Extremely thin coat, should I be concerned?
 

Now that Gus has lost his puppy coat and his hair is growing longer it appears to be very thin. You can see his skin on his back. I am not sure if he should see a vet or not.

Also, his coat is wiry and kind of short his back, but very long and silky on his head, legs, chest and belly. I have poured over info on the yorkie coat but can't seem to find anything on his combination. I am wondering if anyone has experienced this before?

TIA

have no clue but why not bumping it for you? hopefully someone knows the answer...

Thanks:)

I am may just give our vet call and ask. They may want to see him. <shrug>

Thanks again!

Can you post a pic of Gus?

I am curious too. Can we see a picture? The fur on my baby's back of his head is scarce to the point that I can see his skin but vet said nothing to worry about. The fur on his head and chest is very soft and the fur on his back is also wiry and short and they are not really growing.I don't know much about skin conditions but your baby sounds like mine although with mine, you cannot see the skin on his back. Update us after you have seen your vet ya?

When Jewels was a baby her hair got real thin and the vet checked her for mites. She didnt have them and they couldnt determine why she lost her hair. They put her on an antibiotic and her hair grew back and we didnt have any more problems.

I will try to put up some pics.
BRB

It took me a while last time.

Well, it looks like I don't have any newer ones that will fit:(

You can loo at my last post and there are a few of him, not good shots of his back though.

I will see if I can get some better ones tonight.

Thanks.

It sounds like your furbaby has the exact same thing going on that my Gage does!!! He has lots of hair around his face, chest, legs, belly, and butt but slim to none on his back. I can tell you that I've had his thyroid checked (normal) and had him spayed (vet said sometimes hair loss could be testicular related and having him spayed may cure the hair loss) and he still has no hair! Otherwise, he is a very healthy and happy little yorkie:) I have clothes for him to wear when it's cold to help hold in his body heat and he has t-shirts to wear when he goes outside in the hot sun (all advice of my vet but I already had the outfits cause I think he looks so cute in them!!). Vet said to either put a shirt on him when he goes out or sunscreen - a t-shirt is less greasy. My vet said there are more tests he can run to try to figure out what could be causing the lack of hair but I have personally chosen not to put him through all that (skin scrappings, blood tests, etc.) - not only from a financial standpoint but if I don't have to put him through it, I choose not to. I fell in love with him when I rescued him from a bad home and he didn't have hair then so it doesn't bother me. I've never posted pics of him without having some type of clothing on but I will try to take some tonight of him and share tomorrow so you (and others) can see what I'm talking about.

If you've had your furbaby checked by the vet and he's healthy otherwise, then it becomes a personal choice on whether to have tests run to find out why, in my opinion. Best of luck to you and can't wait for you to post pics:)
Oh, and welcome to YT!!