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Gingergirlsmom · 12-10-2009, 03:17 PM

Ginger has a slooooooooow growing thin coat. I used to try to grow it out, but snow, allergies, groomers who didn't follow directions, and the joy she finds in rolling in mud, dirt, and playing in the swimming pool have won out and now I keep it pretty short. With the thin, silky hair it does lay really flat when short, so I leave it about an inch long and it lays nice.

Good luck whatever you do!

Sweet Apple · 12-10-2009, 04:36 PM

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Thanks Maggie for sharing your experience with Apple, sometimes I feel like the only one who's yorkie has a slow growing coat! I know I am not though. I am going to wait a little to get him groomed, I've been doing the basics myself, butt grooming etc...I know patience is a virtue

BTW, Did you post pics of little Buzz??

No Darlene, I haven't posted pics of my little Buzz (I should call him Lover Boy he's so affectionate )........Hey, maybe I should have called him Yanni lol...I've got to find the usb cord for my phone, as that's where all the pictures are (in my phone)...I'll get one up soon, hopefully, of Apple and Buzz together...they soooooo love each other, although Apple is very bossy...Buzz is so good to put up w/her...I keep telling her, that when he finishes growing, she's going to be sorry she wasn't a little more benevolent w/him lol....Oh, but they're such great friends...

Fancy_Pants · 12-10-2009, 05:33 PM

Fancy has a thin, silky coat as well and it is growing soooo slow. She turned one Sept. 29th and I was hoping it would be longer by now. I don't cut her hair other than a little bum trimming. Her top knot is so thin - I rarely put her hair up because everytime I take it out a few hairs come out too, hair that she don't have to lose! She never gets any mats so I only have to run a brush through her hair to straighten up her part down her back and smooth the hair down. Maybe one day she will have a floor length coat.

Darlene68 · 12-10-2009, 06:34 PM

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Uni's coat is thin and slow growing as well. I used to keep her in a puppy cut, but once I joined YT and saw how beautiful the long coat was (which I used to not like, can you believe that???) I decided to try and grow it out. She was itching a lot on her previous food, causing her to break off hairs at the shoulders. Now that she is on better food, she has stopped scratching a lot and let's hope the hair grows back to match her long butt hairs.

Her ears however grow fast! I have to trim the tips often, and since her ears are already so huge, it makes them look even huger!

I use the madan brush from mimimomo a few times a day. I never have problems with mats. Also I don't keep shirts on her for too long, and I brush with grooming spray right after the shirt comes off.

Oh she will be 3 in Feb.

Bailey's butt hair seems to grow fastest, lol, I am constantly trimming, his ear hair doesn't hardly seem to grow much at all! Uni's ears look adorable!

capt_noonie · 12-10-2009, 09:01 PM

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Bailey's butt hair seems to grow fastest, lol, I am constantly trimming, his ear hair doesn't hardly seem to grow much at all! Uni's ears look adorable!

People always mistaken them for ponytails!

HendrixandLucy · 12-10-2009, 11:43 PM

Lucy has really really thin hair.... but hers is not silky... it's kind of coarse.
He coat is very strange also, she is 6 months now and her hair hasnt grown at all since she was 8 weeks.

Darlene68 · 12-11-2009, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by HendrixandLucy

Lucy has really really thin hair.... but hers is not silky... it's kind of coarse.
He coat is very strange also, she is 6 months now and her hair hasnt grown at all since she was 8 weeks.

I believe this may be called a wiry coat, but am not sure.

HendrixandLucy · 12-11-2009, 12:07 AM

really?
Ya it deffinietly feels like a wirey coat.

Is that normal? Will it always be like that? Both of her parents had normal soft cotton coats.....

I think she is the cutest thing ever and I don't care what she looks like, I am just curious!

Darlene68 · 12-11-2009, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by HendrixandLucy

really?
Ya it deffinietly feels like a wirey coat.

Is that normal? Will it always be like that? Both of her parents had normal soft cotton coats.....

I think she is the cutest thing ever and I don't care what she looks like, I am just curious!

Truthfully I'm not sure! I read about it on previous posts. Maybe if you did a search you could find some info, or start a thread inquiring about it. Many people on here have tons of knowledge on yorkies, I wish I were one of them, but Bailey is my first and I'm still learning

Chrisann · 12-11-2009, 06:38 AM

Hi..yes my Dustie now 9 months has a thin coat as well..and fairly slow growing..he is going grey very quickly though..so I think it will be fine and silky..He never seems to look tidy though..the minute I have combed his coat out..he goes and rolls all over the place and looks even worse..what are they like lol..

I keep his head hair fairly short..and don't put any topknots in at all...!!! but his tail seems to be growing quite long and when he lifts it up..it looks like a multi coloured fan..

Chris.x

DerbyLayne · 12-11-2009, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by HendrixandLucy

Lucy has really really thin hair.... but hers is not silky... it's kind of coarse.
He coat is very strange also, she is 6 months now and her hair hasnt grown at all since she was 8 weeks.

Derby's hair is thin, slow growing, and coarse. Dare i say it seems wavy? or maybe that's how it looks growing out... it curves, not kinks! curves... It also gets matted easily!

My husband gave him a "shave" a week after we got him to "get him use to trimmers" since we've been trying to groom him ourselves! Um.... 4 months later we finally have some hair!Not much though.

I wish it would grow, i want to see it! Be able to pick a hairstyle that works for him...

My husband trimmed around/under his chin because he wouldn't stand how knotty/matted Derby's hair was and how scraggly it looked.

Bah.... I don't know what to do with my little guy's hair!!

DerbyLayne · 12-11-2009, 03:23 PM

um I just ran my fingers through his hair... and it feels cottony... it's still soft, but cottony- not silky... what does coarse feel like?

HendrixandLucy · 12-11-2009, 05:43 PM

Lucy's hair isnt soft.... it is softer than horse hair, but its that kind fo feeling. Like really thick human hair haha. So strange.

chloesMama · 12-27-2009, 08:20 PM

Chloe has thin hair that seems to take forever to grow. Her ponytail is a mere sprig on top her head

but on the up side she never matts and is very easy to care for.

I was so angry when I took her to the groomers last time ( new groomer at the shop) and she misunderstood and shaved the hair between Chloe's eyes !!! That took forever to grow long enough for the ponytail , and now I have to start all over with the crazy fly away hair

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JonlyCajunQueen · 12-27-2009, 08:31 PM

Zack has a thin coat and growing slowly....takes time.

12-10-2009, 03:17 PM	#16
Gingergirlsmom and Bernie's mom too!" Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 8,283	Ginger has a slooooooooow growing thin coat. I used to try to grow it out, but snow, allergies, groomers who didn't follow directions, and the joy she finds in rolling in mud, dirt, and playing in the swimming pool have won out and now I keep it pretty short. With the thin, silky hair it does lay really flat when short, so I leave it about an inch long and it lays nice. Good luck whatever you do! __________________ Ginger Bernie Fun Kitty

12-10-2009, 05:33 PM	#18
Fancy_Pants YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 972	Fancy has a thin, silky coat as well and it is growing soooo slow. She turned one Sept. 29th and I was hoping it would be longer by now. I don't cut her hair other than a little bum trimming. Her top knot is so thin - I rarely put her hair up because everytime I take it out a few hairs come out too, hair that she don't have to lose! She never gets any mats so I only have to run a brush through her hair to straighten up her part down her back and smooth the hair down. Maybe one day she will have a floor length coat. __________________ Shelly & Fancy♥

12-11-2009, 06:38 AM	#25
Chrisann Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Midlands Posts: 162	Hi..yes my Dustie now 9 months has a thin coat as well..and fairly slow growing..he is going grey very quickly though..so I think it will be fine and silky..He never seems to look tidy though..the minute I have combed his coat out..he goes and rolls all over the place and looks even worse..what are they like lol.. I keep his head hair fairly short..and don't put any topknots in at all...!!! but his tail seems to be growing quite long and when he lifts it up..it looks like a multi coloured fan.. Chris.x __________________ Chrisann

12-27-2009, 08:20 PM	#29
chloesMama YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: here :) Posts: 1,182	Chloe has thin hair that seems to take forever to grow. Her ponytail is a mere sprig on top her head but on the up side she never matts and is very easy to care for. I was so angry when I took her to the groomers last time ( new groomer at the shop) and she misunderstood and shaved the hair between Chloe's eyes !!! That took forever to grow long enough for the ponytail , and now I have to start all over with the crazy fly away hair . __________________ *Chloe & Sydney*

12-27-2009, 08:31 PM	#30
JonlyCajunQueen Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 749	Coat Zack has a thin coat and growing slowly....takes time. __________________ Jolie'', *Candace,* *Zoey* , Zack & Gizmo

12-10-2009, 11:43 PM	#21
HendrixandLucy Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 234	Lucy has really really thin hair.... but hers is not silky... it's kind of coarse. He coat is very strange also, she is 6 months now and her hair hasnt grown at all since she was 8 weeks.

12-11-2009, 12:07 AM	#23
HendrixandLucy Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 234	really? Ya it deffinietly feels like a wirey coat. Is that normal? Will it always be like that? Both of her parents had normal soft cotton coats..... I think she is the cutest thing ever and I don't care what she looks like, I am just curious!

12-11-2009, 03:23 PM	#27
DerbyLayne YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 390 Blog Entries: 1	um I just ran my fingers through his hair... and it feels cottony... it's still soft, but cottony- not silky... what does coarse feel like?

12-11-2009, 05:43 PM	#28
HendrixandLucy Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 234	Lucy's hair isnt soft.... it is softer than horse hair, but its that kind fo feeling. Like really thick human hair haha. So strange.