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Thin coated owners how do you groom your yorkie? Bailey has a thin coat, and it is a sloooooow growing coat, I have no idea how to get him groomed. ( I've been doing just the basic trimming on him ) I want the coat to grow, it is at such an awkward stage now above his eyes, to short to pin up, but long enough that it falls forward into his eyes, he looks like a little straggle boots :p Any suggestions on what to do? Do thin coated yorkies look better with longer or shorter coats? http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/album.php?albumid=6600 |
" Sniff " Bailey cannot be the only thin coated yorkie...can he!?:eek: |
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LOL I think everyone is either still sleeping or hasn't logged on yet |
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Now if you decide to keep him short, because of his coat texture (silk) it'll lay flat...not fluffy like when he was a wee pup. |
Hang in there Darlene, and let it grow! Apple was the same way, and she is now 13 months old, and her hair gets more gorgeous everyday...I did have her baby hair cut off @ 9 months, which kinda "cleaned up her look" w/her ears tipped, paws, hiney, and hair between the eyes...By baby hair, I mean all the dark hair she was born with, stopping where the silver/steel/gray hair started (the new growth)...I'm so glad she's got thin/fine hair, because it's gorgeous, but I do have to give her a quick brush, everyday, so she never has mats...Buzz, on the other hand, has really dark thick, kinda course silky hair, which won't matt easily...It's not as pretty as Apple, but I'm sure his adult coat will be very handsome, long and manly, kinda like Yanni (is that right)...You know, the one who plays the piano lolol...But, intqw, thin hair looks better long :)... |
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BTW, Did you post pics of little Buzz?? |
Buster has the thin coat. He was two on December 1, so I don't know if it will change or not. I keep him cut short as his coat tends to mat. Maggie has a really silky coat and does not mat. I have kept them both cut short as it gets hot here in the summer. I took them last week to get groomed and I still had him cut pretty short. Not to mention the fact that he does not like to be brushed/combed. I think he looks better with the short coat but I would like to try to let it grow for the next couple of months just to see. |
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Thanks for sharing, Bailey doesn't matt, I think if he did I would definitely keep him short. |
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I have two with the slow growing coats, but they are so silky and easy to care for. I'm hoping they will get long some day. They will be gorgeous. |
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I have a couple that didn't have coat on them until they were 2.....gorgeous coats then and Championed very quickly. |
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:thumbup: I agree :) |
Roxy is another thin coated silky. Her hair grows painfully slow. Can't remember anything I've ever been interested in that didn't turn out to require monumental amounts of patience. She was 1 yr Nov 1 & I still have not had her hair cut. Just butt trims & a little bit on the face which I do myself. Her hair is so slickery I have a hard time doing any kind of top knot, besides it not growing either. Have given up on those for now. Took her to groomer around 5-6 mo old more of an introduction than anything. Regretted having her do the little bit of cutting I asked for. Didn't realize then just how slow it was going to grow. The upside has been saving money on groomer, she doesn't mat. Have thought about trimming up the ends, but haven't done it yet. I think it's beginning to look a little fuller now, but it might just be our cold weather/heated houses. Hang in there, but know you are not alone. |
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. |
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! |
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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. |
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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. |
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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! |
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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..:D 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..:thumbup: Chris.x |
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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!! |
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? |
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. |
Chloe has thin hair that seems to take forever to grow. Her ponytail is a mere sprig on top her head :rolleyes: 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 :mad: . |
Coat Zack has a thin coat and growing slowly....takes time. |
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