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09-24-2008, 01:25 PM | #1 |
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| Red legged Yorkie Hi All My beloved Groomer and I were talking she said that my Mia is a red legged Yorkie Which means she will never grow the long silky coat and will not have hair on her ears Does anyone else have a coat like this Please see my navatar to see the coloring of Mia She is beautiful and Debbie the Groomer says many breeders bred this coloring in every 4th generation Anyone else heard of or have a Red legged Yorkie Please do not get me wrong I LOVE MY MIA I justed want to grow her hair to the floor and I think because of her coat I can not |
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09-24-2008, 03:31 PM | #2 | |
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09-24-2008, 03:41 PM | #3 | |
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I use pro pet for coat and skin in my girl's food each morning.
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09-24-2008, 03:59 PM | #4 |
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| Your avatar is very small, so it's hard to see. Tobey has really thin hair on his legs- almost "wispy-like". I keep him in a puppy cut because his body is so thin that if his face hair grows too long, he looks out of balance. I don't know if he is "red legged" though..... how do you tell? I saw both of his parents at the breeders when I bought him... they looked like normal yorkies but at the time I didn't know much about the breed like I do now.
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09-25-2008, 05:04 AM | #5 | |
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Your Sissy reminds me so much of Peanut. I keep coming back to this post and looking at that sweet face. We lost Peanut on 1/02 of this year. I miss him so much I have pictures of him in my album from Christmas of last year. I had never realized that Sissy looked so much like Peanut. Tammy
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09-25-2008, 05:06 AM | #6 |
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| BTW, can anyone explain exactly what a red legged yorkie is?
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09-25-2008, 06:59 AM | #7 |
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| I think that my little Gus is a Red Leg. I also have his 1/2 brother Chip and his hair grows so fast, but little Gus, his hair grows very slow, and very thin. It doesn't seem to grow at all on his legs. I will attach pictures I took of them the other day. The smaller one is Chip, and the taller one is Gus. It really doesn't matter to me I love them both very much.
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09-25-2008, 07:19 AM | #8 |
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| I had one for almost 20 years . She looked like an Australian Terrier . She never grew up a coat but she was the most adorable little one . |
09-25-2008, 07:31 AM | #9 | |
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__________________ As always...JMO (Just My Opinion) Kimberley | |
09-25-2008, 07:51 AM | #10 |
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| Red Legs are reported to be prized by the old-time breeders. Even tho they did not have silk coats and were unable to grow coat, they were considered great for bringing color and believe it or not correct texture back into a line. I don't know anyone today that has one in their breeding program but I find it very interesting history. |
09-25-2008, 11:39 AM | #11 | |
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My girls get yogurt in the morning for breakfast and are on The Honest Kitchen (freeze-dried raw) for dinner. The food, along with adding the Grizzly Salmon Oil has definitely made the coat thicker and longer. Sissy's coat is strange. Her head and neck and shoulders are very silky, but from the lower part of shoulders on down, it gets very coarse. I have been using Silk Spirits by CC following her bath and that has helped some, too. It is hard to tell on the photo I posted, but she has very sparse hair on her legs (although the back of the legs has definitely gotten longer) and feet. With red-legged yorkies, their coats simply do not grow much. The good news is you save on grooming bills. As I said, Sissy has never been trimmed. What you see on her face, body & legs is how she is. Her coat has gotten thicker and little longer in the past 6 months, but she is now 3 years old, so I don't expect many changes. Red-legged yorkies also have a tendency to have a very red color, particularly on their legs, rather than the gold or tan of others.
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09-25-2008, 03:16 PM | #12 |
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| Sooo Cute! I've seen a few red legs, and they look a bit like cute little foxes!!
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09-25-2008, 03:52 PM | #13 | |
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09-26-2008, 04:15 AM | #14 | |
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I feel certain that Peanut was a red legged yorkie after reading all these replies...something I never knew when he was alive. I wish I had the knowledge that I have now about yorkies when Peanut was alive. Although I know he was happy here, I knew nothing about how to properly care for this breed. He came to us from a farmer who found him wondering in a cornfield. The farmer tried to find his rightful owner, but they were never found. So, we knew nothing of his past. If only he could have told us... My girls are loved, but no more than Peanut was. Poor little baby, I miss him so much. Abby and Daisy are on Canidae until this bag is gone, then we're switching their kibble since the forumla was changed and then they have NV raw once a day. Abby has the most beautiful thick coat. Daisy's coat is thin and sparse, but so shiney and lays so beautifully. She was rehomed to us in April. Abby came from a breeder.
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09-26-2008, 04:17 AM | #15 |
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| Exactly!
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