[lovmyyorkie]

Originally Posted by Pattie

Deb, In answer to your question, yes I love dressing Chloe. At first I felt silly, I asked my vet if the clothes were made because of teenagers wanting to dress up their toy dogs. Once she assured me, a material coat or sweater supplies warmth for their tiny bodies & was a good idea, that was all I needed! Chloe now has a small size school locker filled with different coats, sweaters but only a few hats (she hates boots!) In the beginning, she fought me the same way, once she realized it meant out to play, watch neighbors or her daily ride in the car - I hold up the coat and she comes runnin!! She even sits now so I can put it on, then runs for the door (she is only 6 months old) We started this in early October when our weather started getting cold and I noticed her shivering. Perhaps "Dogs learn what they live" too? Also I have an oval pet bed on my front seat in the car, in the beginning she tried to sit on my lap while driving, wanting to act like a playful pup, since I drive back & forth to NY every 2 months, I felt this was dangerous. When we first started driving I would pull over whenever she tried to leave the pet bed, Now if she gets up all I have to say is sit and she relaxes in her bed again. Back on the subject of coats: SHe loves fleece best (coincidently we have matching colors as far as her fleece coats-I had mine before she was born) She even loves her sweaters - I love the ones with the full collars best-fuzzy or furry BUT she hates her swede coat and I believe it may be because of the way some coats have a velcro down the entire middle of the belly area. (Maybe it is too stiff and therefore uncomfortable) Also different companies are sized very differently. she wears x-sm in most but after tons of returning, I started keeping a log on which company she needs x-sm and which one the sm fits better. x-sm fits great but too short on some company jackets for the long body on a Yorkie

No hats, you get hat hair and not as pretty as pink bows

Matching colors, try matching scraffs or I have a scraff the same print as her coat, or she has a fleece coat with a matching blanket.

I love all that furry or fuzzy stuff they look very nice or sooo cute on those little Diva's. Boys are getting there too.

Send me a picture of the Suede Coat at Lovmyyorkie@yahoo.com

Too short? just add furry or fuzzy stuff to the bottom with Velcro or make a skirt.