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Yorkie coat texture Never noticed until know the different coats. I always assumed yorkies hair was straight. It's only after speaking to a breeder in her description she mentioned something like thick, and when looking at the puppy all over again, I noticed the thickness. I was looking at Maltese dogs, and they too have different coats. I prefer the straighter, coats, and was taught to look at the parents, of course, and secondly you can usually see their hair part in the middle down their back. Describe your yorkies fur, and tell me if you have matting problems. I know all types will matt if its not come, just curious. |
Cotton coat and combination coat Yorkies tend to mat easier than the silk coats. |
Rufus is my yorkie and he has a curly silky coat. His coat doesn't matt at all! I love it :) Nena is my morkie and she has more of the maltese coat, she is very cottony but so soft. She does matt very often. |
I have two yorkie / maltese. One of my boys is silky and matts only a little, my other boy has super soft maltese cotton coat and matts easily needs to be groomed twice a day when his fur is long. |
Also puppy hair is different then what there adult hair will be like it mats VERY easy. I keep Callie in a puppy cut because she just does not have the personality to have pretty long flowing hair she enjoys the elements to much for that I could just imagine everything I would have to pick out of her hair. She also gets cold very easy so she has to wear clothes almost all the time. Her hair though even when on the long side of a puppy cut never tangles and is very soft and crazy thick and I love it and hope to one day grow it out. My moms rescue yorkie has a much more cottony coat that we also keep in a puppy cute because it tangles like crazy and when he was rescued before we got him he had long very mated hair and I guess someone had tried to comb it and brush it because now if you go to comb him and hit a tiny tangle he jumps and try's to hide. |
I have both smooth coat and a cotton coat. The cotton coat is much worse to manage than the smooth coat but I prefer it over the other because of the thickness of it and how it looks when grown out. |
Henri has the straight silky hair and rarely mats, he only gets mats on his face because he likes to stick his snout into everything!:rolleyes: He is my nosey little boy!:p |
So for the most part, you can't really tell the hair texture of a twelve week old? |
Not really, at 12 weeks old they still have the puppy coat |
My Oscar has a straight silky coat that never mats or tangles.. |
My Jewels has a modified silk coat and as a puppy she looked like she was going to have a silk, Her hair matts when it gets long but not as bad as my chachi that has cotton coat |
Oh puppy hair. . . . I is so soft but it mats so easy. I can not wait until his adult coat is in. |
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You should be able to have a pretty good idea by now. I was able to tell with my last litter of pups and so far I was right with each of them. |
Bella has a straight silky coat that doesn't mat. On the other hand, when she was a puppy, her puppy coat matted horribly. We had the puppy coat trimmed off at 17 weeks. |
Can those that started cotton then went to silky post pictures from 12 weeks to current? Same question for the ones who started off silky and stayed silky? |
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This is Oscar @ 13 weeks & almost 2 years old..:) Even as a pup his coat was silky and never matted or tangled.. I brush and comb him everyday but I could probably get away with doing it only every few days.. |
Thank you. |
Keno has a thick silky coat, does not mat at all. Does not part on back, to thick for that. |
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Keno Picture I will try to post recent picture, am not real good at posting pictures. Keep getting error message. Not sure what is wrong. Size has been reduced.:confused: |
Go to my profile page and look at picture #3 in Keno's pictures. Most current picture with med hair. He is to active for long hair. He is terrier first. |
Here is Bella's cottony puppy coat: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/att...-5-30-2013.jpg And this is Bella's silky adult coat (cut short): http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/att...-5-30-2013.jpg |
4 Attachment(s) Katie has a very thick, silky coat. The first three photos were taken by her breeder, and the last one I took at Christmas time. You can see that her hair got a lot more silky as she got older. I have recently cut her hair, but still Katie's silky coat stands out a great deal. A good breeder can tell if the coat will be silky or not. First photo 2.5 months Second photo 11 months Third photo 2.5 years Fourth photo almost 4 years old |
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4 Attachment(s) Just a few more of Katie. The first photo at five weeks with her breeder appears like it is silkier than the other ones when she was young, though a puppy coat definitely is different than an adult coat. I usually try to avoid eye shine in photos, but one way to tell if a dog will be silky is to see the color of the shine in the eye. Katie's is so green that I can often see it at night without even a camera flash. Generally, green/blue flash is said to be a silky coat and red/yellow is a cottony coat. You can see that Katie's coat is very silky now, even though it is very thick. |
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There is no fool-proof method in all of this. You just have to find a breeder who you really trust, one who puts their heart and soul into breeding healthy, well-socialized pups. They will most likely know if the coat is going to be silky or not. A silk coat is easier to maintain because it doesn't matt a lot, but once you love your pup, it matters very little if they have a silky coat or a short muzzle. You will love your pup with all of your heart, and you will think your baby is beautiful and perfect. I have an image in my mind of what I think a Yorkie should look like. Despite that, once you love him/her, all of that won't matter at all. I do believe that it's of utmost importance to choose a breeder with a love for this precious breed, one who is looking to preserve the special qualities of Yorkies, and who places health and temperament above all else. |
Hugo Ibanez-Hornung I learned more about Yorkie coat color and texture from a Yorkshire Terrier breeder named Hugo Ibanez-Hornung, Estugo Kennels. One of his articles can be found on this link: Yorky Club Magazine - United by passion for Yorkies. You can do a search on his name to find many more articles. He has a way of describing the Yorkie coat's color and texture. He was a professor (I believe he is retired now) and he has produced over 150 champion Yorkies. I keep one of my dogs in full coat because she does not tangle and has a beautiful coat. My male has a cotton coat. I don't want to make him miserable by always brushing out mattes so I keep him in a semi-puppy cut. |
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