A gray baby yorkie?
 

This breeder had an ad in my newspaper, they are in Houston. This puppy was on their site for only $400? Is something wrong with it?

what is the site name?

Nope...just changing color as normal

fancypups.com is the website. All his brothers are black, and he is priced less than them. SO I was just curious. I have never seen a yorkie for only $400.

Maybe he is just older and they need to find him a home.

Im curious too....IMO he's too young to be changing colors...and he is less than half the price of all the other pups...I would be skeptical!
Plus this seems more like a mill to me since the pups mostly have diferent birthdays. And it says that they have more pups not pictured. It seems to me like a breeder wouldnt have that many litters at a time.

I looked at the site, and I personally would not buy any pups from them. As far as the "gray yorkie", I have to wonder if this might possibly be a blue born pup. I'd like to see the rest of his body.

could he be a blue born yorkie? don't they start losing the fur on their ears first? becuase this guy's ears look bald to me

Some pups change colors very early....meaning they'll go very
light.


Ears maybe shaved to assist in bringing them up.

Possibly this pet is not AKC and from a BYBer.

According to the site they are the same age. Only 9 weeks old. I was thinking the blue born thing as well. O well, I was just curious y so cheap.

thanks i wasn't sure. is it possible though that it is a blue born, or would it look like a regular black puppy at this age?

I believe I checked them out before. I think they are brokers. They sell for several breeders if I am not mistaken. On the Houston yorkie list there were a few that had dogs from there and recommended them, but I don't think I would go that route.

It doesnt look like a blue born puppy but I think it looks like it might have mange or a skin condition. Poor thing, it looks pitiful.

he doesn't look like a blue puppy. I have had some babies start to change to gray or white at seven or eight weeks old. it will later change to gold probably, and is very normal. The ones I have had that have silky coats, also look like they are almost going bald and when i first had yorkies, i thought, oh my goodness, my baby is losing his hair. On closer inspection, it was just graying at the roots, making the hair look thinner. BTW, that one was Ceeby, in my avatar.

Poor little guy :( - that is one POORLY Bred yorkie. No one can tell what health issues are going on from a photo but bless his heart - he's on the far edge of looking like a yorkie....If someone is just looking for a nice little dog I don't see why he wouldn't be sold and hope he gets a great home

I've never seen a yorkie pup look like that. If I had seen him in person I would have had to buy him, so atleast I knew he'd be loved. Poor little guy.

some of the puppies were cute but what got my attention was the payment options, they take cash and personal checks but no cashiers, no mo, thats sounds kinds odd is. it the other way around usually? i wouldnt take a personal check, but bring on the cashiers!!:)

my husband does a lot of side jobs and we stopped taking personal because 1 out of 3 bounced

What ever he is I sure hope he finds a loving home.

What ever the situation I hope he finds a forever home with someone to love and spoil him rotten!

i don't take personal checks OR cashiers checks. it is a well known fact that computers can print out authentic looking cashiers checks. Some banks have even stopped cashing them. it was all over the news a couple of years ago.

My thoughts exactally.
Be carefull.

He was sold. I just checked the site for him, and there are no males left. I hope he went to a good home, and that whomever purchased him has him neutered since there is the possiblity that he was blue born or had something else wrong with him.

What is blue born?

Here's a link to some good info:

http://members.aol.com/CYorkie/Genet...Chocolate.html

This is part of the info copied from that website:
Recently I received a call from someone asking about the blue born puppies. That was a real blast from the past. Hadn’t heard of anyone having blue born puppies in some years. When a dog is born blue it is different genes that effects that then the GG genes. The dd gene is what causes this at birth and the Yorkshire Terrier should only be carrying the DD. A blue born puppy will also have self colored pigment, such as blue nose. The DD gene is what allows them to be born Black/Tan. The upper case always means dominant and the lower case always means recessive. This is obviously a deep buried recessive that the animals are carrying that they have passed onto the resulting puppies. The breeds that are born blue are born with the dd gene, but in Yorkshire Terriers this should not be the situation to cause the blue coloring.

Unfortunately with blue born puppies the situation is usually fatal. Very few live beyond the 1st few days. The ones that do survive almost always at the time they would normally break blue, lose all their blue body coat and get a very leathery skin that is like an elephant hide and causes the dog to be in extreme pain. At that time the dog has to be humanely put down. I have heard of a couple that have lived a normal life, but I think there are very few that do. Do not be tempted to raise one of these as you are opening yourself to heartbreak, let alone what the dog will go through later in life.

Thank you for that info - very interesting. Very sad.