How many of you have a wiry yorkie?

[janicecue]

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

I was simply offering advise to why their hair may not grow. It was not meant to be snobby. The mix could be farther in the lines who knows. My first yorkie who has ACA papers which is not a reputable registry and I didn't know that at the time could be a mix for all I know. My new guy I got because he was unwanted and he has no papers so he could be a mix too. I don't see being a mix as a bad evil thing. I grew up with mixes. When you pot on message boreds your going to get lots of opinions.

Anapreze and Lovetodream88, I am in no way offended. Both of your responses to me were given and taken in good spirit and appreciated. The number one outcome for our family is two social doll babies that we love very much. They brought energy and life back to our 8 yr old AKC Yorkie, who had been grieving for months for her best friend, our 17 yr old CKC Yorkie, who passed away in Oct. 2016. We wanted a puppy for her as a young playmate. We came home with 2 puppies, just couldn't separate them as they were the last 2 in the litter.

Pedigreed AKC puppies set the standard by which we judge a breed. If I planned to show or breed, I would only purchase an AKC show quality puppy. My reason for posting a response was curiosity related to info I found about the original Yorkie, "red legged" or "wiry hair". They do not meet today's breed standard...a larger dog with a long snout and a wiry, textured, short, deep black and red coat that does not change colors. And the fact that these original characteristics can show up in a litter of AKC, CKC, etc. breed standard Yorkie parents. I also read that breeders sometime introduce the red legged Yorkie to their line to strengthen the line's coat texture and colors. However, that should be the only time these red legged Yorkies should be bred. Like the author of this thread, MoYra, I would love to communicate with other members that have or know about red legged or wiry pure bread Yorkies. What I do know, our puppies, at this 8 month stage do not follow the breed standard and do not look like their conforming breed standard parents, yet have a quality overall look. Thank you for your comments, I truly would like to learn more!

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by janicecue

Anapreze and Lovetodream88, I am in no way offended. Both of your responses to me were given and taken in good spirit and appreciated. The number one outcome for our family is two social doll babies that we love very much. They brought energy and life back to our 8 yr old AKC Yorkie, who had been grieving for months for her best friend, our 17 yr old CKC Yorkie, who passed away in Oct. 2016. We wanted a puppy for her as a young playmate. We came home with 2 puppies, just couldn't separate them as they were the last 2 in the litter.

Pedigreed AKC puppies set the standard by which we judge a breed. If I planned to show or breed, I would only purchase an AKC show quality puppy. My reason for posting a response was curiosity related to info I found about the original Yorkie, "red legged" or "wiry hair". They do not meet today's breed standard...a larger dog with a long snout and a wiry, textured, short, deep black and red coat that does not change colors. And the fact that these original characteristics can show up in a litter of AKC, CKC, etc. breed standard Yorkie parents. I also read that breeders sometime introduce the red legged Yorkie to their line to strengthen the line's coat texture and colors. However, that should be the only time these red legged Yorkies should be bred. Like the author of this thread, MoYra, I would love to communicate with other members that have or know about red legged or wiry pure bread Yorkies. What I do know, our puppies, at this 8 month stage do not follow the breed standard and do not look like their conforming breed standard parents, yet have a quality overall look. Thank you for your comments, I truly would like to learn more!

I'm glad I didn't offend you I was just saying maybe that's why their hair was different. I do have to say I know you say you just wanted pets not show yorkies but in the future if you buy any more pups make sure it's a reputable breeder. They breed to better the breed and in the us that means will only have dogs registered with the AKC. They are also much less likely to have health issues and stuff. It's important we don't support bad breeders Because they are destroying the breed both by looks and health. Don't worry I did it too, my first yorkie ended up coming from a broker who got their pups from a puppy mill she has horrible issues.

[MoYra]

Do you love them? Do you care them? Do you show them? You do not believe that they all deserves a chance? Registered or not,wiry silky or cottony, teacup or teapot, beautiful or just nice( as i dont believe i have seen in 50 years an ugly dog) they are all our little devoted babies..
Talking just about love for "animals" in general ,for me it doesn t matter none on these I just want to be sorrounded by healthy and happy animals wich fill my days with joy and happiness.

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by MoYra

Do you love them? Do you care them? Do you show them? You do not believe that they all deserves a chance? Registered or not,wiry silky or cottony, teacup or teapot, beautiful or just nice( as i dont believe i have seen in 50 years an ugly dog) they are all our little devoted babies..
Talking just about love for "animals" in general ,for me it doesn t matter none on these I just want to be sorrounded by healthy and happy animals wich fill my days with joy and happiness.

I love my non AKC non standard dogs very much. But the problem is when we buy from bad breeders we keep them in business. Once you have seen a dog seriously suffer from terrible issues that are because of bad breeding it makes you want to try and stop it. We euthanize over 2 million pets a year because people just breed. Bad breeders don't check way back in the genetics or do health testing to make sure the puppies will be healthy without issues and this is causing a rise in unhealthy yorkies. Also because bad breeders don't register with a reputable registry a lot of these so called yorkies ( I have seen breeders sell mixes as pure breeds) are actually mixes or don't even look like yorkies so our loved look is fading. We must stop bad breeding. Most people don't know about it when they get their dogs and that does not make their dogs any less but now you know for next time. I just noticed you are from Spain and I am referring to here in the US where it is very bad with dog issues.

[janicecue]

I am sorry that your first Yorkie had health issues. I have only had positive experiences with the home breeders, I know. Our first Yorkie followed the AKC standard and was CKC. She passed away last year right before her 18th birthday. She was healthy and acted like a puppy even though she became blind and deaf around her 15th year. The same for our CKC lab, who also passed away last year. She was 16 yr old with no health issues throughout her happy life. I absolutely support breeding healthy and breed specific. I showed in Obedience, my AKC sheepdogs, for years. I have purchased and rescued many dogs in my 73 years...AKC, CKC, and NO registration, We were blessed that all our loved dogs lived long, healthy lives. I anticipate the same for these two CKC puppies.

[janicecue]

I don't think any of the Yorkie Talk members support bad breeders, whether AKC or not. Same goes for puppy mills and pet shops. I support adopting a dog from a shelter to save a life, as well.

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by janicecue

I am sorry that your first Yorkie had health issues. I have only had positive experiences with the home breeders, I know. Our first Yorkie followed the AKC standard and was CKC. She passed away last year right before her 18th birthday. She was healthy and acted like a puppy even though she became blind and deaf around her 15th year. The same for our CKC lab, who also passed away last year. She was 16 yr old with no health issues throughout her happy life. I absolutely support breeding healthy and breed specific. I showed in Obedience, my AKC sheepdogs, for years. I have purchased and rescued many dogs in my 73 years...AKC, CKC, and NO registration, We were blessed that all our loved dogs lived long, healthy lives. I anticipate the same for these two CKC puppies.

I grew up with mutts all my life so I am not bothered by mixes. Once you see a dog suffer and have to look in their little suffering eyes and its because of a health issue a breeder didn't care about you to will hate bad breeders.

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by janicecue

I don't think any of the Yorkie Talk members support bad breeders, whether AKC or not. Same goes for puppy mills and pet shops. I support adopting a dog from a shelter to save a life, as well.

See that's the thing in the US you will not find a reputable breeder that doesn't use the AKC because it is the only reputable registry in the US. Most people don't know better. Reputable breeders are very hard to find.