but we love her as much as if she was.

[bigdog]

yes their are and my daughter has one to prove it, he was this color at birth

[DvlshAngel985]

Originally Posted by bigdog

yes their are and my daughter has one to prove it, he was this color at birth

A light colored yorkie at birth? The only time I've ever read about was the "blue" yorkie but those are of great concern because they're usually very ill. I would love to see pictures of you're daughter's light colored yorkie.

[sferrini]

Here is my Miracle.

[sferrini]

Originally Posted by sferrini

Here is my Miracle.

doesn't look like the pic came through. I will try again