Yorkie vs Silky: 2 Different Breeds?

[Lia]

Originally Posted by Gigi485

At the risk of sounding like a dope...what does "cool to the touch" mean?

LOL! I'm curious too!

[LisaJ495]

Originally Posted by iluvchewy

My Chewy is actually a Silky Terrier, not a Yorkshire Terrier. Silky's are a mix between a Yorkie and an Australian Terrier. My baby used to have brown and black hair. Now as an adult it is light brown and gray. I heard the difference between a Silky and a Yorkie is that a Silky has a longer face and longer body??? They look the same to me though, I can't tell the difference. I've seen plenty of Yorkies that I think look just like Chewy.

WOW, I never knew a silky terrier is actually a mix between a yorkie and australian terrier!!!
So, my baby is half yorkie and half silky...but technically, she could also be considered 3/4 yorkie and 1/4 australian terrier?!?!?!

[nanahas3]

That post confused me somewhat also. If they are a yorkie mix how are they akc registered?? I was under the impression that they were a completely different breed.

[Brooklynn]

Originally Posted by Lia

LOL! I'm curious too!

Cool to the touch means just that...when you touch a true silk coated yorkie or silky terrier the coat will be cool as if maybe they were under a cool fan.
An incorrect coat will be warm when you touch it.
AND Silkies that are correct in color do NOT have a courser coat they should have a coat like a yorkie but not as long....

Donna Bird
Brooklynn's Yorkshire Terriers

[dogluvr]

They are NOT a Yorkie mix. They are a purebred, AKC registered breed.

[SilkyHarley]

i have to agree that it is hard to see the difference me and my husband was told twice yesterday while out with Harley that he was a silky because of his fur but the lady we bought him from said he is a yorkshire terrier and his vet papers state the same now i dont know what he is now...other than a loveable friendly loyal baby and i have seen yorkshire terriers all the time when i was living in the uk and i didn't even know there was such a dog as a silky we just call all of them Yorkshire Terriers now i have to be careful not to offend ppl in case its a silky...lol

[SMApup]

Originally Posted by beemidiwfe

My dog sounds more like a silky! How can a person tell! I could have a poorly bred but pure Yorkie, a Yorkie with a Silky past, or a Silky registered as a Yorkie.

My Daisy is 7 months old, 8lbs 4 oz has a pretty long snout and a long body. She is just CKC registered by a "backyard breeder". I mean, how can you really know without DNA testing?

My Sasha has DNA testing on both sides of her pedigree... She comes from a line of shorter faced and backed as well as lighter weighted and coated dogs. However, she is longer faced and backed as well as being just over 9 lbs as well as quite dark coated. Is she poorly bred? Not at all. Just outside of the standard. That's all. She simply has conformation faults. That's all.

Trevor

[Cici_yorkie]

Sorry, I'm still confused because I was searching silky terriers and in some pictures it shows them with hair that reaches the ground. I also receive comments regarding my yorkie, such as is she a Silky and I say no she a Yorkie. When we bought her and seeing her parents, mom was 5 lbs and dad 3 lbs but she is 12+lbs. So confusing?

Cici is an awesome little dog, along with her sister princess (shepard mix), bella (black lab and pit mix).

We have trained her to get in the pool and get her tennis balls. She jumps into the water just love that. She is also really stubborn on some trick too... so funny.

[browniesmom622]

Originally Posted by LIL MIS' MAGIC

I would like to correct an incorrect statement about Silkies........a true correctly breed silky will have a TRUE silk coat.

As with any breed, there are incorrect breedings but just as a correct yorkie has a silk (cool to the touch) coat......the same goes for silkies.

I currently own a fair quality yorkie, a yorkie that is way out standard and three very nice show quality silkies including one that a have out at AKC shows as a special (championed at the age of one).

Originally Posted by LIL MIS' MAGIC

If I can add more thing.......silkies should be gold and tan in the face - with their face gold and topnot tan/fawn....not grey.

I love when your here you should post more often!



My last silky was a Huge petstore silky & he still had Silky hair & Had a Tan face.

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by Cici_yorkie

Sorry, I'm still confused because I was searching silky terriers and in some pictures it shows them with hair that reaches the ground. I also receive comments regarding my yorkie, such as is she a Silky and I say no she a Yorkie. When we bought her and seeing her parents, mom was 5 lbs and dad 3 lbs but she is 12+lbs. So confusing?

Cici is an awesome little dog, along with her sister princess (shepard mix), bella (black lab and pit mix).

We have trained her to get in the pool and get her tennis balls. She jumps into the water just love that. She is also really stubborn on some trick too... so funny.

I didn't think a Silky's coat would reach the ground, but it's possible; some breeders use the words interchangeably and don't even understand that a silky is a different breed dog than a yorkie. However, just because your dog is 12 pounds, it doesn't mean it's a silky. Yorkies were this size until 1860's and 70's, when a 12 pound dog by the name of Huddersfield Ben regularly sired stock that competed in the under 7 lb. Ben is thought to be the foundation sire of the breed. So perhaps your dog just has lots of Ben in him!

[Cici_yorkie]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

I didn't think a Silky's coat would reach the ground, but it's possible; some breeders use the words interchangeably and don't even understand that a silky is a different breed dog than a yorkie. However, just because your dog is 12 pounds, it doesn't mean it's a silky. Yorkies were this size until 1860's and 70's, when a 12 pound dog by the name of Huddersfield Ben regularly sired stock that competed in the under 7 lb. Ben is thought to be the foundation sire of the breed. So perhaps your dog just has lots of Ben in him!

Yeah, prehaps she does. On another note how come when you read the book that Petsmart has on Yorkies it says they will weigh up to 20 lbs. But anywhere else online it says the yorkie should not weigh more then 7lbs?

To me Cici turned out great since I do have the other two dogs and they play with her.

Thanks for the reply, appreciate.

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by Cici_yorkie

Yeah, prehaps she does. On another note how come when you read the book that Petsmart has on Yorkies it says they will weigh up to 20 lbs. But anywhere else online it says the yorkie should not weigh more then 7lbs?

To me Cici turned out great since I do have the other two dogs and they play with her.

Thanks for the reply, appreciate.

When you read that Yorkies should not weigh more than 7 pounds, they are referring to "standard", and breeding. Each breed has a "standard" that good breeders follow. The qualities you choose for a breeding dog, are much more important than the qualities you choose as a pet dog. A breeding dog should be as close to physical perfection as possible, this isn't important for pets, and some people, especially those with children, prefer the larger yorkies. So the book at Petsmart is correct in saying that they can weigh up to 20 pounds, however, "standard" is 7 pounds and below.

[Sammyt97]

I got Sammy when he was 2 1/2 months old from a breeder. He had papers detailing his heritage and to show he was a true Yorkie. I adopted Bella at 10 months old. I got her from a woman who couldn't care for her and wanted better for her. She said that she did not get any papers but that Bella was a purebred Yorkie. However after having a Yorkie for 15 years I knew them inside and out and Bella, well she didn't quite fit the Yorkie mold. She looked quite different from Sammy, particularly in the snout. So, when I took her to the vet, I asked her if it was possible that Bella was a Silky rather than a Yorkie. She confirmed what I had suspected and that was that Bella had the body, the eyes, and the coat of a Silky. Mind you, I don't care in the least. I love my dog and she's a bright spot in my life.....I more feel badly for the elderly woman from whom I adopted Bella and that there's possibly a breeder out there charging for Yorkies, when they're delivering Silkies. Anyway, I have attached two photos with similar positioning so you can see the difference between the two dogs. Sammy was much older in his photo and you can see his coat is black. It was thick and very soft. Bella is a blue black with tan. Her coat is coarser and thinner, though very silky at the same time. You can particularly notice the difference in their ears and their snouts. I do truly believe that Bella is at least part Silky if not all. As I said before, I love my dogs (I lost my Sammy last August due to Canine Cognitive Dysfunction) and I am a better person having loved them. I just wanted to share. Thoughts are welcome as are questions.

Thanks,
Chris, Bella and in spirit Sammy T