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04-02-2009, 01:26 PM | #1 |
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| This is weird Well, Mahina is almost 8.5 months old and she's starting to change color on her body. It's going from black to a dark gray/silver. But, that's not the weird part. She has strands of white hairs that are popping up in different areas. They are thicker and feel different then the coat that's coming through. The hairs lay the same way but they feel different and are PURE white. She's my first Yorkie and I know they go through a lot of changes... but is this normal? If it helps I'm pretty sure the coat that's coming through is cottony and she has thin hair. Thanks.
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04-03-2009, 06:01 AM | #2 |
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| hmmm, that's interesting. I've not heard of anything like that before. I'll bump this back up, maybe someone else can help.
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04-03-2009, 06:18 AM | #3 |
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| Maybe I can try to get a picture... I'll try today, even though with my luck it won't come out!
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04-03-2009, 08:13 AM | #4 |
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| Found the answer to my own question. Yorkie puppy coat color stages within the first two years of maturity - yorkie hair color A puppy that shows coarse white hairs intermingled in the blue will usually shed most of these as it approaches adulthood. I find that pretty interesting and still weird that these white hairs have popped up.
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04-04-2009, 09:03 AM | #5 |
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| Coat answer My Yorkie is almost 10 mos. old and he is going through exactly the same thing, so guess it must be sort of normal. |
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