Yorkie's coat is the dignity of this breed, its pride. And color is an important characteristic. The breed standard clearly regulates the color of the Yorkie .
So, the colors should be as follows:
- blue - dark steel blue, but not silver blue and should not be mixed with fawn, bronze or black hair;
- Tawny - Tan hair is darker at the base, gradually lightening towards the end. Should not be mixed with black hair.
Dogs are often born one color depending on the breed and begin to change colors with age. Likewise, Yorkshire Terrier puppies are born with smooth black hair with red markings. Red spots should be on the muzzle, under the tail, on the outside of the hind legs, on the inside of the front legs from the armpits, extending slightly onto the chest.
With the correct coloring of the puppy, the main part of the body should be bronze underneath, with the exception of a black spot on the sternum. The lower part of the jaw and throat are also bronze. Red spots can be of different shades, from golden yellow to dark golden bronze. These spots may be larger or smaller, may be distinct, or may be mixed with black hairs.
Some puppies may have small white spots or stripes on their chests, which indicate that there will be melanism or excess pigment. It is also possible that puppies will have white marks on one or more toes. It’s okay if the white color “goes away” with age.
It is important that a newborn Yorkie's nose is often gray or pink, but by 21 days it should turn black.
It is important to know that if Yorkie puppies are of a certain color, they should be deprived of the right to belong to the breed. This happens if the puppy was born completely black, bronze, bronze with black spots or gray. These puppies may change color slightly as they grow older, but will most likely remain that way for life. Such puppies are the result of incorrectly inherited genes. You've probably heard of the so-called "Rare Blue" or "Rare Golden" Yorkshire puppies. They simply don't exist. I repeat that the breed standard contains clear requirements for the color of the Yorkshire Terrier's coat. But such puppies are only suitable for home keeping and documents for them, if issued, must necessarily contain the mark “breeding marriage”.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
How to guess what color a Yorkie will be when it grows up?
22 comments:
It should already be starting to bloom by this age!
The sooner the puppy begins to change color (namely along the back, color change on the head does not count), the lighter it will be. This is almost always the case. Well, look at your parents! Look for the light ones!
it is not necessary that if the parents are light-colored, the puppy will be light-colored, my relative has a black girl, although her parents are light-colored, she is already 1.5 years old, and it is unlikely that she will already bloom.
It is also determined by the color of the skin: if the skin is light, then the dog will grow up to be a firefly, if it is darker, then the color will be more saturated
