Is my Bailey abnormal because he isn't a fluff ball?
 

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:eek: 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:p

he is adorable

He looks like two of my babies. It will grow in. It seems like since he is stringy the puppy hair is going away and the stringyness is the adult hair coming in. My Autumn is like that now look at her. Her hair is nice and long. Her hair on her legs is still not really there but she is getting it. I don't do anything special to her hair. I have read on here that some of them use supplements or hair cremes.
The first pic is Autumn and the second is one of my puppies. :aimeeyork:aimeeyork:aimeeyork:aimeeyork

Are you sure that he is purebred? He looks just like my brother's girlfriends chihuahua yorkie mix.. I can definately see alot of chihuahua in him..Either way he is precious and you love him so that is all that matters....:)

Darlene, what a precious little weenie. He is tiny and soooo cute...

Thank you for posting pics of your beautiful yorkies! ( and darling little girl! ) It nice to see other pups that have similar hair types as my little guy:)

what a cutie patootie! the hair will grow, just be patient.

Omg, I don't know! I paid for a purebred! I saw the parents and they were yorkies:eek:

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

I thought the same thing when I viewed his pics....He is very cute anyways!:p

Mary

Don't stress yourself out over whether or not he's a purebred. Yorkie hair types vary so much. I've seen them silky, wiry, cottony...Ginger and Bernie have such completely different hair types it's hard to believe they are the same breed...Also, a yorkie's hair goes through a lot of changes in the first year, wait and see what happens.

I love him regardless and wouldn't return him for anything. I just don't like the thought of a breeder telling me he is pure if he isn't. It's strange, his littermates look nothing like Bailey, they are all fluffballs.

Maybe you could post his pic in the breeder forum and ask their opinion. They know a lot more about it.

I know what you mean! My Duchess had 5 and Contessa had 2. One pup from each litter has thin hair. The others are fluffy. They all have the same features and I know they are Yorkies. I started thinking to myself as they are growing up, " is this what my breeder meant when she said sometimes you have some ugly yorkies "the not so desireable hair" but you still gotta love them. :p This was my first litter where they came out like this. But they are still pure bred Yorkies no mixes what so ever. There hair does grow out she said. And then they look like all the other Yorkies!

Holy cow, I looked at chorkie pics and there is so much variation! Chorkie, Chorkies, Chihuahua Yorkie Hybrid They are all super cute though:D I just called the breeder and asked if there was anyway Bailey could have Chihuahua in him..she sounded a little upset that I would even ask! And she said NO, definately not..But everyone else with yorkies seems to think so.

2 or 3 have posted that he might not be purebred, others have expressed that they've had yorkies with similar hair. (see previous post where she has a litter with both types of hair)

Yes, I should not have said "everyone"!:)

Darlene, your Bailey is a Yorkie. And a very cute one. Who is your Breeder so that we can compare..

Your little one is just the cutest dollbaby!!! You are very lucky as he looks like a happy and loved little yorkie!

you know, i think that yorkies can be like people a little in this respect. I am a hairstylist and even kids from the same parents can have VERY different hair textures. My little Tobey doesn't have very thick hair at all on his legs- very wispy looking. of course i would love it to be a little thicker- funny thing is that he was a fluff ball as a puppy. but I love him all the same.

I agree with the other person. All yorkie's hair is different! He is adorable!

My two yorkies couldn't look more different if they tried. Toby is 2 and Lola is just 14 weeks. He's all fluff and light colored, and she looks so much like your Bailey they could be related!! Toby's hair started out very much like Lola's and Bailey's, so I would just enjoy every second with him and give it time. I thought Toby's would never grow in, and now I don't think it will EVER stop!! Bailey is adorable!!!

read up on red leg yorkies. (I hope I am saying that right??) It was on here the 1st time I ever heard of it. The hair don't grow as much, and is the darker red color and fells different but still full blooded.

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!

I have had several litters myself, and seen about 20 that my parents have had. One of my females, with all three of her litters has had one to two pups that have hair like your baby, and her others have more hair than I have ever seen on a puppy. The pups that normally have the thin stringy, or even wiry hair end up having beautiful full coats like hers. The others, have more of a wavy yet silky hair. I am sure that your baby is purebred. I for one think she looks all Yorkie. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise. If you really have doubts your vets office can do a DNA test.

The puppy pictured in the OP's first post is not a red leg. A red leg would not have that much hair at 14 weeks, and the red actually extends up on the sides of the body. The hair is usually a little coarse and the ends are more like split ends sort of hair.

Here is a picture of Sissy, a redleg that has a little length to her coat: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/1883502-post12.html

I do know that, I have a red leg. And that is what she looked like as a puppy. As she got older the hair got even more coarse. Until I come to TY I did not know why her hair was like that.

I think then that the two puppies that I have might be the red leg then. Their hair is really dark golden red. They are 11 weeks right now. Autumn is or will be 1yr. on Aug. 17th. I just put her pic in there to show that there is hope. Here is a pic of her at about 7 or 8 months old with her mom Contessa. You can see how her legs are bare and now she looks just fine.