AHHHH my gosh ok :p Here is an update that I just did in this thread...I think most of you here will be please (except you, KYLE!!!) :p

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/off...mansmommy.html

P.S. - This is not to say that next week she will look the same :eek: I am TRYING MY HARDEST not to think about cutting it...but man oh man oh man....the thought really doesn't leave my mind to be honest. :eek:

LOL!!! Michele you crack me up girl!! :D I know how BADLY you want Lacy's hair to be long...it will get there I promise :) I do LOVE Tatum's hair...but I just hate the fact that it only looks like it does in these pictures after she has had her bath. Well ok I lie. She looks pretty much exactly like that even if she has gone 2 weeks without a bath (YES, I have done it before!) but ONLY right after I brush her. As soon as she starts playing or goes outside or lays down to take a nap and then gets up - BAM...it's back to looking all messy again and I just HATE that sooo much :( I am so picky about her hair and I don't like it when she looks all messy and like she hasn't been brushed. It drives me absolutely CRAZY! :eek: Errrr I don't know, someone needs to invent a "perfect hair" dog pill lol :p

What I was thinking I could do to help get rid of this "short hair itch" is to just do it to Stedman :p Reason being is because his hair is nowhere NEAR Tatum's length anyway. I HAVE to keep his hair shorter because of that darn belly band :rolleyes: His hair tangles easier than Tatum's does too, so it would actually be easy for me to do it to him.....I THINK?? :confused: LOL.

Heck, I don't know!!

I want to see pics Jeanne!!!! PLEASE post some!!! You know that Juju reminds me alot of Tatum so it would REALLY help me if I could see pics of her :p Plus, I need my Juju Bean fix anyway ;)

Rylie's hair is really starting to get pretty long now, and it is hard to get his belly band on. I usually just put it on him when I'm away from the house...I try to part the hair so it sticks out each side of the band..but it takes me a couple minutes to get it on just right LOL

LOL I hear you as I always try to do the exact same thing :p I just keep thinking to myself, man...wouldn't it be so easy if his hair were shorter and all I had to do was strap the band on him and be done with it :eek: Geez, I can't even imagine... lol.

yeah..it would be easier. Easier to put clothes that velcro on too. But I look back at his pictures from November that I took like a month after I got him..he was practically shaved, and I look at him now and I just love his longer hair. I think I just like high maintenance :rolleyes: I have two Persian cats and two yorkies LOL

I always keep Roxi in a "puppy cut"... And we LOVE it!!! It's cooler for her first of all, less maintenance, and she always looks like a puppy!!! I say GO FOR IT!!!! And MUCH easier with the clothes!!!! (it's not the "show dog cut" or the "standard cut" but she loves it and so do I!!)
Check out Roxi:

Ok Michele, you get the high maintenance award! :D lol...kidding, I actually don't mind it at all. I really don't. I am always brushing my babies, even sometimes just for fun when I am sitting down watching t.v. or whatever. It is kind of relaxing and they really enjoy it too - well, Tatum does anyway....Stedman? Not so much :p

I LOVE Rylie's hair...it is so pretty and will get prettier and prettier as it grows :) I do have pictures of Stedman when the first (and ONLY) groomer we ever took him too nearly butchered him, and I absolutely HATED his hair that short (he was SHAVED :eek:)...I would never go that short with him again. Just trim him up a little and even everything out. There is no telling. Knowing me I will probably just end up giving them their usual little trims and be done with it cause deep down I think I really am too chicken to do anything else lol :p

Hey I never asked you, are you keeping Rylie?? I thought you said that you were only going to have him for a month, or a few months but maybe I am just dreaming :p He is SO cute! Love his adorable little face! :)

Awwww! She is soo cute! You are right, she really does look like a puppy still! :D That cut looks absolutely adorable on her :) Thank you so much for sharing these pictures!!

Can you tell me what type of coat Roxi has?

Yeah, when I got him in October I was supposed to give him back at Thanksgiving...which I did. I left him at my parents for two weeks, and then I went to stay with them for the month of December while I was on Christmas break. And then they sent him back with me in January because they were going to be traveling a lot. So by the time I went to visit for Spring Break, I kindof knew I'd be keeping him, but I wasn't positive because he is technically my sister's dog (she lives with my parents but she didn't take care of him..my parents did). Well, he came back with me. I've had him for 7 months now so I'm pretty positive he's staying with me. I don't see my sister moving out of my parents house anytime soon and being ready to really take on the responsibility of a dog, and he's pretty used to being with Lacy and me now. We're pretty attached now. So I'm like 95% sure he'll be with me forever..hope so.

Your welcome!!! Any time I can show pix of my baby, I WILL!!! LOL
What type of coat?? I'm not so sure how to answer that one, does that sound totally stupid?? I thought all Yorkies had the same coat!! (other than color) Roxi did stay Black & tan, and she has a very soft coat.....OH no, I feel like a TOTAL dummy now!!!!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

The correct coat according to standard is a silky coat...it's fine and cool to the touch like fine human hair. But there are other coat types too: cottony soft coats (Rylie has this coat)...it is really thick and very soft and more "warm" to the touch I guess. You can also have a coarser or wirey coat..more terrier like. Lacy has a coarser silky coat. Coarser coats don't grow as well and break off easier...the coarser the coat the worse it grows. You can also get a modified silk coat which is kindof in between a true silky coat and a soft cottony coat.

I know where you are coming from, I have several yorkies with lllloooong hair. When I get over whelmed I braid it in corn rolls:aimeeyork They don't seem to mind and it sure helps me.:eek::eek:. I even do this when they are having puppies:animal-pa. Try it, it might work for you

I would definitely say Roxi has the soft cotteny coat.. It's thick, but SUPER soft to the touch like silk!! But it's thick... For sure not fine at all, thats why the "puppy cut" works really well for her. I totally love this cut for her, and honestly, would never even try to grow it long.. It's SO much easier!! But I love the way the long coats look too, I just think the short cut suits Roxi better!! Your baby is BEAUTIFUL, whatever you decide!!!
But if you try something new, it will grow back!!!!!

Okay...I have to see a picture of that!

A lot of people choose to go with shorter cuts with soft-coated yorkies. They really do matt up easily and everything sticks to them when you go outside! My parents always kept Rylie really short when they had him. The soft coats are so much more work to keep tangle-free than silky coats. Lacy hardly tangles ever

I think you should try it!!! At least we know that know matter what the coat type, they are continuously growing!! You may really love it?? I think I read that you have never cut it short!!

I just invited you to be on my friendship list... Cuz you go crazy for your babies like me!!!

No, Rylie's had really short hair most of his life. My parents always kept him really short before I got him. He was pretty much shaved when I got him in October and I've been growing it out since then. It's medium-length now. His bangs are driving me crazy because they are long now, but not long enough to pull back in a topknot yet...probably another month.

I added you :D

I say no too, but I do know what you mean. TX must get very hot. I live in upper NW MI, and I am thinking of cutting William\'s hair too. He is also almost a year and a half, and he has never had a haircut either, except trims. I LOVE his long hair, but it doesn\'t stay nice except for right after a bath, like you said. I am getting a book to learn how to groom him myself, and he may just get a trim, I\'m not sure yet. But I would be just like you, nervous and anxious about cutting all his beautiful hair off. :D
Melody

I personally wouldn\'t cut Tatum\'s hair - especially if you don\'t mind the upkeep. Our Tatum has a long layered cut that still "looks long" but is not one-length to the floor. I love that look. It also doesn\'t look so messy after she runs around outside - it just looks windblown and "flippy" with those layers - and believe me, she can get messy outside! Good luck with your decision!