Question about Breeding
 

I just purchased a female yorkie that is 8 weeks old and still has short hair, she is purbreed and came from a very good breeder but i was told that the father of this pup carried a short hair ressecive gen and by the time my girl is 6 months she will have a normal long hair yorkie coat. My question is that if I would brred this pup will her puppys have the short hair also?:thumbdown

welcome to YT all yorkie puppies are born with short hair and it takes a while for them to get their full coat some take longer than others.

Post pics of your little one i am sure everyone would love to see your new baby

If you have an inclination to breed your baby please spend lots of time educating yourself. To start out need to make sure that your baby doesn't have any of the genetic diseases that plague the Yorkie breed. We have so many sick Yorkie furbabies here on YT. Because of careless breeding there is a tremendous problem with off-standard Yorkies. It is very sad. Just take time to figure things out and you will make a wise decision for your baby.

At your young pups age the coat is right where it should be.....Yorkies usually aren't in full coat until approximately 2 years of age. At 6 months they are still in puppy coat.

Way too young to think about breeding her anyway. Enjoy her and let her be a pup. Do a lot of studying. If you're concerned I'd check on the past offspring of the sire....see what he's produced so far.

A bit of unsolicited advice. One never purchases a dog for breeding or show until approximately 7 - 10 months of age. That way you know what you're getting and if they are of breeding quality.

On a side note, any breeder who would knowingly breed a dog that did not possess the correct coat AND who would release there pups so young is not what someone who would be considered a "good breeder." Just IMO.

As Mardelin stated, at this point many people select their breeding stock once the dog is a bit older, that way they have a better general idea of what qualities the dog will possess as an adult. I would suggest that if you feel you may be interested in breeding your little one in the future, you find yoruself a good mentor and educated yourself on the breeding process and canine genetics while you are waiting for your little girl to grow up.

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I want to thank you all for your input, but no one really answered my question. I'm not even sure if I am going to breed it's just a thought at this point and if she did turn out to be breeding quality. I would most deffinately educate myself further in this breed and thats why I'm asking the question I did. My girl right now has a min pin coat not the fluffy puppy coat that you see most yorkie pups have. It is starting to grow out a little and I know she will have a regular yorkie coat when she matures. I want to know because her father has a reccesive short hair gean will she carry that on to her pups?? :)

Yes! She can most definetly pass that short hair gene on to her pups.

Sounds like your breeder did not know what she was doing or could care less since she breed knowing that the male did not have correct quality of hair based on what you said. Also you bought the pup at 8 weeks - way too young to purchase a yorkie pup, especially if you are thinking of breeding. And if the breeder gave you full registration on an 8 week old pup - another reason not to breed her. Your breeder sounds like she was just breeding pups. I do not know your breeder, only from what you stated, but seems like she was not trying to breed good quality and I do not think you want to pass what she could produce on. It is best that if you are going to breed to get the best quality you can. Please do not take this wrong and do not mean to be harsh, but you asked and with breeding it is very serious and one must be responsible for what they produce.

Sorry you are not understanding the answers,so i hope this helps if at 8 wks your pup has hair like a min-pin you do not have a full blooded yorkie
so you can most likely expect anything to come from breeding her. i would say spay her and just love her for whatever she is.

Puppies that are going to have a thin silky coat will still look pretty slick at 8 weeks but the coat should be about a 1/2 inch long. Yorkies with silk coats sometimes have slow growing coats Their is no way of knowing if your female will throw pups with her type of coat because you don't know how the combination of genes between the sire and the dam will react. Is your puppy the normal black and tan color? Did you see your puppies sire and dam? The only type of yorkies I heard of that have coats that won't grow are the yorkies with the 'blue' gene and those should not be bred.

A 8 weeks hold puppy won't have a fluffy coat if his hair are going to be silky. The soft coated yorkie puppy is way fluffier but not always that much at 8 weeks.

To answer your question properly, we will need a picture of the puppy...

Here is some pictures of 8 weeks old silky coated puppies from my last litter.

Sounds like a rough terrier coat to me. It is hard to tell exactly what she has since we do not have photos and only going by what you are telling us. But since you said the father does not have a good coat either - short hair, and your pup's hair is shorter than normal - then chances are she could have short hair as an adult. Even if she does grow a nice coat - she could pass on this gene to her pups. I do not think any ethical breeder would want to do this. Take a look at the yorkie standard and see that there is a lot weighing in on their coat quality.

Here are some photos of some of my past pups and you can compare their coats to your girl, I think most of them are about 8 weeks old.

Chantal - you and I must have been posting at the same time and had the same idea. LOL

You question was answered. Your breeder knew that the sire carried the recessive gene and bred him anyway, it shouldn't have been done. Her knowing that she shouldn't have sold you a puppy that possibly carries that gene, let alone at 8 weeks of age with full breeding. Very irresponsible, don't continue the cyle.

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At the risk of sparking some controversy....Situations/breeders such as yours are only adding fuel to the sparks of Animal Rights Activists, not Animal Welfare Groups, that are attempting (with some success) to put anti-breeding/mandatory spay/neuter legislation in place.

Thank you very much!!
 

The breeder I bought the pup from paid for the stud srvice she didn't know the sire had the reccesive gene until I brought it to her attention and she asked the owner of the sire and she is the one who told her that the sire carried this gene but the pups coat will grow in normal it just take a little longer. Live and learn the hard way I guess. I really appreciate everyones input. Does anyone have any info. on a good quality breeder? I live in pgh. PA. If I can figure out how to put a picture of my pup on I will to let you know what she looks like.

I don't know where you are in your journey to becoming a responsible breeder, but we all start somewhere.

I'm so sorry the person your breeder obtained stud service from was not more forthcoming in revealing the background of the sire. That is one of the steps in being a responsible breeder. Both the sire and dam owners should be honest with the genetic make-up of both dogs.

Your lil girl should not be bred.

There are some very responsible breeders in your area. However, you'll have to pay your dues up front and it's a long road. Most will not just sell a breeding dog to just anyone without knowing them on a personal level.

I put a picture of sophie on my album. She is the one on the left. what do you think? I will not breed her but I am at the beginning of my journey and would love all the help I can get. i don't want to breed just anything I want to breed only the best to improve the quality of yorkies that are out there.

Good for you.

There so great breeders in the Eastern Seaboard, on the downfall of that, you live in Amish country (well known for being puppy mills and breeding indiscrimantely). Have you attended any seminars or dog shows?

no I haven't do you know of any in the pittsburgh area or where I can go to find some info. on them

There is a website called infodog.com. It's a great site for obtaining show information. There are other dog show superintendents, I'm not familiar on who handles the east coast, but'll look into it. Anyway dog shows are a great place to learn about the breed, meet exhibitor/breeders.

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Welcome ! to YT family and friends and Congrats , on your new furbaby.
U have come to the right place , here at YT we have great breeder's with lot of info , sometime it's not what we want to hear , they're honest and good people they have put alot of hard work and time in breeding the best of the best. I join in June 09, and have learn so much from them.
So enjoy! your baby girl , keep on asking questions, that 's what life is all about , It's like when u have a child and u teach it , this has become my cont-education for free, you can't buy what u learn here. And the friends u will meet.
So enjoy the ride Lol.
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Ok! I'm clueless, I don't see anything about your album in your Personal Profile.

I can't find a picture either

ok, now I might not have any idea what i'm talking about but here it goes, if you go on the page that your reading go up to you see my name goldenrun on the left click on that, then a page pops up and there is a picture of sophie and her sister on the right hand side under album. Now if that don't work I will try to to post it.

Nope, Doesn't work. I'm having Tegamom1 come on and walk you through posting apic.

I'll try and do my best. Go to post reply. Go down to Attach Files, Manage attachments. The manage attachment screen will pop up. Click on browse and add pictures. (You may have to reduce them if they are too large.) Click on upload after they are selected and then on the bottom of the screen, it will say close, then click on post reply. Hope this makes sense..

Mardelin is for sure very knowledgeable.

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