All Dog Breeds >>Appearance of Yorkshire Terrier
For adult Yorkshire terriers, the importance is placed on its coat colour, its quality, and its texture. The hair must be glossy, fine, straight, and silky. Traditionally the coat is grown-out long and is parted down the middle of the back, but "must never impede movement." Yorkies have very soft coats. Yorkies have two types of coats; a silky or a soft. The silky coats are the coats of the show dogs.
The soft coats are short and do not need to be brushed very often. From the back of the neck to the base of the tail, the coat should be a dark gray to a steel-blue, and the hair on the tail should be a darker blue. On the head, high chest, and legs, the hair should be a bright, rich tan, darker at the roots than in the middle, that shades into a lighter tan at the tips. Also, in adult dogs, there should be no dark hairs intermingled with any of the tan coloured fur.
Yorkshire Terrier Training
The Yorkshire Terrier is intelligent and quite easy to train. He learns new commands quickly at an above average rate.
Yorkshire Terrier Shedding
The Yorkshire Terrier sheds practically no hair at all. You'll virtually never find a hair in your home!
Yorkshire Terrier Grooming
Pet coat (less work): Cut his coat short every few months and then it only needs to be brushed every so often. Show coat (more work): Professionally groom his coat to the breed standard. Brush it daily.