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Batgirl38 · 07-01-2014, 05:16 PM

Does my yorkie have what they call a cotton coat?

Maximo · 07-01-2014, 07:15 PM

Difficult to say from just a photo. One of the exhibitors once explained here how to tell the difference by comparing to the thread that is used for needlepoint. If your are familiar with the thread, there is a silk version and a cotton version. Yorkie coats feel very similar.

107barney · 07-01-2014, 08:08 PM

Is your yorkie a puppy? The coat doesn't necessarily look "cottony" to me, but then again, sometimes they don't look like cotton but certainly feel like it.

pstinard · 07-02-2014, 04:25 AM

It's too early to tell. Bella looked like this when she was a puppy, but after her first grooming at 6 months, her hair became silky and silvery. Bella's first grooming, before and after photos, are at the bottom of the first page of this thread:

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...-grooming.html

BlueBelle · 07-02-2014, 09:41 AM

Well having a girl with a serious cottony coat I will say her puppy coat looked very much like that. When I let it grow at first she looked like a wooly mammoth so now she has the modified schnauzer cut(aka the Joey).

pstinard · 07-02-2014, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueBelle

Well having a girl with a serious cottony coat I will say her puppy coat looked very much like that. When I let it grow at first she looked like a wooly mammoth so now she has the modified schnauzer cut(aka the Joey).

My Bella gets the Joey cut too, even though she has a silky coat. That's a good haircut for all situations

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Yorkiedaze · 07-02-2014, 02:30 PM

Cotton coats are the most difficult to brush/comb out. They are always in a mat. The coat is generally dull looking, not so shiny. They are not cool to the touch as the silky type coat. I have two cotton coated girls and both have the pink eye shine. Generally the silky coated Yorkies have the green eye shine.

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Maximo ♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 25,047	Difficult to say from just a photo. One of the exhibitors once explained here how to tell the difference by comparing to the thread that is used for needlepoint. If your are familiar with the thread, there is a silk version and a cotton version. Yorkie coats feel very similar. __________________ Kristin, Max and Teddy

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107barney T. Bumpkins & Co. Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New England Posts: 9,816	Is your yorkie a puppy? The coat doesn't necessarily look "cottony" to me, but then again, sometimes they don't look like cotton but certainly feel like it. __________________ T. Bumpkins & Co. Washable Doggie Pee Pads (Save 10% Enter YTSAVE10 at checkout) Cathy, Teddy, Winston and Baby Clyde...RIP angels Barney and Daisy

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pstinard YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Urbana, IL USA Posts: 3,648	It's too early to tell. Bella looked like this when she was a puppy, but after her first grooming at 6 months, her hair became silky and silvery. Bella's first grooming, before and after photos, are at the bottom of the first page of this thread: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...-grooming.html Last edited by pstinard; 07-02-2014 at 04:26 AM.

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BlueBelle Donating YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alpharetta, GA, USA Posts: 1,190	Well having a girl with a serious cottony coat I will say her puppy coat looked very much like that. When I let it grow at first she looked like a wooly mammoth so now she has the modified schnauzer cut(aka the Joey). __________________ "I do not at all understand the mystery of grace-only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us"-Anne Lamott

07-02-2014, 02:30 PM	#7
Yorkiedaze My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca. Posts: 12,228	Cotton coats are the most difficult to brush/comb out. They are always in a mat. The coat is generally dull looking, not so shiny. They are not cool to the touch as the silky type coat. I have two cotton coated girls and both have the pink eye shine. Generally the silky coated Yorkies have the green eye shine. __________________ AZRAEL RAZAEL JILLI ANN