Silky terrier is an adorable little dog, which reminds a lot of Yorkshire terrier. It’s lively, alert, tough, resilient by nature and really caring. Being in finest condition, it weighs around 3.6 – 4.5 kg with the height of about 23 cm. Despite its compact size, the Australian Silky Terrier is certainly not substandard to other types of terriers. It’s a fantastic family pet to have if you live in a city, because it effortlessly adjusts even to small apartments and enjoys his walks, but in his normal element, the open field, it truly becomes alive and can play in remarkable speeds, frequently at the expense of his smooth silky hair becoming a wonderful mess.
Normally an Australian silky terrier carries a great and well-groomed look, with a great coat covering it from head to tail end. The coat shouldn’t be very long on the limbs below elbows and hocks.
Australian silky terrier was carefully bred by crossing Yorkshire terrier and skye terrier, though it is as well thought that the Australian terrier was also included in the crossing. This particular breed of dog, which got into the American dog exhibitions under toy breeds category and labeled silky terrier had been formally acknowledged in 1959. But it’s only until not long ago that it gained the right to be showed in the UK, which has separate standards for Australian terrier and silky terrier.
The dog is rather small in size with small limbs, modestly stretched along with compact built though quite robust, allowing it to effectively kill household rodents. It is usually distinguished by the common terrier attributes, which include awareness and attentiveness, playfulness and great health; its smooth coat parted at the center requires a nicely kept physical appearance. The typical coat color – blue and soft yellowish or grayish blue with soft yellowish – the richer the color, the better. The tail is normally of a much deeper blue coloration. The allocation of blue and yellowish color is as follows: the head should normally be sliver gray or pale yellow, the hair around the ears, cheeks and snout – pale yellow, the body – usually of blue color.
Their heads are long and thick, normal of terrier dogs, somewhat wide between the ears, the skull is flat between the eyes and the snout is a bit smaller compared to the rest of the head. Longer hair on cheeks and snout is undesirable.
On the whole silky terrier is an excellent option for anyone who wants a smaller sized and lively pet dog.
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