How do know what kind of coat they have?

[BabyBrizzy]

How can you tell if a Yorkie has cottony or silky hair? Aiko's coat was buzzed cut when we brought her home so I have never seen her with long hair. Her hair is nice and thick, and is getting a nice shine too it thanks to the high quality diet we have her on. But I am kinda scared about growing it out, because of matting. Anyone know how I can determine if its ok to grow it out? Or should I just do the whole trial and error thing and just wait and see?

[yorkieusa]

I'd say the only way you can tell is to grow it out. It's so hard to tell by looking at pictures. Now, this is my opinion only, but to me a cottony coat feels like velvet and a silky coat feels just that - silky. Not much help, am I?

[capt_noonie]

doesn't it have something to do with the eye reflection color in pics? Silky reflects green and cottony reflects (I forgot) red or gold??? and puppies always reflect blue. I haven't gotten a good pic of Katie at night with flash, but I think she is cotton. Her hair grows fast and is very fluffy. After I used a good conditioner on her, now her hair is very soft and easily brushed. But I still would not consider her as "silky".

Now Uni is a silky for sure. Slow growing coat, and thin hair. Hardly mats.

[Thomas J]

this has always confused me too
Thomas has a wave..but then maybe because he Hates to be brushed?
But he never mats. When he went to the groomer she was surprised he had no mats.
He IS for sure..a rotten mess!

[yorkieusa]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

doesn't it have something to do with the eye reflection color in pics? Silky reflects green and cottony reflects (I forgot) red or gold??? and puppies always reflect blue. I haven't gotten a good pic of Katie at night with flash, but I think she is cotton. Her hair grows fast and is very fluffy. After I used a good conditioner on her, now her hair is very soft and easily brushed. But I still would not consider her as "silky".

Now Uni is a silky for sure. Slow growing coat, and thin hair. Hardly mats.

I researched that one time. Kacee has a silky coat and her eyes reflect green. My friend's yorkie is a cotton coat and his eyes reflect red. But when I did the research I learned that was a myth and had nothing to do with coat type. In fact, I posted that somewhere on YT a long time ago.

[yorkieusa]

I should have added that is what the article said, but I don't even remember the source now. Perhaps you could find something different.

[maxmom]

Originally Posted by yorkieusa

I researched that one time. Kacee has a silky coat and her eyes reflect green. My friend's yorkie is a cotton coat and his eyes reflect red. But when I did the research I learned that was a myth and had nothing to do with coat type. In fact, I posted that somewhere on YT a long time ago.

Darn! here I was hoping Sophie would have silky hair

[yorkieusa]

Originally Posted by maxmom

Darn! here I was hoping Sophie would have silky hair

She probably will. Like I said, I don't even remember the source of that article now and you know it could have been wrong, too. I do seem to remember people saying that you can't really tell until they are something like 5 months old.

[maxmom]

Originally Posted by yorkieusa

She probably will. Like I said, I don't even remember the source of that article now and you know it could have been wrong, too. I do seem to remember people saying that you can't really tell until they are something like 5 months old.

She is 6 months old now, her head is soft and silky, to the point that I need to be fixing her topknot constantly, but her legs get so matted that is becoming a torture for her every time I get the comb or brush, I don't pull her hair, but it takes me sooo long to get those mats out, and have to it sometimes twice a day ..

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by yorkieusa

I researched that one time. Kacee has a silky coat and her eyes reflect green. My friend's yorkie is a cotton coat and his eyes reflect red. But when I did the research I learned that was a myth and had nothing to do with coat type. In fact, I posted that somewhere on YT a long time ago.

I remember someone posting pics of their yorkie with different lighting conditions and different camera settings, and their yorkie's eye reflection had different colors as a result. But from my first hand experience with Uni, and with all the pics I have taken of her with different lighting and settings, her eyes have always 100% of the time come out green. I can see the green in daylight with my own eyes too if the reflection is right.

[BabyBrizzy]

ok thanks for all the answers! I think she feels more like velvet than silk. She is soft, but her hair is very short so its hard to tell. I guess we will wait and see!

[yorkieusa]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

I remember someone posting pics of their yorkie with different lighting conditions and different camera settings, and their yorkie's eye reflection had different colors as a result. But from my first hand experience with Uni, and with all the pics I have taken of her with different lighting and settings, her eyes have always 100% of the time come out green. I can see the green in daylight with my own eyes too if the reflection is right.

I know what you mean. When we took pictures of them in the dark, they looked like Christmas lights - her boy's were red - Kacee's were green.

[PrinceHenry]

Prince Henrys hair is starting to look scraggly and dry... He is 7 months old and someone told me it is good to buzz cut them to get thier hair to grow in thicker... Is this true?

[Sweet Apple]

I'm bumping this, 'cause I wanna know if cutting short helps it grow out thicker...Miss Apple Pudiny Pie has very thin hair, and I was thinking about cutting her "skirt" off, to see if it might thicken up...I'll be watching this thread...

[capt_noonie]

I'm not sure, but I doubt it. Hair has mostly to do with genetics, not products or the way you cut it. I mean products can help, like conditioning, etc, but the actual thickness and amount of hair, I doubt you can change. Just like people hair. I have tried all the products you can imagine, but nothing makes my hair look thicker.