Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Haha, like your Joey, Tibbe is no fan of summer! In Texas, summers are bearable because of air conditioning and cloud-cover when we can get it! Tibbe is a BIG fan of A-C, loves cold weather, will stand out in the snow as long as you'll allow it but once his housebreaking training was done, in hot weather he goes potty outside about 3 - 4 times every 24 hours. He'll hold it as long as he possibly can, sometimes until he's about to go and suddenly jumps up, barks sharply, runs to the door and begins to act like he's about to assume the position! I've learned to react sharply and get him out fast as possible. Heck, sometimes I procrastinates 'til the last minute, too, but it's very clear he doesn't want to spend any extra time out in the heat, puts off going outside as long as possible.
Goes out, does his business and on very hot days stays in the shady part of the lawn, is ready to come right inside until evening, when he spends a bit more time outside, patrols the borders of the yard, does his sniffing all around the perimeter and spends some time communing through the fence with Rusty, the Corgi who lives next door, if he happens to be outside, too, but even so, in summer the outside stay is pretty brief.
Contrast that to cool or cold weather, he's out there 6 times or more a day, the colder the better and reluctant to come inside. In cold weather, he'll stand at the far edge of the yard, nose in the air, luxuriating in the cold!
When I first got him, the first thing he'd do on coming inside that summer was hot-foot it to the water bowl, drink, lie down with his belly flat on the tile floor under the den A-C vent and chill out. All these years later, he's the same. Cooled down, he spends some time with me, getting his "lovin's & huggin's & kisses" as we call our special Yorkie-time and then takes himself to the coolest part of the house, down the hall and takes a nap. My bedroom is always freezing in the summer so there or the hall leading to it is where I find him anytime I miss him!
The first cool air that you can feel in the mornings or late evenings toward the end of summer, Tibbe always gets the zoomies and acts like he's had vitamin shots. He starts to act like himself again, always busy running things, usually into something. My little Yorkie is a cold-weather connoisseur. |