Will My Yorkie's Hair Go Blonde?
 

Badger is now 21 weeks old and I just love him to death. He's a real little cutie in every way but I see all these pictures of blonde Yorkies on here and I'm starting to wonder if he'll ever go the same. He's not changed colouring at all since this photo (taken at 16 weeks) - with the exception of lots more silver round the top of his head

Yes , the color will change . He is only a puppy so don't worry too much about it . He is beautiful .

Here is a picture of the new joy of my life . Her name is Sabrina .

He is a little doll. He is still very young. Kiki is about 8 months now and his coat is still changing.

Your baby may never be blond
 

Although they are very beautiful, the blond yorkies are not the standard yorkie color. Here's an exerpt of a YT "sticky" about color, and it is from this link. This is a good read, I highly recommend it.

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16045

“Breaking” Patterns

As no two Yorkies ever seem to follow an exact transition pattern, or “breaking” as it has come to be termed, we have included the most general facts of this trying time:

A puppy that is about 3 to 4 weeks of age that shows gold hairs on the top of its head when the black hairs are parted, will as an adult have a clear golden tan. If the coat texture is silky, the blue will have no intermingled colors.

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.

A puppy that has a bright orange-red tan by four or five months, will as an adult have a bright steel-blue, which may have areas of lighter or darker blue. This coloring shows the greatest tendency to have the tan placements run into the allotted areas for the blue. The texture will be silky.

A puppy whose coat appears sparse or thin will, as an adult, have a thick, long coat of the correct fine silky, glossy texture. This coat’s growth is like a human’s hair, in that it is born with very little but by adulthood has an abundance of hair, the quantity having doubled and redoubled all during puppyhood (or childhood). Both colors will be totally clear.

A puppy of around four months, that has changed the color on its head from black to gray to a very pale sooty color, will as an adult enrich all the tan areas to a clear golden tan. The blue will follow the correct manner of transition from black to blue starting to do so around six months. The coat texture will be the correct silky type.

A puppy whose tan has been cleared of all the intermingled black or sooty hairs by four month age, and whose texture is fine and silky, will as an adult have correct colors. The tan of this puppy will probably enrich to a darker shade as an adult.

A puppy approaching adulthood with a thick heavy coat that has pale cream colored legs, sooty head colors, with intermingled black hairs in tan at sides of hear and on the ear and ear fringes, may as an adult diminish some of these black and sooty hairs. Its desired blue area may eventually achieve a transition from black to grey but it will never have a clear golden tan, or a dark steel-blue. The coat texture is either a wooly or cottony.

A puppy approaching adulthood that has a black stripe in the center of its head, intermingled into the whiskers, sides of head and up into the top-knot, with ears that are move visibly black than rich dark golden tan, will as an adult have a tan that is never totally cleared. As the years pass some of the black and sooty hairs will diminish, but a check of the pigment under these intermingled areas will show that it is a dark gray which will never lighten. The black on this dog will show a few hairs that will some hears hence go from black to gray, especially at the lower hips and lower shoulders, when the hair is parted down through the upper layers. The coat texture will be woolly or cottony.

A puppy approaching adulthood that has intermingled sooty or black hairs art the sides of its head running up into the top-knot, with a sooty area between the eyes, and who ears are a sooty tan, will have a gray body coat by around three years. The gray will be lacking a blue hue. The tan will always have some intermingled sooty hairs especially at sides of head, ear fringes and between the eyes. There may be some black or sooty hair on top of the muzzle but not in the foreface furnishings. The coat texture is cottony.

A puppy of three to four months that has a very pale gold tan and whose black has gone to light silver-blue, will as an adult be a light silver-blue. A check of this puppy’s pigment will show that it is incorrect, as it will be light-gray flesh color. The texture will be silky.

A puppy that shows coarse white hairs intermingled in the blue will usually shed most of these as it approaches adulthood.

A puppy approaching adulthood, (or over a year) that has an inch wide stripe from the hair root out, then blue, with the tip and last inch or two still showing its transition from black to blue, will with age lose the blackish tips on the end as they are worn off or cut off as the coat achieves floor length. The dark stripe will remain although it may be lessen in width. It shows that the pigmentation of the hair is extremely dense at its beginning and does not diminish until it reaches this point. The tan will be clear, and the coat texture silky.

A puppy that at some stage in its puppyhood shows a brownish cast to its blue or black body coat is passing through a stage in which there is a hormone imbalance. This condition will normally right itself, as it is purely a growth stage.

All these are generalities and any puppy may follow a different path.

Another great link on Yorkie Coats & Color
http://dandugmore.netfirms.com/color.html

My puppy looks alot like yours. She is breaking silver on her head and what looks like blonde on the lower half of her face. I guess just check to see what color the "roots" are and that will give you a good idea of what she will look like. Or, just look at the parents if you can.

Did I miss the big announcement? Nice pup Olivier! Welcome Sabrina!

Not to worry, these little ones keep changing colour till about 2 years of age ;)

What a beautiful baby!
 

WOW... i missed something!! Congrats on your new baby girl, she is a little beauty! Welcome Sabrina :2hearts2: :cheer:

Thank you so much all for responding, especially Jaspersmom for the great links and advice (I always forget to do searches on here for the topic so please excuse me!). I've had a good read through and I think he's going to be just fine. His dad was a show dog and had the ideal colouring standard and his mum was much darker round the head but beautifully proportioned and built - even better than the dad really. The breeder said she was darker because she was still fairly young and one of the reasons she had bred from her was for colouring purposes to maintain the darker points. In any event, I will keep an eye on it all (at the end of the day it doesn't really matter) and keep you all posted with how he gets on. If all else fails, I'll whip him down the hairdressers for some highlights! ;)

p.s. Olivier is a darling!