Where is her hair?

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by Kaylee32

It just is odd that the test would be flawed twice. Not saying it is not possible, just odd. And I forgot to mention she doesnt shed at all like I know most chihuahuas do and others do.

Probably not that odd if their techniques and protocols, controls and perhaps their lab techs are the same as the first test. Read that thread about DNA testing through about what DNA samples labs use for reference or controls and you can readily see how unreliable some tests can be.

[micheleashley]

She looks kind of like a Chihuahua but she's super cute anyway <3

[Teegy]

I'd say what is called a chorkie, I met a couple of cuties in the summer and they looked just like this

[pstinard]

If I could see the dog's DNA test results, I might be able to draw some conclusions. She sure does look a lot like Minnie, though. It almost makes me wonder whether there is a rare mutation in Yorkies that hasn't been characterized yet.

[Kaylee32]

I know I have been wondering the same thing. Its very odd.

[Kaylee32]

I also forgot to mention that her hair is very very thick on her body. It is just very short so it looks like there is not much hair at all.

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by pstinard

If I could see the dog's DNA test results, I might be able to draw some conclusions. She sure does look a lot like Minnie, though. It almost makes me wonder whether there is a rare mutation in Yorkies that hasn't been characterized yet.

That doesn't even look like a Yorkie? Could it just be picking up on the fact that there is a small amount of Yorkie in the dog?

[Sunnydayz]

Originally Posted by Kaylee32

I also forgot to mention that her hair is very very thick on her body. It is just very short so it looks like there is not much hair at all.

If I'm not mistaken, yorkies don't have really thick hair. I know gizmos hair is not very thick at all. Maybe someone else knows more about this, it I'm pretty sure it should not be very very thick.

[Kaylee32]

I mean thick as in like its not thin like chihuahuas hair usually are. It is thicker and ore full. I know when my yorkie I have was a puppy she had thick hair.

[yorkietalkjilly]

None of my Yorkies had thick hair. Scotty's and Jilly's coats were very fine, silky but not what you would call thick. Tibbe's is fairly cottony but I couldn't call it thick at all.

You'd think if this were a mutation, it would just be a mutation of coat and not other features as well. I think this pup is the result more likely of a Yorkie-mix or other breed involved in the pedigree somewhere along the way and a lab testing process such as was described in the DNA thread. That white under the muzzle, throat and chest is like a lot of Chihuahua's markings and they have been introduced into Yorkie breeding in the past to try to bring about a certain look or merely by accident without the breeder knowing or telling and then there's just the look of the dog - it doesn't look like a Yorkie does with its hair cut back.

[Kaylee32]

I was not meaning thick as in like fur. My yorkie Ellie has very sof silky hair but she has a lot of it and Lilly Anne has coarser hair, but not as much hair as Ellie does, I was just meaning Lucy does have hair although it does not look like it as much. And I guess there is no telling what it could be. She is loved regardless though.

[Magnus]

Originally Posted by Kaylee32

I was not meaning thick as in like fur. My yorkie Ellie has very sof silky hair but she has a lot of it and Lilly Anne has coarser hair, but not as much hair as Ellie does, I was just meaning Lucy does have hair although it does not look like it as much. And I guess there is no telling what it could be. She is loved regardless though.

If someone asks what breed of dog she is, tell them "dog?... Lucy's a cat..."

People try to guess what Magnus is all the time b/c of his size and other features. I've gotten tired of explaning so I just say "I don't know.. he one of those mysterious types so he won't tell me..." And we all have a good laugh and on to another topic. I haven't done any dna test on him but maybe I will some day just to see. But like and your grandmother, my family and I love him to pieces!

Lucy is just adorable and she's blessed to have found such a loving family like yours.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by Kaylee32

I was not meaning thick as in like fur. My yorkie Ellie has very sof silky hair but she has a lot of it and Lilly Anne has coarser hair, but not as much hair as Ellie does, I was just meaning Lucy does have hair although it does not look like it as much. And I guess there is no telling what it could be. She is loved regardless though.

Yeah, I knew what you meant. Short-haired dogs hair does feel thick when you run your hand through it, doesn't it? Does little Lucy shed at all - do you see short little hairs around where she lays on the couch or on clothing?

She's a cutie babe, no matter. I'd take her in a heartbeat. I went to look at your album and saw your Ellie! My, what a sweetie. She's about the coloring of Tibbe.

[Kaylee32]

Thank you so much Ellie is my baby! She is such a sweetheart. Your baby is precious too! And no I have never seem her shed at all. There are never any hairs left behind from her.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by Kaylee32

Thank you so much Ellie is my baby! She is such a sweetheart. Your baby is precious too! And no I have never seem her shed at all. There are never any hairs left behind from her.

Lucy doesn't shed or Ellie?