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Originally Posted by navillusc  I cannot speak for anyone but my two, but, yes, they loved clothes from the start...when they first saw them, in fact. However, I got the Yorkies when they were 14 (Brody) and 17 (Mia) months old and I got them 3 months apart. There is actually only 6 days difference in their ages. Brody had never worn clothes before, but Mia had...and her previous owner said she hated it...and she wouldn't wear a top knot. Well, not at my house! 
I got them little quilted jackets 12/23/11 and wanted to try them on while my groomer was still open...so I could exchange them if they didn't fit. Mia's fit, but they were bouncing so much it was hard to try Mia's on her. Then, when I tried to fit Brody, he was crazy jumping and I pulled my back...made for a horrible night at the Christmas event at my older child's home. The next day, I tried again, and both jackets fit fine, so I removed them. The Yorkies went nuts...jumping up and down, grabbing them in their teeth and pulling them. I held them high enough they couldn't damage them, and both Yorkies just sat down looking so dejected!  So I asked them if they wanted me to put the jackets back on, and they got all happy again. I started a thread in the YT 'photos' section. They wore them for 3 days straight until the temp warmed up again.
So, after the Christmas stuff wound down a bit, DH and I went shopping for sweaters, etc., for them to keep them warm and now they have 'a number' of garments.  They LOVE to dress up, and THEY like to select which one to wear...so I choose a few and hold them out so each Yorkie can select his/her clothes for each occasion.
They would voluntarily wear them 24 x 7 x 365 if we didn't take them off, and they will shove their heads into the garments, and if they want to wear them still when we go to remove them, they will hunch over and/or crouch down to try to prevent the garments being removed. |
They sound so cute being so excited. My Jilly and my sister's Silky Mindy both wore sweaters, soft, warm for cold weather. One really cold day I was talking to my sister on the phone & she laughed out loud so hard. She said Mindy had brought her a second sweater to put on. I say sweater but they were really more like t-shirts. Mindy had one on, the fire in the fireplace had burned down and Billie said Mindy was there wanting more clothes! She put it on her and she wore 2 t-shirts until they got her a real sweater the next day! She would come running to get her sweater on in the winter. Later, she got even more. Jilly wore a sweater when it was very cold sometimes, too but did not like it at first. I had to insist she keep it on as it was cold outside and even inside pretty cool down on the floor and she kept scratching and rolling around, going in circles in it. I only made her wear it for a short time until she gradually worked up to it - but it was to keep her warm. I think she came to understand it felt warm as later, she would run to me when I got it out and she stopped scratching a lot. She never liked the one dress she had made for her for NYE 2000. She wanted it off!
I was wondering about dresses and jewelry, shoes for dogs, putting in topknots, wondering if most dogs like wearing those things from the first or have to be desensitized to them over time. I can see where a dog that is cold might really like wearing something warm and soft but wonder about how some of them do with their first topknots or first dress or hanging necklace.
Course I've never tried a necklace or dress or onesy on Tibbe but he is not a big fan of even wearing a soft sweater in the cold. He rubs his body on things and scratches with his hind feet and wallows as if he wants it off. When I ask him if he wants it off, he comes running fast. He'll wear a sweater if I leave it on but he's not best pleased.