Is my Bailey abnormal because he isn't a fluff ball? - Page 4 - YorkieTalk.com Forums

tonyag9 · 07-22-2009, 06:03 AM

Aww Bailey is a cutie pie!

If you want to see what a yorkie/chi mix looks like, Pixel is one and I have pics in my album. I don't think Bailey looks much like him at all.

Roxy_Mom · 07-22-2009, 06:25 AM

Bailey is absolutely adorable! Puppy hair varies so much! Roxy is gray on top as well and it is so cute! However, I wonder if she has eyes sometimes because the hair on her muzzle is so puffy (as opposed to the hair on her head). I love his body coat, it looks like Roxy's as well. How old is he? You said he was still under 2 lbs? So is Roxy....she is almost 14 weeks and 1.5 lbs. (but eats like a little pigglet!!) What a doll baby you have!

PenelopePup · 07-22-2009, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Darlene68

Thanks for the sweet comments everyone, now I'm wondering if he is even purebred!

Your baby is purebred! I have a girl that looks just like him, she still doesn't have long hair on her paws and she is 9 months old! I've seen both parents and I know my breeder quite well, so I know for sure she is purebred. Your baby just has different coat than the others, don't worry about him, his is still gorgeous!
Congratulations, and enjoy him!

MyBohoBaby · 07-22-2009, 06:42 AM

Yup!! Yours is definitly a purebreed yorkie... My two girls look JUST LIKE him... it will grow! What a cutie

Darlene68 · 07-22-2009, 10:15 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.)

Awe, He is a cutie pie, what an adorable little face

Darlene68 · 07-22-2009, 10:21 AM

Thank you all so much for the wonderful reassuring posts!! I love this forum, everyone is so great!!

salazark · 07-22-2009, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by FlDebra

My experience is the thinner hair as a puppy is just a stage that eventually turns to the gorgeous silky coats we all want. The fluffier puppy coats that are thick and full, often times wind up being those cottony coats that although still pretty and cuddly, are not standard and can cause a lot of grooming frustration. But there are exceptions to every "rule."

Don't worry! Puppies can change so very much. Yours is only 14 weeks old and has LOTS of time to change in dozens of ways. But there is also a LOT of variation between purebred Yorkies. Just look through the adult pictures here on Yorkie Talk! We have all sorts, shapes, sizes, and color variations.

I would always trust the breeder unless they have given reason not to. I would guess you have a purebred puppy. You might wind up with a Yorkie that would get docked a few points on confirmation, but regardless he is absolutely adorable! It is funny that some of the things they would dock points for -- short legs/body not square -- are traits I find adorable. A lot of people prefer that "look." So, as long as you are not putting him in a show ring, or breeding, then I would think he is just perfect!

Like people, I think it would be boring if they were all exactly alike! He is a doll!

CouversMom · 07-22-2009, 11:13 AM

He looks to me like a red legged yorkie. Their hair tends to grow in slower and kinda stringy. It is especially short on their legs.

Mardelin · 07-22-2009, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Darlene68

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

Don't stress, what you have is a yorkie with a slow growing silk coat.....those with the skimpiest coats when they are pups usually have the best coats when adults.

I have a Champion male that looked very much like your pup, and didn't grow coat until approximately 18 months of age. That's him in my Avitar.

By the way he's adorable.

PenelopePup · 07-22-2009, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by CouversMom

He looks to me like a red legged yorkie. Their hair tends to grow in slower and kinda stringy. It is especially short on their legs.

Okay, what is a red legged yorkie? My girl looks just like that, is she a red legged? You can see her in my avatar.

CouversMom · 07-22-2009, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by PenelopePup

Okay, what is a red legged yorkie? My girl looks just like that, is she a red legged? You can see her in my avatar.

I think this is a good example of a red legged yorkie. There are a lot of threads on here about them.

I don't know this dog, I just googled 'red legged yorkie'.

Mitzis Mom · 07-22-2009, 11:31 AM

Mikki didn't have a fluffy face and body either as a puppy and now she has such a wonderful silky coat...

Your little boy is just adorable and what makes him look a little like Chi mix are the eyes that a bulging out a bit... I think that's gonna change... oh... and she is short and long too but lately she's growing in height a bit so she looks more square...

We bred horses and always said: Look at the fole on the day it is born and then when it's 3 years old. In between it's ugly anyway...

Mardelin · 07-22-2009, 11:34 AM

He doesn't look like a red like, no pointed muzzle. Face is to cutsie....hair does not look wirery .

Gingergirlsmom · 07-22-2009, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Mardelin

Don't stress, what you have is a yorkie with a slow growing silk coat.....those with the skimpiest coats when they are pups usually have the best coats when adults.

I have a Champion male that looked very much like your pup, and didn't grow coat until approximately 18 months of age. That's him in my Avitar.

By the way he's adorable.

Your male is beautiful!!!

PenelopePup · 07-22-2009, 11:49 AM

So.... Is Penny a normal Yorkie or is she a red legged? Just curious.
Best photo I could find of her.

07-22-2009, 06:25 AM	#47
Roxy_Mom Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lake City FL Posts: 343	Bailey is absolutely adorable! Puppy hair varies so much! Roxy is gray on top as well and it is so cute! However, I wonder if she has eyes sometimes because the hair on her muzzle is so puffy (as opposed to the hair on her head). I love his body coat, it looks like Roxy's as well. How old is he? You said he was still under 2 lbs? So is Roxy....she is almost 14 weeks and 1.5 lbs. (but eats like a little pigglet!!) What a doll baby you have! __________________ Roxy and Riley

07-22-2009, 06:42 AM	#49
MyBohoBaby Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Easton, MA Posts: 100	Yup!! Yours is definitly a purebreed yorkie... My two girls look JUST LIKE him... it will grow! What a cutie __________________ *Jennifer* ~Single mum to Ella (6yr) and Willy our amazon parrott... And now Mama of 2 new Baby Yorkie Girls, Prada and Lexi 11wks old

07-22-2009, 10:21 AM	#51
Darlene68 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 4,923	Thank you all so much for the wonderful reassuring posts!! I love this forum, everyone is so great!! __________________ Darlene Bailey Blu & Jesse Bee

07-22-2009, 11:13 AM	#53
CouversMom and Khloe Mae's too! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Eastern Washington Posts: 14,732	He looks to me like a red legged yorkie. Their hair tends to grow in slower and kinda stringy. It is especially short on their legs. __________________ Michelle- mommy to Couver and Khloe Mae! http://yorkiehavenrescue.com/

07-22-2009, 11:31 AM	#57
Mitzis Mom No Longer a Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,837	Mikki didn't have a fluffy face and body either as a puppy and now she has such a wonderful silky coat... Your little boy is just adorable and what makes him look a little like Chi mix are the eyes that a bulging out a bit... I think that's gonna change... oh... and she is short and long too but lately she's growing in height a bit so she looks more square... We bred horses and always said: Look at the fole on the day it is born and then when it's 3 years old. In between it's ugly anyway... Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Mitzis Mom; 07-22-2009 at 11:34 AM.

07-22-2009, 06:03 AM	#46
tonyag9 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Tallahassee, FL, USA Posts: 204	Aww Bailey is a cutie pie! If you want to see what a yorkie/chi mix looks like, Pixel is one and I have pics in my album. I don't think Bailey looks much like him at all.

07-22-2009, 11:34 AM	#58
Mardelin Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California Posts: 14,776	He doesn't look like a red like, no pointed muzzle. Face is to cutsie....hair does not look wirery . __________________ Mardelin *Yorkshire* *Terriers*

07-22-2009, 11:49 AM	#60
PenelopePup YT Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Emmett, MI. US Posts: 270	So.... Is Penny a normal Yorkie or is she a red legged? Just curious. Best photo I could find of her. Attached Thumbnails __________________ I have the right to remain silent, but not the ability!