Yorkies vs Silky Terrier

Question:
 That is the difference between yorkies vs silky terriers?

Answer:
 The name:rofl:

Answer:
 OK now for real
Silky
The Silky Terrier is a true "toy terrier". He is moderately low set, slightly longer than tall, of refined bone structure, but of sufficient substance to suggest the ability to hunt and kill domestic rodents. His coat is silky in texture, parted from the stop to the tail and presents a well groomed but not sculptured appearance. His inquisitive nature and joy of life make him an ideal companion.
Yorkie
That of a long-haired toy terrier whose blue and tan coat is parted on the face and from the base of the skull to the end of the tail and hangs evenly and quite straight down each side of body. The body is neat, compact and well proportioned. The dog's high head carriage and confident manner should give the appearance of vigor and self-importance.
This is a silky
This is the yorkie

Answer:
 It is just me or do they look a lot alike. Length of hair being the major difference?

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 No its not just you. I get them mixed up all the time especially when clipped. If I see them together Icould tell the difference but if I just see one, it is tougher.

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 My friend has silkies, and in person they do look very different. This may also be because Yorkies have been overbreed, with the teacup varieties etc.

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 I agree when you see them in person they do not look alike...yorkies http://www.kendos.de/Mother.Files/Mother.htm are way too popular and being over bred. So many recessive genes and to get a nice quality gold on the head, steel blue on the body and tan on the belly and legs is really a challenge to any breeder. I think the heads are completely different and the tiny ears are what I like and of course the silk coat. Their temperaments are somewhat similar since they are both terriers. Gator on this site is Crystal's sire and I was so lucky to get to know the wonderful breeder of both Gator and Crystal. I wonder if we have any Silky owners on this site?? This lady only got a close breeding and I got one of his kids and she was already a champion when she sold her to me for a pet. She is now almost 13 yrs old. His real name is Renee'gade

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 Are they related to each other?

Answer:
 Dax here's alittle history....they were born to kill rat.
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The Yorkshire Terrier traces to the Waterside Terrier, a small longish-coated dog, bluish-gray in color, weighing between 6 and 20 pounds (most commonly 10 pounds). The Waterside Terrier was a breed formed by the crossing of the old rough-coated Black-and-Tan English Terrier (common in the Manchester area) and the Paisley and Clydesdale Terriers. It was brought to Yorkshire by weavers who migrated from Scotland to England in the mid-19th century.
The Yorkshire Terrier made its first appearance at a bench show in England in 1861 as a "broken-haired Scotch Terrier". It became known as a Yorkshire Terrier in 1870 when, after the Westmoreland show, Angus Sutherland reported in The Field magazine that "they ought no longer be called Scotch Terriers, but Yorkshire Terriers for having been so improved there."
The earliest record of a Yorkshire Terrier born in the United States dates to 1872. Classes for the breed have been offered at all shows since 1878. Early shows divided the classes by weight - under 5 pounds and 5 pounds and over. Size, however, soon settled down to an average of between 3 and 7 pounds, resulting in only one class being offered in later shows.
While a Toy, and at various times a greatly pampered one, the Yorkshire is a spirited dog that definitely shows its terrier strain. The show dog's length of coat makes constant care necessary to protect it from damage, but the breed is glad to engage in all the roistering activities of the larger terrier breeds.
{quote me}Very few people keep a yorkie in full coat but I don't trim mine all the way back.} The Yorkshire Club of America is working hard to rid the
breed of liver shunt the disease most prevalent in yorkies by six months of age.