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Old 06-28-2007, 07:23 AM   #1
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This is my first yorkie. How long does it take for their hair to grow to a full coat?
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This is my first yorkie. How long does it take for their hair to grow to a full coat?
Coats will grow at different rates and what looks like a full coat will differ depending on how tall the yorkie is. A taller Yorkie will need more coat length for it to reach the floor.
On average usually in a silk coat 18 mos to 2 years also for the face furnishings to grow which is slower and that part takes longer because you are going from the face to the floor. Growing face furnishings is kind of difficult usually.
A coarser hard silk coat is slower growing but will usually hold colour.
Soft coats in general, tend to grow very quickly.
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Old 06-28-2007, 07:28 AM   #3
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This is my first yorkie. How long does it take for their hair to grow to a full coat?
Yorkies do not achieve full coat until approximately 2 years of age.
Everything described in the standard is describing an adult yorkie.
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Coats will grow at different rates and what looks like a full coat will differ depending on how tall the yorkie is. A taller Yorkie will need more coat length for it to reach the floor.
On average usually in a silk coat 18 mos to 2 years also for the face furnishings to grow which is slower and that part takes longer because you are going from the face to the floor. Growing face furnishings is kind of difficult usually.
A coarser hard silk coat is slower growing but will usually hold colour.
Soft coats in general, tend to grow very quickly.
Lorraine,

You were more detailed in your explanation that I was.
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You were more detailed in your explanation that I was.
We posted I guess just about the same time; yours wasn't up yet when I sent mine. LOL
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Another coat question....I had a groomer tell me not to cut Molly too short while she was young (3 mos) so that her adult coat would grow in better. Is this true?

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Another coat question....I had a groomer tell me not to cut Molly too short while she was young (3 mos) so that her adult coat would grow in better. Is this true?

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Not true at all. It really depends on what you want to do. If you want to grow coat, you don't trim at all except ear tips and shave top third or so, trim around the bum so poo doesnt get stuck and around the feet. If a male trim tummy in front of the penis.
If you want a medium length coat just let it grow to that.
IF it is a soft or cotton coat, might as well trim it as it will be a matted mess all the time pretty much.
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In my opinion the reason why we should not trim the yorkie when they are young is to avoid his hair grow curly like poodle. If you trim or shave your yorkie before 8 months, the hair will grow curly not flat like what you see in the yorkie dog show. In general the hair grow 1 cm every months but it depends also on the hair type. Like us, human, have their hair grow more rapidly than others. This is what I have heard from some groomers not to shave the yorkie hair when they are young (not before 8 months).
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In my opinion the reason why we should not trim the yorkie when they are young is to avoid his hair grow curly like poodle. If you trim or shave your yorkie before 8 months, the hair will grow curly not flat like what you see in the yorkie dog show. In general the hair grow 1 cm every months but it depends also on the hair type. Like us, human, have their hair grow more rapidly than others. This is what I have heard from some groomers not to shave the yorkie hair when they are young (not before 8 months).

This is a misnomer. Shaving a pup or trim a coat prior to 8 months of age does not cause a coat to grow curly......If it's a good silk coat, it's a good silk coat.
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In my opinion the reason why we should not trim the yorkie when they are young is to avoid his hair grow curly like poodle. If you trim or shave your yorkie before 8 months, the hair will grow curly not flat like what you see in the yorkie dog show. In general the hair grow 1 cm every months but it depends also on the hair type. Like us, human, have their hair grow more rapidly than others. This is what I have heard from some groomers not to shave the yorkie hair when they are young (not before 8 months).
Sorry but I disagree. Curly coat on a Yorkie is there genetically, not from cutting it at too young an age. Sometimes if you have one that has a bit of a wave or curl, letting it grow will make it not quite so curly as the weight of the coat will pull it down. But it will still have a curly look to it.
I had a bitch once when I started out. Never cut her coat until she was well over a year. As she got older her coat curled and was forever more.
Moreover, I had a little 4 mos old that went flying around the corner in the old house I was living in and she drove a huge sliver into her side. It lodged about 4 inches down from the point of entry. I told the Vet to shave whatever he had to be sure to get everything out. He did a surgical shave along her side.
Her coat grew back straight as can be. I showed her at about 2 years old, got 6 pts on her well on her way to her championship then she got pyometria and I was not going to fool with it so spayed her and she went to a pet home.
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This is a misnomer. Shaving a pup or trim a coat prior to 8 months of age does not cause a coat to grow curly......If it's a good silk coat, it's a good silk coat.
LOL Too funny we did it again, I am going out for a couple of hours so we won't be posting at just about the same second for a while.
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I've noticed some of you were saying that some yorkies naturally have the silk coat, others' coats are coarser. I was wondering if anybody knew how I would be abe to tell what kind of coat my 3 month old will have? Any telltale signs, specific features, touch?
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I've noticed some of you were saying that some yorkies naturally have the silk coat, others' coats are coarser. I was wondering if anybody knew how I would be abe to tell what kind of coat my 3 month old will have? Any telltale signs, specific features, touch?
A bit too soon to tell. Unless you're showing and breeding yorkies, I wouldn't worry too much about it. If your puppy is soft coated, keep it short. I cut down mine, even though they are silk as soon as they are championed....too much work keeping them in coat unless you plan to Special a dog.

There are different grades of silk coats.
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I keep my yorkie's coat medium length and I find myself trimming it once a month to month and a half to keep it the desired lengthed.
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Coat type and texture is one reason why show breeders will run puppies on. Whether a pup is silk or soft coated really can't be determined usually until 4 -5 months of age and then it can be iffy as some modified coats can keep you guessing for a while as to what you have.
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