UG! Tired of hearing she's a Silky...

[joeyandtanksmom]

looks to me like she's a yorkie. in my opinion, she looks a lot like my joey (the one on the right in my avatar). just ignore everyone who says otherwise...that's what i would do.

[paulalowe6]

I think she looks yorkie! And I love your pics Gorgeous baby

[becky k]

personally they look so much alike its hard to tell unless you were a perfesional .my lily has big ears too .most of the yorkies i have seen on here do then a few will have the very small ears. i know if you look on the akc site it will give you the measurements of a silky vs the yorkie. i dont know how to post the site so you will have to go to it yourself. to me she looks like a yorkie .if they say no cause of her ears then half of all ours on here must have silky s too.

[redvalaria]

I have a 19.5 pound yorkie (yes, I have his papers) and I get this all the time. Especially since he was born in Europe and didn't have his tail docked.

I have TWO yorkies, one is 5 pounds and one is 19 and they are both personality personified.

Have a stock answer ready for these twits who want to tell YOU what YOUR dog is (like, "well, the uninformed often confuse the two. Natural variation is a wonderful thing and I love his uniqueness")

Good luck.

Kate

[happy bunny]

Originally Posted by redvalaria

Have a stock answer ready for these twits who want to tell YOU what YOUR dog is (like, "well, the uninformed often confuse the two. Natural variation is a wonderful thing and I love his uniqueness")

I love that response!!

[bellasmomok]

Originally Posted by FidoTheYorkie

Maybe this is just what i think, but i think she looks litle bit like a Silky
Her nose is a litle too long, and ears too big.
Maybe i just think she looks like a silky because how shes groomed, i dont know...

This is a Yorkie:
http://www.yorkshireterrier.is/hunda...extEdition.jpg

and a silky:
http://www.silkyterrier.is/hundar/Photos/topaz1.jpg

Personally i think she looks like a silky, but there are lots of pure Yorkies who have big ears and long nose so it can ofcaurse be that she's a pure yorkie !

Is she AKC Registered?

I think she looks more like a Yorkie. The 2 breeds are so close in appearance sometimes it's really hard to tell just based on that.....I see "Yorkie's" all the time that I think look like Silky's, and "Silky's" that I think look just like many Yorkies I've seen. Here's a good website with several pics of Silky's: Silky Terrier,Magic Show Kennel, Silky Terrier, Australian Silky, Siiditerrier, Шелковистый Терьер, Австра&#1083

(Sorry, I didn't think the pic examples posted in the quote above were great examples of the breed. Hopefully that will give you a better idea.)

[Ellie May]

Does her hair grow fast?
Do her legs stay pretty short without grooming?

[Brooklynn]

Looks like a yorkie to me just may be on the larger side with a sparse/puppy coat. I know what a silky looks like and yours doesn't have the silky head. Looks to me just to have a different coat texture than a silk yorkie. JMHO

Donna

p.s. don't worry what the groomer says....my show yorkie I'm asked all the time if it's a silky...some just do not know the difference in appearances.

[CouversMom]

Originally Posted by Ellie May

Does her hair grow fast?
Do her legs stay pretty short without grooming?

This is what I was thinking- a red legged yorkie.

She definitely looks all yorkie to me!! Don't worry about what people say...

[joesmom]

She is a beautiful Yorkie girl.
IMO

[camile]

She looks like a Yorkie to me. I don't think her body or face look Silky. Plus, I didn't think the first pics were very good examples either. I hate when people act like they know more about your business than you.

[sganow]

She looks like a Yorkie to me. I have had people say that Ginger is a Silky too. I just don't listen to them. Don't you listen to those people either.

[kokomoka]

She looks like a Yorkie to me!

[Kaytlynsmom]

Thanks everyone for taking the time to look for me. I'm over my mini paranoia state now and I agree... she's ALL yorkie , just in personality alone I should have never doubted it, lol. She is what she is, a long nose, big eared teapot and I wouldn't have her any other way!!!
She's not registered (although her parents are) as she is for pet only and I didn't see the need. Her hair grows quite fast (I think anyway, but I've never owned a dog that needed to be clipped before... it's always been Great Danes and Rotweillers) and the hair on her legs is growing right along with the rest of it. She is still a pup so she's still growing into her hair (that's what I tell everyone) and now I'll tell them that " the uninformed often confuse the two. Natural variation is a wonderful thing and I love her uniqueness" as well.... it's perfect! Thank you.
Thank you for the wonderful comments on the photos too... I had so much fun shooting my two beautiful girls.
I love this site!!!! You all rock!!!

[mjharpst]

She is a cutie either way! lol I know what you mean though, and I dont think people are trying to be mean or rude I think that they are just curious about them because the breed goes beyond just the standard. Either way yorkie or silky they both are cute!