Coat Care of Yorkie!
The breed standard for a Yorkie requires that the hair be perfectly straight and not wavy. For show purposes, the coat is grown-out long, while being parted down the middle of the back. It can also be may trimmed to floor length to give ease of movement and a neater appearance. Hair on the feet and the tips of ears are also usually trimmed. The traditional long coat is extremely high maintenance, requiring hours of daily brushing, but if you are into showing your beloved Yorkie, then that is a sacrifice you must make.
To maintain the long coats of show dogs (between exhibitions), the hair may be wrapped in rice paper, tissue paper or plastic, after a light oiling with a coat oil made for show coats. This helps to prevent the hairs from being broken easily and keeps the coat in top condition. The oil has to be washed out once a week and the wraps must be fixed periodically during the week to prevent them from sliding down and breaking the hair. As a more practical alternative, many Yorkie-owners opt to keep the dog’s coat trimmed to a shorter all-over length, but then showing is not longer a possibility
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