How many of you have a wiry yorkie?
 

Or yorkie with long wiry coat. Maybe? I would like to see some photos of wiry yorkies.. Lulu does not have a long coat, is only 6 months, his coat is wiry , very shiny and never mats..
I found here something:
A puppy that has a wiry coat texture, with a tan that is a very bright red gold by four to five months, will as an adult do one of two things: First, if the puppy as it approaches five or six months, or at least by nine months, shows the transition from black to blue, the coat texture will soften to a silky texture. If the black coat does not show this transition to blue, the adult dog will retain the wiry coat which will never attain any great length.
Lulu is still black on his back ,this waiting is painfull! :)) i just wait to see how will be!
He is not pure yorkie but i love him so much!

She's still a puppy with a puppy coat her hair will change as she gets older.

Wiry Yorkie
 

Our 2 Yorkies are 8 months old and are brother and sister. Their coats are shiny and textured and has grown very slowly. The black is midnight shiny and the tan is reddish. They both also have long muzzles, not round. The parents were typical Yorkie look, the Dad was gold and black and the Mom was tan and black. In researching their differences, I found red leg Yorkies and Wire hair Yorkies. The articles stated that these Yorkies were a throw back to the original Yorkie and should not be bred. Their coats would never reach the ground, the hair on the head and legs would always be short and the deep black and red colors would always be true and would not change.

I would love more information if anyone has researched these Yorkies. Your little one looks like mine.

Janice
 

Your babies are so cute! Do you think they are red leg or just wire hair? Lulu has some few whites hairs on the back legs,, but is also slow growing hair..his head is very funny : the hair is very thin, as i read here most of yorkies have thin hair..but he is in that moment when 1 hair have black tip, white-grey middle and the root start some kind of cream , golden whatever colour it is..funny and strange:)) is my first yorkie and look like a kinder surprise, lol :))

i think they are red legged and I am not going to trim their coats until much later. I agree that it will be fun watching how their coats turn out.

I do. 10 months old. Wiry hair. Doesn't mat, doesn't grow long.

Anaprez
 

Hi, can you post a picture? I m so curios!

Sure. In the pic she has a bow she was 8 months old, her hair in the body hast grow much, it only grows in the head. The other pics are recent. 10 months old.

And honestly I now prefer it that way. Her hair doesn't mat, and I don't have to spent much in grooming. Only baths and that's it. I trim the hair in her sanitary areas, legs, paws, and head. I think she might be red legged, but I don't know for sure.

Are they AKC?

No, CKC which I haven't even bothered to send in a registration. I wanted healthy socialized puppies as our pets. They were 18 weeks old when we brought them home. I took them to our long time vet with shots and deworming documentation. He confirmed they were very healthy, friendly puppies. We played with the Mom and Dad along with the puppies in the breeder's spotless home. We made a great choice to bring these sweet Yorkies into our lives. I will be happy if their coats stay shorter along with the deep colors. They don't mat and love to be groomed and bathed. Our older
AKC Yorkie has a cotton coat and is professionally groomed every month, so saving two more grooming fees would be awesome! We will just have to wait and see!

Anaprez
 

Thank you! She is very sweet! I hope Lulu will grow his hair as long as your baby! Is good we don t need to much grooming:)) We usual do the grooming for Percy and Toby, the other 2 dogs we own,cavachons, and with yorkies no experience..and for sure, the hair looks very nice, is very shiny, is just that when you touch very coarse..and i agree , better wiry then cottony, as long they are not silky!

Im guessing in Georgia that's not the Canadian kennel club but the continental kennel club and you can register a table with them as a dog no joke. So there is a possibility they are mixed with another breed, they kinda look like it but I hope I have not offended you.

To me they look all yorkie, just red legged, I've seen that before, and she said their parents are typical yorkies. She's clearly not plamning to showing them, they are just pets, clearly she loves them and they are healthy, and have good temperament (to me those two are the most important things). And btw very cute yorkies!! :) not trying to offend you, but to insinuate that a yorkie might be mix to someone who's not even asking if her dogs look mix or not, it's not the best thing. Hopefully I'm not offending either.

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!

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.

Ladies!
 

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.

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 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.

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.

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.