Greasy with pimples?? Not primary seborrhea?? I have a friend who has a border terrier with this.

Silky Terrier with oily coat
 

Hi, I hope you Yorkie people don't mind a silkie busting in! I used to have 2 Yorkies years ago. I was looking when I found my Silkie Terrier, he is about 2 1/2 years old, neutered I am not sure when. He was a shelter dog I got at about 9 mos old. He is painfully shy/submissive, but is very sweet and playful. He has always had a beautiful silky coat, I bathed him about every 3 weeks, I think, I didn't really pay attention, it could have been less often than that, always w/daily brushing. Recently, past 6 months, he has needed bathing more and more often, now I am up to every week and he looks yuck way before that. I was using expensive puppy shampoo, now I have tried dollar store dog shampoo, human baby, some Matrix stuff I love for me. I have quit using conditioner which makes brushing uncomfortable for both of us. I have thought of getting some no rinse baby conditioner. His food was Eukaneuba small dog dry food, now my BF buys Costco dry food, but if it's that, it took months to affect his coat? I am just now realizing this, I am going to buy the food I used to get.
Does anyone have any ideas? (BTW, I am taking him to get his teeth cleaned! Greasy little dog with bad teeth!!!???? Horrors)
Thank you!!!!

My Maddie tends to get oily on her head faster then the rest of her body, so, i just use a wash cloth every 3 days or so with a tiny bit of her shampoo to wash her, kinda like a sponge bath for her head and face only. As for the rest of her body, i find that if i just brush it, it'd look less oily... :D

Maka gets oily all over. I scrubbed him really good with some puppy shampoo and used baby spray on conditioner last night. I am going to see if the spray- on conditioner is a good compromise. He is too hard to brush with no conditioner. He enjoys grooming, I don't want to make it uncomfortable for him.

I have found that Blossom did have a stage when she was a few months old till I can't remember how long but not very long that she got oily very fast after her bath. During that time to get her clean I used a couple of drops of Dawn dish detergent (you know how it really cuts grease) along with the usual teaspoon or so of good shampoo (I use Buddy Wash, Petsilk and Petzlife Cranberry Fields). That did the trick for a while but now she's 1 year and 4 months old and she stays nice and non-greasy for about a week rather than 2 or 3 days like she used to. Hope this helped.