HELP! Is my yorkie puppy a mix or purebred??
 

Hey everyone, I just purchased my new puppy Romeo for christmas, he is 4 months and 6.5 lbs. His father is a purebred yorkie with papers, although the mother did not have papers and the breeder had claimed she was pure yorkie as well. The father weighed 10-11 lbs and the mother weighed 9-10 lbs. I saw both the mother and father before I bought Romeo and I absolutely am in love with my new puppy although I can't help but wonder if he is a purebred being that he has such a long body, and long nose just like his mother, which led me to believe he was a silky yorkie mix. I was also asked if he was a mix between a yorkie and maltese, which makes sense because of his droopy ears and wavey hair. Here are some pictures of Romeo and his mother, let me know what you think?
(attatched is a picture of his mom and pictures of romeo are in my album on my profile!)

Hi, and welcome to Yorkietalk, I can't see your album, I wonder if you marked it "public" otherwise only "friends" can see it. My guess is that the mom is not pure yorkie, but I don't have any idea what she could be, very cute though. To upload and avatar that will show next to your name click here: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/pro...?do=editavatar

Congrats and welcome to YT!! He is so cute. He seems older than other 4 month old yorkies I've seen. Regardless, he is super cute.

Updated Album!
 

The picture attatched is actually his mom :] The avatar is my puppy, I just figured out how to put the pictures in my album, let me know if you can see them!




Thank you so much for your help, Theresa & Romeo <3

The picture she included in her post if of her baby's mother.

OP, I honestly don't know. He is super cute, though.:D

He is precious but I believe he is a mix. What is important is that you love him and hes special to you

:facepalm: That makes sense. That dog is cute too!

I can see the albums now, he's adorable!

He is really cute, but I'd have to put my vote in the no, he's not a purebred yorkie. None the less, he is adorable and looks like such a sweetie-pie :D

It is hard to tell since so many breeders are breeding carelessly with no regard to the breed standard. I think the puppy is very cute but all yorkie or to breed standard -- ?????? Probably not. This is the sort of thing that happens when breeders decide the out-of-standard traits their dogs exhibit are "okay" and not a problem to a breeding program. "Too big, oh well. Coat not quite to standard in color, texture, or straightness, it will slide. Large ears, large nose -- maybe the pups will be smaller? Let's take a chance, cause we gotta make our money back, right?" :( Get a few of those "out-of-standard traits" in the same pup and it is hard to tell if they are pure bred or not.

When you buy a dog that is not registered you are really taking your chances. If the mother was really a pure bred yorkie, wouldn't the breeder have regitered her and registered the puppies? There must have been some problem. Still, I understand about looking at a sweet little pup and bringing them home regardless. Love doesn't have a breed standard. :) This is why it is so important to pick your breeder BEFORE you look at their pups. Make sure you are finding one who is ethical and not a greeder.

The problem that has really multiplied since yorkies have become so popular is that unscrupulous breeders have tried to jump on the wagon to fill their pocketbooks with no regard to bettering the breed or even meeting basic breed standards. This dam obviously should not be bred. She is far from the yorkie standard and I doubt that she is purebred. But since so many have continued to breed OUT OF STANDARD, she may be pure-but-poorly bred. This is the sort of thing that happens when we throw the standards out the window and undo the work of countless breeders who meticulously evaluated their dogs and bred only the very best examples of the breed to continue to improve lines and hopefully ensure litters of the future were as close to standard as possible. These unethical breeders of today are diluting the gene pool until we start finding all of these threads where members are questioning the parentage of their puppies.

All you can do at this stage is help the problem by becoming an outspoken proponent of healthy breeding to breed standard, try to stop the breeding of unregistered dogs, and by all means NEUTER your Romeo to stop the spread of out-of-standard pups.

Pls do not worry -- Romeo will probably be a WONDERFUL pet. He may be a lot larger, may not even look completely yorkie but I bet you will love him just as much! I think the yorkie personality shines through most of the time! I still miss my first little yorkie Maggie -- an out-of-standard pup that I spayed as soon as I determined she should not be bred. She was still the sweetest and most loving dog possible -- worth as much in my heart as any show dog! But, I did not want to contribute to the problem of out-of-standard dogs. I still wanted a yorkie that looked all yorkie and I have two of them now from a breeder that refuses to just mate any two dogs to make money. I love all the pups equally but I don't like all the breeding practices equally!

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Great educational post!

Who cares at this point! The puppy is cute and he is yours. Congratulations!

your little boy is adorable. his mom however reminds me of the westie next door she looks (in my opinion) like a blond westie which is odd cause Ive only ever seen white westies
hear is a picture i found when i googled west highland terriers
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...errier-Zoe.jpg

Oh, Congratulations with your new puppy!!

Do you have a picture of the dad? and of the puppy :) ?
I would think the mom would be a mix between yorkie/silky terrier, yorkie/westie or silky terrier/westie, she reminds me so much of both silky and westie.
Her face is nothing like a yorkie face, way too different, yorkies have much shorter ears, smaller ears and more ''cat like'' ears.
But a cute dog though!

I have pictures of him in my album of my profile, I don't have a picture of the dad but he was a larger yorkie breed, all grey but definitly yorkie.

Indeed! I learned a lot from that.

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I was going to adopt a female adult Silky and she looked just like your pups mom. No matter if he's purebred or not, he's adorable and you love him, that's what counts. I hope you are going to have him neutered though as there are enough breeders out there and not enough people to love all those babies.

I just bought a purebred male Maltese 12 weeks old and super cute but the first thing is neutering. I don't believe in adding to the puppy population. Just loving and spoiling the ones we have. Enjoy your baby:)

Awww, what a sweetie!

He is adorable, I dont think it matters if he is a mix or not. as long as you love him.
All that should matter is that he is happy & healthy, as long as youguys have a happy life together thats all that matters. My opinion tho is that Yes, he is a mix I think, I think this so much because his mom looks so much like one. I dont know.
Welcome btw :)

He's adorable! I can't believe how big he is at 4 months! My little guy is almost two and he's not even that big! At 4 months he was a little runt still. I'm not sure if he's pure bred but he's definitely a cutie pie! All that matters is that he's yours now and will be there to brighten your day everyday! :)

Welcome to YT :aimeeyork Your baby is adorable!!! Congratz!


Your pups Mom is a Silky Terrier...a good friend of mine has a Silky and looks just like the pic of your pups Mom

Silky Terriers and Yorkies can have droopy ears if the breeder didn't Tape them up when they were pups...some pups ear will stand on there own but sometimes they need help by shaving the hair off the ear...the hair weighs them down and than taping them up.

And some silky's and Yorkies have wavey hair, just depends on what type of hair they have.

And even purebred Yorkies can weigh up to 15 lbs, So my guess is from looking at your Pic's of Mom and pup...your baby is Silky/Yorkie mix.