Question please
 

I have enjoyed this forum because there are so many knowledgeable people on it.

This may be a stupid question but I have heard that if the roof of your dogs mouth is black he is a pure bred. I find this hard to believe but figured if anyone knew it would be you.

The Yorkie I got from the shelter the roof of his mouth is black. Does this mean he is a Yorkie and not a mix as we originally thought?

I have been combing him everyday and it appears to my untrained eye and feel that the roots of the black hair on his heard are tan and softer. The roots of the hair on the body is a grey/blue and they also appear to be softer than the wiry puppy hair. I read that this could mean his hair on his head will be tan and on his back blue and he MIGHT be able to grow a long coat.

I have always wanted a long hair Yorkie but did not go looking for one...he found us in the shelter. He is so cute just as he is and as every day more of his personality comes out and it appears he is going to be as sweet as he is cute. My husband and I are thrilled. But after reading on the internet it has me wondering: Could he possible be a pure bred just one that doesn't make the cut for showing or breeding? Any opinions will be welcomed.

The roof of the mouth has nothing to do if purebred yorkie. Can you post a picture of him. There are alot of purebred yorkies that have not been bred to the yorkie standard that dont have a typical yorkie look

Do you know, I think I read somewhere too about the roof of the mouth being black in a purebred (pedigree over here!!) dog? Think I'd best get searching!! :) Sally + Harry x

This should be fairly easy to research. Everyone grab your pup and look them in the mouth. ;)

I didn't think so....just didn't sound right. Here are some pictures we have only had him since 12/2/11. Not sure why the pictures are sideways they are upright in my folder. Well except for the one lying by his father on the couch.

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He looks like hes mixed with chi to me

Thanks

The baby DEFINETLY looks like yorki chi mix to me!!(Pics gotten from google if you want to search more on this breed):)

In the 2nd picture, he looks very similar to my chorkie (chihuahua/yorkie). Here is a picture of her:

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I would definitely say your baby is a mix, but he's adorable!

Oh btw, the top of my babies mouths are black... What about everyone else? (They weren't too keen on me seeing the tops of their mouths :p)

I don't know about the roof of Mojo's mouth, but his tongue has a black spot on it!!!! What in the heck is up wid dat????? 1 little perfect black spot that you can only see if he yawns really big!!! WOW!!! I've never seen a spotted tongue before!!!

A little bit smaller than a dime!!!

hrmmm, never heard that one before,made me curious. After some prying... Gwenni's is totally black, Finni's is black but has some pink to it... man, they do not like having their mouth left pried open for too long... ;p

Rizzo's look like a dark grey...interesting never thought to look at the roof of his mouth before. He didn't like it, lol.