Yorkie Puppies 4 days old

[IssabellaIzzyb]

Our Yorkie just had puppies..... Our momma is what I call the blue Yorkie... (Mostly silver, with tan feet and head) The Daddy is what I think is a typical Yorkie look, all black brownish face and paws. I want a baby, but I want an idea of what she will look like as an adult.... Most of the puppies are all black but one, the one I am thinking about keeping has brownish hews all through her whole coat and white tips on all her feet and a white chest..... does anyone know what color she will turn out..... I know it will be a guess but give me a guess Her name is Issabella (Izzy~B) Here is her pic Awwww lol

[Yorkiemom1]

....omg.........please tell me you did not breed a "blue born" female..........please tell me you are referring to the breed standard color, a steel blue......

[IssabellaIzzyb]

aren't silver yorkies referd to as blue? Here is a photo of mommy and babies

[IssabellaIzzyb]

She was born black

[Sammy Mommy]

So sweet. Congratulations!

[Yorkiemom1]

I have copied/ pasted explanation of the progression of color in a Yorkie. No, not all silver Yorkies are blue...the "blue" the Yorkie hopefully attains in adulthood, is a dark steel blue black color....if you look at "Amazing Yorkies" avitar, that is the blue we strive for......The following explanation is long, but it shows you how complicated and confusing the progression of color in Yorkies is....
"......The Yorkshire Terrier ( Yorkie ) is usually born black with tan-points, the tan being on the following places: on the puppy’s muzzle; above each eye; base of ear; ear rims; inside of ear; underside of tail (extending midway out from body on uncut tail) around the vent and edge of breechings; on the outer side of forelegs, feet and a small way up pastern; on the inside of the forelegs extending from armpit slightly onto the chest wall. There is tan on the outer side of rear legs, on paws, and partially up pastern; a fine line extending up to stifle on front; and part of hock on rear side. The inside of the hind leg is tan except for a small blackish “V-shaped” patch on each upper inside thigh joined by a black bridge across the pelvic arch.
The rest of the underside, except for a black girth around the rear chest and brisket, is tan. The underside of the jaw (though there may be a black patch in the middle of the underside of the lower jaw) and the underside of the throat is tan. The fore chest has a rosette at each shoulder point, or a horizontal stripe between them in the black. The tan on a youngYorkshire Terrier ( Yorkie ) Puppy is a light pale golden tan to a dark rich golden tan. All tan marks may be more or less in extension. They may be perfectly delineated from the black, or be slightly intermingled with blackish hair.

There may be a white star or a small blaze located on the fore chest in the tan, or across the black and tan. This is a much looked-for point, as it is an indication that the Yorkshire Terrier ( Yorkie ) Puppy will probably be a good coat grower in quantity, though not necessarily in quality. It is also an indication that there will be no melanism, or over-supply of pigment.
The transition from newly-born Yorkshire Terrier ( Yorkie ) puppy to adult Yorkshire terrier is a very confusing period. Any attempt by a novice to come to grips with this period by reading opinions ofYorkshire Terrier( Yorkie ) breeders can only add perplexity to confusion. No one agrees. This fact alone offers the greatest hope to any breeder. The answer lies in the fact that a bloodline generally follows a course, but it never holds entirely true for all members of the bloodline.

Each Yorkshire Terrier (Yorkie) Puppy commences its transition from the newly-born black-and-tan to the adult blue-and-tan by its own inherited and constructed glandular system. The combination of its inherited genes from its’ sire & dam at conception, and the development of the fetus into a thriving new born puppy, determines the health and makeup of the glandular system that supplies the pigment for the hair, skin, eyes, eye rims, nose, and toenails.
The black tan-pointed, newly-born puppy must change into an adult with a pure clear golden tan and a pure even dark, steel-blue. Not all Yorkie Puppies achieve this goal. Some fail because their coat texture is unable to provide a means for light rays to be refracted and reflected to the human eye. Others fail because their systems fail to provide the necessary amount of pigment particles to the hair strands. Some fail because they inherit incorrect pattern placements. No matter what the cause, the result is that the Yorkie is unable to visually match the standard in desired colors at specific areas.



To correctly match the standard the Yorkshire Terrier (Yorkie) puppy must remove all black or blackish-brown hairs from its golden tan. This is first noticed on the skull which may go from black to tan at the hair roots, with any new outgrowth of hairs being tan. Or the hair on the skull may go from black to gray, with roots almost white, and any new outgrowth a very pale weak tan. In this last case as the black intermingled hairs diminish the roots and new outgrowth will gradually assume a richer golden tan.
The black on the muzzle, sides of head, front ear-base and around the eyes generally achieves a richer golden tan at the roots and new outgrowth as the black intermingled hairs diminish. These areas are always a darker shade of golden tan. The chest and legs follow the same program as the skull. All early tan marks are always a richer tan.

In the case of a very light pale golden tan (creamy colored) there is usually no distinction between these early tan marks and the newly grown tan hairs.
The rear of the ear leathers are the last to surrender from the black’s hold. They should be a deep rich tan minus any blackish hue. Failure of the ear to achieve a dark golden tan from the puppy black is very indicative of a Yorkie who will never clear its blue or clear its tan of black-hued hairs.
The greatest block to a Yorkies complete assumption of the desired colors is the failure of the coat texture. The newly-born puppies have flat, smooth, short-coated hairs. Only as the hair grows can texture be felt. It may be wiry, woolly, cottony, or silky. A wiry coat can develop the visually correct colors, but it will not attain great length. Most wiry coated Yorkies do change coat texture prior to one year. The hair at the roots commences to grow out a finer grade and thus becomes silky.The Yorkies Puppies with woolly and cottony coats, although growing great length and heaviness fast, never attain the correct visual colors. Their qualities – thick heavy, downy, and soft – deter or dull any light rays from proper play on the hairs.

Wavy coats are visible in Yorkie Puppies at a very early age and in general portend a light silver adult."
As confusing as this explanation is, the answer to your question is there! I included all the information so you can watch the progression of your baby, right thru each stage!

[MandiesMom]

I totally thought it was black or blue, Judy. I just thought the silver ones were called blue.

I love learning stuff every time I come here! Thank you for all that info!!!