how long til coat is full

[petpalswi]

I am a new yorkie mom, we got Superwoman (yes that is the name my husband gave her) just before thanksgiving, she turned 1 on december 14. how long does it take for their full coat to come in?

[Debbiedogs]

You mean a puppy?

I take it you mean you got a puppy? But whether it's a pup or an adult that got a shave, you will be looking at close to a year.

However, it will look LONG before that time, IF you have a dog from a family of good coats. Otherwise, it may be a light, short-shaggy, breakable coat. Time will tell.

One great thing about puppy coat that you probably already know is that it dries in a flash. One BAD thing is that it is wild as heck; Yorkies in particular are known to look like an unmade bed as soon as they shake right after you comb them! lol

[petpalswi]

I take it you mean you got a puppy? But whether it's a pup or an adult that got a shave, you will be looking at close to a year.

However, it will look LONG before that time, IF you have a dog from a family of good coats. Otherwise, it may be a light, short-shaggy, breakable coat. Time will tell.

One great thing about puppy coat that you probably already know is that it dries in a flash. One BAD thing is that it is wild as heck; Yorkies in particular are known to look like an unmade bed as soon as they shake right after you comb them! lol

tell me about it. she looks like a wreck all the time, but it is part of her charm. she hates having a ponytail and rubs and scratches til the band is out. I figure she just needs to get used to it. my daughter wants me to clip her short and color her top knot. I want to keep her long and luxurious. (if thats possible)

[gr8danlvr1]

she turned 1 on december 14. how long does it take for their full coat to come in?

debbiedogs: the "puppy" is 1 year old!

OP: Have you had the hair cut recently? or ever? @ 1 yr old it is going to have the thickness it will always have, they start switching over from puppy to adult coat @ about 6 months, sometimes earlier. The reality is that some yorkies just don't have the coat that show dogs have. Unless your breeders shows their dogs and breeds for coat, you might likely have one of those yorkies w/ the thin brittle coat that just doesn't grow past a certain length.

[windywaycavaliers]

debbiedogs: the "puppy" is 1 year old!

OP: Have you had the hair cut recently? or ever? @ 1 yr old it is going to have the thickness it will always have, they start switching over from puppy to adult coat @ about 6 months, sometimes earlier. The reality is that some yorkies just don't have the coat that show dogs have. Unless your breeders shows their dogs and breeds for coat, you might likely have one of those yorkies w/ the thin brittle coat that just doesn't grow past a certain length.

Totally true to what the others have said. Its about genetics, too! And also using good coat products to encourage growth and maintaining the long hair, WRAPPING and banding is a fine art,,and it will be necessary to do it if you want her mantle to the floor!

[Particentral]

Totally true to what the others have said. Its about genetics, too! And also using good coat products to encourage growth and maintaining the long hair, WRAPPING and banding is a fine art,,and it will be necessary to do it if you want her mantle to the floor!

Gotta disagree with WIndy on a point and add a thought.

I have several, like, over 15 yorkie clients that are in FULL coat, dragging the floor and they do NOT get banded or wrapped. HE## Pebbles chases squirells with the basset hounds EVRY DAY and comes in rather trashed. She keeps her coat because she has decent coat and mom does NOT brush. Luna, Cricket and Gemma were in today, mom never brushes, and she does NOTHING other than keep their hair up. We do them every 2 weeks in the shop, along with her Maltese, again, drags the ground....so it doesn;t HAVE to be wrappings and papers.....it can be done with good products and routine care.

My addition, is, was she clippered when you got her or is this just the way she is? If she was clippered berfore you got her you will have to wait about 6 months to a year to see how long it will get.

Some yorkies, like Leo who was in today have hair that will not grow and we just keep them scissored neatly. Use a good conditioner, bathe and condtion weekly and see what happens. If she never wore a topknot you will have to teach her to accept it, but I use terry cloth bands like Pony Os to keep the hair up during that time and take it down at night, put it up during the day (I have a poodle in a Continental). I would suggest BioGrooms Super Cream Coat Conditioner, used every two weeks in addition to regular conditioner used every bath to prevent breaking and for the straw type yorkie coats, leaving it on, hot as the dog can stand it to begin with, and allowed to sit for 30 minutes to an hour, will make the coats more silky and not as prone to breakage. It cannot FIX every coat, but it works on the long coats like a miracle.

Today, we groomed 8 yorkies, 6 of them in full coat, one scissored and one cut closer, 2 shihtzu mixes in full coat, and a full coated maltese from a show family (he weighs 10 pounds though). EVERY ONE OF THEM is a dog first. NONE of them are banded or wrapped. I am the sole custodian of their coats. Parents do not brush but two of the full coated ones. It can be done, its just not easy.

OH we use Tresemme antibreakage on them for their routine conditioner. It has gelatin in it and makes the coats silky, smooth and less prone to breakage. If needed I add in the Bio-groom creme. Molly Fellowes, a brittle coated yorkie, has grown all the way out using that product every 4 weeks for a year. Her mom b rushes though....she feels like straw when she comes in and leaves feeling silky. Mom brings her in when she starts to feel dried out.....

[petpalswi]

great information

thanks to everyone for sharing. as I said , we've only had her 6 weeks. groomed her twice before her ex-owner gave her to me. bath, brush, trim around eyes. she was bought from a home groomer (no more info than that) when she was 6- 7 months. I dont know if the breeder did any clipping. I've been bathing her once a week, alternating with show season truely tearless and clairifying, then I use cc day to day conditioner. I will try the bio groom creme. I never thought I'd have a yorkie. I've never been a fan of the tiny dogs. I have a doberman also. we were originally just suppose to foster and find her a permanent home. but she sucked me in. lol. I even got a purse carrier. I'm hopeless.

[Particentral]

Gotta say, none of those products would be my first choice. The clarifying is going rto dry the coat out. Should be used on dogs with lots of product only, like hairspray or heavy conditioners, which, DTD is not. The day to day conditioner IMO is too light for a yorkies coat and will not protect it to grow out, even if it can grow out. Also, the tearless is great for faces, but not what I would use on bodies....try the Show Seasons Essential shampoo and their Nourish conditioner if you do not wnat ot use the Tresemme, but I am telling you it is the best stuff going, I use it on my cockers in fact. I can grow hair. SERIOUSLY grow hair. I have a poodle in a continental, three cockers in full show coat and two morkies that are all the way to the floor and ready for competition. You need to pick products that #1 hydrate, #2 care for skin, and #3 do not cause matting, AND choose a diet that works for that as well. Not sure what you are feeding but diet plays a huge role in hair production as well. All the products I mentioned, will do all three, and diet is up to you. I feed a cooked diet for my cockers and Nature's Recipe Salmon based food. The cockers are growing hair so fast (and they already did) and so is the toy, I mean, like an inch a month. SCARY for dogs that already grew hair. I would use the SS products or Tresemme weekly then use the BioGroom every two weeks. It will not take long to see if it works or not. I never liked little bitty dogs. Always had cockers....now the one that have my heart are tiny little fluffy dogs.....fo figure.