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01-16-2009, 07:56 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: colorado
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| Coat issues, need help!!! My Emma is a 14 months old, all was going well with her coat (besides that it grows slow) untill a couple months ago. She started to grow tan in with the blue. I have heard it could be a number of things. It not just by the legs, its actually more in the middle of her back too. It could be hormonal, or the tan is running, or i also have heard that darker tan yorkies will have this happen to them. She is a very rich gold almost red. I will try and post a pic. Does any one have any experience with the blue doing this? |
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01-16-2009, 08:19 PM | #2 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: California
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| I'll bump this for you. I have no experience with it, but hope you can find an answer.
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01-16-2009, 08:43 PM | #3 |
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| Actually I have no idea, but I think she's pretty. Maybe some of the breeders here will have more information.
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01-16-2009, 10:02 PM | #4 |
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| it's called "running gold" when the gold hairs intermix with the blue like that. I've heard that some lines have a lot of this...unfortunately, many dye the hair to cover up the fault in the ring..but then they pass along this trait to the puppies they produce
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01-17-2009, 08:37 AM | #5 |
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| A lot of it is caused by diet or hormones. I have heard that adding certain supplements to their diet, like kelp, might correct the problem. I have one female that is 9 years old that would get a lot of running gold and then it would go away and come back to the steel blue so I think her's was caused by hormones. |
01-17-2009, 09:14 AM | #6 |
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| That is fascinating Barbara. Kelp. Who would have thought it could be corrected. Although this breed's coat does seem to change a lot through the years. I wonder if Kelp would help prevent it?
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01-17-2009, 10:03 AM | #7 |
Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southeast Texas
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| Katelin, I am not sure it would work but I have read that certain diet deficiencies can cause the coat to change and I know hormones play a big part in it too. I have starting adding a little 'kelp help' to my babies diet. I figure it can't hurt. |
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