Is my Bailey abnormal because he isn't a fluff ball? - Page 3 - YorkieTalk.com Forums

Darlene68 · 07-21-2009, 04:53 PM

Thanks All, Baileys eyes glow green in most pics, so I figure he is silky, he's definately not a cotton coat! Either way he is my boy and I love him to pieces

jnjtbmoore · 07-21-2009, 05:40 PM

Darlene, that's all that matters. He's your guy. All of our yorkies look different, that's what makes them so special to us!

BLowry · 07-21-2009, 05:47 PM

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My poor Bailey is always having a bad hair day! He is over 14 weeks and the hair on his head and chin area is so stringy! He doesn't have the big thick fluff on his face that I see on so many other little yorkie babies. Also the hair on his paws isn't really growing much, it kind of stops growing at his ankles

Is it unusual for his fur to be thin and stringy on his head? Poor baby needs rogaine or something, I'm hoping it thickens up, the longer it gets the more bad hair days he is having

OMG! he is adorable!!!

mscat · 07-21-2009, 05:53 PM

Darlene,
Bailey is a hansome, gorgeous , purebred yorkie baby . He is just a baby and his hair will change. He is so cute

Enjoy him, and try not to worry . He will fill out .

Darlene68 · 07-21-2009, 06:33 PM

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Darlene,
Bailey is a hansome, gorgeous , purebred yorkie baby . He is just a baby and his hair will change. He is so cute

Enjoy him, and try not to worry . He will fill out .

yes I will enjoy him..even though at this very moment he is being very bad!!..still gotta love him

Callie Lou · 07-21-2009, 06:47 PM

My Callie's hair on her head sometimes looks "thin" but it is because the new hair color is coming in (the silver) so it makes it look like you are seeing a white scalp...giving the illusion that her hair is 'thinning'...when really is is as thick as can be. Your puppy looks the same way to me. He also looks perfectly normal and pure bred to me in every way. I think is is gorgeous!~ He looks very tiny too like my baby. Callie is 14 weeks old and weighs 1.9. I love her SOOOO much!

Darlene68 · 07-21-2009, 07:09 PM

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My Callie's hair on her head sometimes looks "thin" but it is because the new hair color is coming in (the silver) so it makes it look like you are seeing a white scalp...giving the illusion that her hair is 'thinning'...when really is is as thick as can be. Your puppy looks the same way to me. He also looks perfectly normal and pure bred to me in every way. I think is is gorgeous!~ He looks very tiny too like my baby. Callie is 14 weeks old and weighs 1.9. I love her SOOOO much!

Yes, Bailey has been "grey" on top for some time now..it does make the hair look thinner..Bailey's head hair tends to lay flat and lifeless..my poor baby, lol! Awe, you have a tiny baby too, my guy is below 2 lbs as well

valerieam · 07-21-2009, 08:17 PM

And the breeder even brought the yorkie "parents" to show us when she brought us Marley. She said it was "possible" that his father was a different dog (possibly Shih Tzu, since that's what her brother owned) but that she was pretty certain that Marley was a purebred yorkie. My daughters and I looked at her as if she'd lost her mind, but we fell in love with Marley at first sight, so it doesn't matter that he's... well, whatever he is.

We often have a good laugh when we remind each other that he is a purebred yorkie.

It doesn't matter who the little guy's parents are. We wouldn't trade him for the prettiest showdog in the world.

A lot of yorkies look different, so yours may well be purebred. I just thought you'd get a laugh out of our "purebred yorkie," Marley. (We call him "Moo" because his face reminds us of a cow sometimes - he just STARES at you.)

mjharpst · 07-21-2009, 09:48 PM

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And the breeder even brought the yorkie "parents" to show us when she brought us Marley. She said it was "possible" that his father was a different dog (possibly Shih Tzu, since that's what her brother owned) but that she was pretty certain that Marley was a purebred yorkie. My daughters and I looked at her as if she'd lost her mind, but we fell in love with Marley at first sight, so it doesn't matter that he's... well, whatever he is.

We often have a good laugh when we remind each other that he is a purebred yorkie.

It doesn't matter who the little guy's parents are. We wouldn't trade him for the prettiest showdog in the world.

A lot of yorkies look different, so yours may well be purebred. I just thought you'd get a laugh out of our "purebred yorkie," Marley. (We call him "Moo" because his face reminds us of a cow sometimes - he just STARES at you.)

He is a cutie! I can see how you fell in love with him!

KimberlySRN · 07-21-2009, 10:17 PM

I think he is adorable. I also think he is all yorkie.

I think sometimes the smaller yorkies kind of have thinner hair... But look at my Suri. She started out as a fat little fur ball...then had kind of thin hair...then had a beautiful coat coming in. Yorkies are funny because they change so much and you can never guess what they will look like. I bet your little man will be a handsome guy when he grows up, because he is just so adorable now how could he not be. :P

AbbysMom08 · 07-21-2009, 10:17 PM

Your little Bailey is absolutely adorable!!!

chachi · 07-21-2009, 10:20 PM

He looks like a cute little yorkie thats gonna have a nice silk coat to me. Silk coats are thinner

Sweet Apple · 07-22-2009, 02:41 AM

Bailey is adorable, and looks all yorkie to me...At 14 weeks, my Apple's hair seemed spindly on her legs, and I think I even posted something about it? I think I said it looked like she was growing out of her legs lol...Anyway, she's almost 9 months old, now, and the hair on her legs is growing out nicely (glad it's her legs, and not mine )...Also, I think she has rather thin hair, which concerned me, in the beginning...However, I am sooooooo glad she doesn't have really thick hair, because I brush her twice a day, for about one or two minutes, and she never ever has mats...Since I work, I'm so glad I don't have to spend lots of time grooming her, and she still stays free of mats...Consider it a blessing, if his hair is a little thinner, I do

Gingergirlsmom · 07-22-2009, 03:24 AM

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Yes, I should not have said "everyone"!

Awww, I just reread my post and I think it might've sounded "harsh" when I really didn't mean it that way. I just didn't want you to take those couple of comments that your baby wasn't a purebred and run with it. I think many on this thread have had wonderful advice and I want to agree with fldebra. I would trust your breeder. Your puppy does look like a yorkie to me. Perhaps that thin hair now will mean a gorgeous silky coat later!

Romeo and Us · 07-22-2009, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by valerieam

And the breeder even brought the yorkie "parents" to show us when she brought us Marley. She said it was "possible" that his father was a different dog (possibly Shih Tzu, since that's what her brother owned) but that she was pretty certain that Marley was a purebred yorkie. My daughters and I looked at her as if she'd lost her mind, but we fell in love with Marley at first sight, so it doesn't matter that he's... well, whatever he is.

We often have a good laugh when we remind each other that he is a purebred yorkie.

It doesn't matter who the little guy's parents are. We wouldn't trade him for the prettiest showdog in the world.

A lot of yorkies look different, so yours may well be purebred. I just thought you'd get a laugh out of our "purebred yorkie," Marley. (We call him "Moo" because his face reminds us of a cow sometimes - he just STARES at you.)

Are you sure he is not purebred?

..Ha ha ..he is so adorable!! How could you not fall in love?!

07-21-2009, 04:53 PM	#31
Darlene68 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 4,923	Thanks All, Baileys eyes glow green in most pics, so I figure he is silky, he's definately not a cotton coat! Either way he is my boy and I love him to pieces __________________ Darlene Bailey Blu & Jesse Bee

07-21-2009, 05:40 PM	#32
jnjtbmoore Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 69	Darlene, that's all that matters. He's your guy. All of our yorkies look different, that's what makes them so special to us! __________________ Nichole and Izzabella May

07-21-2009, 05:53 PM	#34
mscat YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hanford, CA Posts: 4,895	Darlene, Bailey is a hansome, gorgeous , purebred yorkie baby . He is just a baby and his hair will change. He is so cute Enjoy him, and try not to worry . He will fill out . __________________ "No matter how little money & how few possessions, you own, having a dog makes you rich."

07-21-2009, 06:47 PM	#36
Callie Lou Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Barbourville, Ky, USA Posts: 105 Blog Entries: 1	My Callie's hair on her head sometimes looks "thin" but it is because the new hair color is coming in (the silver) so it makes it look like you are seeing a white scalp...giving the illusion that her hair is 'thinning'...when really is is as thick as can be. Your puppy looks the same way to me. He also looks perfectly normal and pure bred to me in every way. I think is is gorgeous!~ He looks very tiny too like my baby. Callie is 14 weeks old and weighs 1.9. I love her SOOOO much! __________________ Callie MaggieCharlie Sadie Budddy Da Mama~

07-21-2009, 08:17 PM	#38
valerieam Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: California Posts: 449	I was told Marley is a purebred yorkie... And the breeder even brought the yorkie "parents" to show us when she brought us Marley. She said it was "possible" that his father was a different dog (possibly Shih Tzu, since that's what her brother owned) but that she was pretty certain that Marley was a purebred yorkie. My daughters and I looked at her as if she'd lost her mind, but we fell in love with Marley at first sight, so it doesn't matter that he's... well, whatever he is. We often have a good laugh when we remind each other that he is a purebred yorkie. It doesn't matter who the little guy's parents are. We wouldn't trade him for the prettiest showdog in the world. A lot of yorkies look different, so yours may well be purebred. I just thought you'd get a laugh out of our "purebred yorkie," Marley. (We call him "Moo" because his face reminds us of a cow sometimes - he just STARES at you.) Attached Thumbnails

07-21-2009, 10:17 PM	#40
KimberlySRN Twins=double the fun! Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: California Posts: 2,981	I think he is adorable. I also think he is all yorkie. I think sometimes the smaller yorkies kind of have thinner hair... But look at my Suri. She started out as a fat little fur ball...then had kind of thin hair...then had a beautiful coat coming in. Yorkies are funny because they change so much and you can never guess what they will look like. I bet your little man will be a handsome guy when he grows up, because he is just so adorable now how could he not be. :P __________________ Kim Anakin Bella

07-21-2009, 10:17 PM	#41
AbbysMom08 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,268	Your little Bailey is absolutely adorable!!! __________________ Jan, Mommy to Abby

07-21-2009, 10:20 PM	#42
chachi I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 37,147	He looks like a cute little yorkie thats gonna have a nice silk coat to me. Silk coats are thinner __________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431 Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427

07-22-2009, 02:41 AM	#43
Sweet Apple Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, Texas USA Posts: 2,473	Bailey is adorable, and looks all yorkie to me...At 14 weeks, my Apple's hair seemed spindly on her legs, and I think I even posted something about it? I think I said it looked like she was growing out of her legs lol...Anyway, she's almost 9 months old, now, and the hair on her legs is growing out nicely (glad it's her legs, and not mine )...Also, I think she has rather thin hair, which concerned me, in the beginning...However, I am sooooooo glad she doesn't have really thick hair, because I brush her twice a day, for about one or two minutes, and she never ever has mats...Since I work, I'm so glad I don't have to spend lots of time grooming her, and she still stays free of mats...Consider it a blessing, if his hair is a little thinner, I do