Yorkie or Silky?

[Batgirl38]

Originally Posted by sganow

Two of my dogs are yorkies and one of them is a silky. Our silky is actually smaller than both of our yorkies, so size alone does not determine yorkie vs. silky. Our silky is definitely longer than tall. She has a longer snout which is also shaped somewhat different from our yorkies. Her ears are also higher on her head than our yorkies. Her hair is different. Even though she looks very similar to a yorkie, there are definite differences. Heck, most people think she's a yorkie too. If you research yorkies, silkys, and austrailian terriers, you will begin to see some of the australian terrier traits in the silky.

If your dog is longer than tall, it could very well be a silky. If the dog is about as tall as it is long, then very likely that it is a yorkie. Look at the other traits of both breeds and see if you can tell which it most closely resembles. I will tell you that they are both wonderful dogs though!

Our other dog is a 6 lb. maltese, and she thinks she rules the roost! She definitely has an alpha personality, and her and our older yorkie constantly battle for that alpha spot. Ginger is getting a little older now (almost 11) and tends to let Lilly (the maltese) get away with her antics more than she used to. Crazy little dogs. They all have different personalities.

I heard on silky 101 that silky is a cross between a Australian terrier and the Yorkshire terrier..

[SurrealWidow]

Hi everyone .. new here and very curious about the silky vs. yorkie topic .. my vet said my daisy is a silky.. i am curious as to what you all think .. thank you!

[bjh]

Originally Posted by SurrealWidow

Hi everyone .. new here and very curious about the silky vs. yorkie topic .. my vet said my daisy is a silky.. i am curious as to what you all think .. thank you!

Welcome to Yorkie Talk. Daisy is precious Honestly it is impossible to tell from the pictures. She could be either one.

[sganow]

Honestly, she looks like she could be silky. Either way, they are great pets! I have both and wouldn't trade them for the world!

[matese]

My last girl was a big girl, at 8 weeks old she was bigger then my 6 y/o yorkie, she had huge ears, just a beautiful puppy. As an adult he weighed 17 lbs. Lots of ppl thought she was a silky because of her size, my vet even said she looked like a silky, her AKC paper read yorkie, color Blue. She had a long snout, but I chalked that off to her size, big dog, longer snout. She had pure black hair on her body, face and legs was a light auburn, she never turned silver. I also had another yorkie, smaller, weighed 10 lbs,color was the same but her face and legs was a deep auburn she also never turned silver. My last girl had to be put down at age 17 y/o, in those 17 years I never saw a yorkie as big as her, since joining YT I see many members have large yorkies. My last girl (Matese) had all yorkie characteristics, so the size of your yorkie does not determine the breed. Your baby looks like a yorkie to me, but a picture is just that,a picture which is hard to tell by, besides, I am not an expert on telling apart a yorkie from a silky. I went by what her AKC papers stated. She was a smart, intelligent lil girl that I miss soooo much.