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Is my puppy a Yorkie or a Silky? I recently got a 6 month old puppy from my aunt and uncle and I can't tell if he's a Yorkie or a Silky. My aunt said he's a Yorkie, but she got him from one of her cousins that bred two said "Yorkies". He has a white patch on his head and he's still slightly black with some light gray on his back, and his mustache, beard and legs are golden tan. He has a sort of long tail, and he's about 9" high from foot to shoulder and 10" long from shoulder to rump. When he gets wet, though, his face is very pointed without the volume of his circular hair cut. Does he sound more like a Yorkie or a Silky? And also, he still has soft fur, not silky hair. Though I did read here that it can take a year for their hair to become silky. Thank yooooou :) |
Can you post some pictures? It will be easier to tell when we see the pictures :) |
Many yorkies have a pointy face. Why would you think he's a silky? |
I have both in my house,My chanel is a silkie terrier and my Prada is a yorkie. the body on the silkie is more obolong while the yorkie is more squarerish.. their color and hair is VERY similar..if you click on my blog you will see my Chanel silkie and in my avatar is my Prada the yorkie. if you post a picture I can probably guess .. hugs, carmen in nj |
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that's weird!! tyler looks more like a silky!! lol but who am i to say:) |
Well base on that site My 12lb yorkie is a silky also. I love my ONI but he is more of the size and shape of a silky and he is ACA registered which means NOTHING. Got him from a puppy mill and I bet the so called breeder used a silky to breed with cause they are bigger which means more puppies for them. ONI definitely has the longer slender nose like the silky. I hate puppy mills. |
A very dear friend of mine bought a "yorkie" from a repudiable AKC breeder and after lots of discussions she had a dna test done on him.. she paid a bundle.. something I Could never do..LOL to find out that her AKC yorkie is a silkshire, half yorkie half silkie, and after comparing her boy to mine I keep telling my hubby I think Harry is one too but he keeps pointing to his AKC certificate and telling me I been reading way to much on that..LOL Harry Two is 6.5 pounds and really silkie hair, but his little body is more longer than Prada who is AKC yorkie registered too.. so lately I think that PAPERS mean nothing as long as they are HEALTHY.. only for Show I would be concern and I am not doing that anytime soon..LOL hugs, carmen in nj |
well, my girls are littermates, 4mths old. I saw both parents, saw the whole litter. I visited them mutiple times before pickup. Bug was the only one that looked different. I think sometimes the genetic pool throws a great grandparent gene in the mix out of nowhere. I've always thought Bug looked a bit 'silky'. She has the long nose, long body and slow growing short hair, and relatively hairless legs. Her sister is 100% yorkie, technically so is Bug. I figure it's like wondering where that redheaded kid came from. Mom keeps denying but Dad still keep giving her those 'looks'.....LOL |
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http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/album.php?albumid=7752 Here's a link to the album I just made of him! |
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I think people forget that a silky is made from a Yorkie so Alot of people are going to "think" there Yorkie is a silky. |
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"Yorkshire Terrier was developed from a combination of Scottish and English black-and-tan terriers, Maltese, and now extinct Clydesdale Terrier. From each litter the smallest dogs were selected for breeding, and gradually Yorkshire Terrier was “shrank” to the ideal size of what we see today. Silky Terrier was developed in Australia from crossing Yorkshire Terrier and Australia Terrier, when Yorkies were brought to Australia in late 1800s." |
We adopted an adult female last year and always thought she was just a larger yorkie. Now that we have a second yorkie in our house... we are also having thoughts that our female is actually a silky. Their hair is different feeling/looking, their shape is different, they have totally different face shapes. More and more people are asking if she is a mix too. She was being used for breeding before the owners surrendered her to a shelter so we have little background info on her. Glad I found this thread so we can look into it more! |
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OMG your little baby looks like my Jersey Boy! The 1st pix in you album caught me by suprise I thought I was looking at Jersey. I wish I had an album up to show you ( I will soon). My Jersey boy has long legs, he has the patch of whitesh gray on his head and his body hair and leg hair looks just like your baby. I was told Jersey was pure yorkie but no papers (not that it matters). our babies are sooooooo cute!!!!!!:animal36:animal36 |
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Hi, I put up 1 pix of Jersey's 1st bath. I'm not good at posting pixs just learning. I think it is in photo galleries. I have more that I want to show you. Let me know if you can view his bath pix.:animal36 Laurie |
I found it! He's so cute when he's all wet :) Skippy's scheduled for a bath this Saturday...hope it doesn't get too crazy. (^^); |
I am going to try to post a more recent pix. The bath pic was when he was about 4 mos old. he is now 7 months.:animal36 (i wish my son was home from college to help me!) Laurie |
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