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Dazzlin - Well now - you have really confused a lot of us. We are all very used to reading about wooly, cotton, and silk coats. And - I think most of us understand basically what each of these coats is like. (I pesonally have never come across the terms you are using.) Please get back with the terms you are using and tell us what each of these coats is like - as far as combing, matting, growth, etc. Thanks a lot. Carol Jean |
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Well let's see, a soft coat is probably what you are considering a "cotton" coat, I have NO CLUE what a wooly coat is. A properly cared for soft coat will not feel like cotton though, it can be hard to tell from a silk coat except in color, obviously, and slight texture variation, however it grows MUCH more quickly, and there will usually be much more of it than a silk coat. A hard silk would be what is described in the New Complete Yorksire Terrier as a darker almost black coat that breaks easily and grows slowly, usually the gold will be VERY dark reddish, but with care and over time, the coat will become more silky...it is not soft, it is more coarse. A Modified coat is neither soft nor silk, but a combination of both, and will be dark, head will be sooty and take some time to clear, maybe over 2 years. Silk is obvious. All of these coat types can eventually become a shade of Gray to blue to silver depending on which type of coat, or softer coats can stay black. Soft coats won't usually reflect light depending on how you care for it, and will have a reddish cast in the sunlight. The average pet owner with a soft coated dog will not reflect light, and it will not feel cool to the touch...silk will. |
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Well I am VERY glad I have never seen cotton or wool coats! |
Dazzlin YT, the first photograph of your yorkies is the spitting image of my girl! How old is your pup there? I am so curious to know what her colors are going to be? Is she likely to turn a light gray? My girl is almost 9 months and still very dark with the exception of her face as it's turning gray and gold. Any insight about what is to come would be wonderful. Thank you and Happy easter! |
color i have a 4 year old bitch and she is just all gold. I put her down into a snauser trim a month ago and her back in coming in a dark orangeish, brown Is this color a signal for improper color gene and what colors to look out for she was purchased from a well known breeder |
I wonder how big my puppy will be. She weighed 3 1/2 pounds at 10 weeks. She was one of the bigger ones in the litter. ( I picked her because she was interested and playful without being super excited-- not for size or color). I see that she is not even on the chart for size so I thought she might be about 8 pounds. When I told the breeder that she said " I don't see how she could be that big, her father is 4 pounds and her mother is 6 pounds. Have any of you found that your puppy who was big according to the chart ended up being smaller? |
Never read, but... I also might have missed it, has anyone ever seen or had a PURE white Yorkie? Not one with Gold, or any other traces of other colors, just pure white? Is there even such a Yorkie? If so, how much do they cost? I sure am interested to know if this cutie even exists! Thanks, Joy ;) |
Hi Joy, My name is Joy also. It is a fun name |
Weight Charts A good rule of thumb for weights is triple the puppy's weight at 8 weeks, and double the weight at 12 weeks, to give you a decent estimation of the adult weight. The weights of parents are a good indicator, but not always accurate.... Both parents have their own genes that they pass on - that's why you should talk to your breeder about the Sire and Dam's littermates and parents, and previous litters of the same mating pair (if any). A good breeder really knows their lines and can give you a good prediction of weight (though, a prediction is always just a guess - you really never know). My question is - Why do all the Yorkie weight charts I see online go from 2 - 6 pounds as adults? If the standard is 4 - 7 pounds, wouldn't the charts at least cover that and give a little room for "error" on both ends (Say, if you want to show 2 pounds below the standard, wouldn't you show 2 pounds above the standard and go from 2 - 9 pounds)??? |
1 Attachment(s) So based upon this picture taken of my Mia... she should have a silky coat then???? ....please say yes, please say yes, please say yes ;) She is 11 weeks now and her head is turning super grey.... that's normal too right? |
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