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I have always read that Silkys are amazingly intelligent but they are very difficult to obtain outside of Australia, from what I understand, just because they are not as popular as Yorkies. Thanks for sharing those pics...she's so beautiful x |
Wow Shelly I never knew but now that you point out the differences I can see them, I always thought she was beautiful and has a nice silky coat, I just did not realize she was a Silky. Thanks for taking the time to post the photos and explain the differences. |
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to the OP I am sorry I should have said welcome to Yorkie Talk and congrats on adding a yorkie into your life, Alonzo is a doll. So how is life with a yorkie compared to a Rottweiler?? and thank you for giving him a new home |
I personally think he looks Yorkie. I have a 9 year old Yorkie who weighs 7 lbs and the people I got him from bought him from a Yorkie breeder and he is a purebred Yorkie. When I took him to a groomer to get his nails trimmed they tried to tell me he was not a Yorkie and must be a silky because he didn't have enough hair on his ears to be a Yorkie. I looked at her and said "He is a pure bred Yorkie with papers." She was like "Fine, I will put him down as a Yorkie." Then she was like what does he weigh about 11 lbs. I said 7, he weighs 7 lbs and she looked at me as if I just told her that I weighed 100 lbs (I am overweight). She gave me that look like "whatever you say." I hope when she picked him up she realized how light he was. I had just had him weighed at the vet and he was 7.1 lbs. I do think yours looks like a Yorkie though and I would just keep calling him a Yorkie. My grandmother had a 18 lb Yorkie named Muffin when I was growing up. Yorkies really do come in all sizes. Hers was a purebred and everything. All her dogs were purebred. She constantly had several little dogs at once. Mostly poodles, but occasionally a Maltese, Yorkie, Llapso, Apso, etc. Just enjoy him and I am so glad you rescued one! |
Thanks everyone. My Rottweiler's name was Brinx and she passed away at seven years old from Lymphoma. She was my perfect angel and I really hope that one day I get to have another Rottie. I miss her everyday. :( Growing up my family has always tried to adopt from shelters or rescues. Ironically the only dog we did not rescue was Brinx. We got her from a very reputable breeder, because we wanted to make sure that we knew where she came from. Any other dog that my family or I have had has been a rescue. Currently my parents have adopted a 2 year old Boxer whom Alonzo HATES!! :hide2: I don't live at my parents home anymore and because Alonzo is my doggie he lives with me but when we go to visit Alonzo has a very hard time with Baxter (the Boxer) and I know I'm biased but it is mostly Baxter's fault. To be fair though Alonzo would rather ignore most other dogs after the initial meeting. Is that a common Yorkie trait? The day I rescued Alonzo I had almost given up on finding a dog I liked in a shelter or rescue. I had already been to five other places and someone suggested Craigslist but I didn't (and still don't) think I would want a dog from CL. It's actually divine intervention or something that I ended up with Alonzo. To be honest I didn't even see him first my mother did. She pointed him out to me but I wasn't interested. We were about to leave when something caused me to go back and have another look at the purebred Yorkie that someone had left behind. I asked the staff what his story was and they didn't know much only that this was his second time at their rescue after he had been adopted for less than a month by a couple who worried about the safety of their baby with him. And they could tell me nothing about where he had been before that. I asked to meet him, and he was such a gentleman! (Which was all an act, his whole personality that day was fake, the little bugger.) I really liked him and I told the volunteers that I was taking him. They couldn't even track down all the paperwork for Alonzo because he had only been with them for twelve hours! I was given his old vet records from before he was adopted by the couple and advised that I should get him looked over again (which I did the next day.) Sorry for such a long post. :crazy: I love Alonzo so much. He brings me so much happiness. Even with some of his neurosis! (Like his fear of being outside, which I try to ignore but it makes walking him difficult!) He is different from any dog I've ever had before but I'm not surprised by that no two dogs are ever the same. |
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My Yorkie is my best friend. I take him almost everywhere I go. He does not like my mother's boxer and mostly ignores her s**tz Tzu/Yorkie mix. Mine doesn't fight with other dogs, but he mostly just ignores them. He gets along great with my setter though as both of them are just laid back and don't really care what the other one is doing. |
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I take him with me everywhere I go also, he has flown with me quite a few times now. Alonzo gets along fine with the neighbors Maltese Zoey, but I think that's because like you said neither cares what the other dog is doing. Alonzo is a wonderful people dog, he's always giving kisses even to complete strangers. I guess he's just not a dog dog. |
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