|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
10-28-2007, 09:54 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 235
| Yorkie's and Snow? This will be my 1st winter with my baby and I'm worried about his little paws on the snow/ice... is it smart to get shoes for him or can yorkie's handle snow in small amounts? |
Welcome Guest! | |
10-28-2007, 10:46 PM | #2 |
Banning Thread Dictator Donating Member | Ha, my favorite topic. I'm obsessed with booties for my Yorkies. First of all, yes, they can handle short trips outside without booties on. I let mine out all the time in the backyard to do their business. For longer walks, I would recommend booties for walking on snow. I find that, even though it can take a while to get them to tolerate them, they stay out longer on walks and don't shiver when I make them wear them. Just be careful what kind you get. Some of the fitted "shoes" out there are not conducive to walking. All a dog needs is a fleece or water resistant sack with Velcro around the top. Fleece is easy to make, but the disadvantage is they soak up water if the snow is slushy. I'm not sure this site makes booties small enough for Yorkies anymore, but this is the type of bootie I'm talking about: http://www.dogbooties.com/
__________________ Mike ~ Doting Dad to Jillie, Harper, Molly, Cooper, Eddie (RIP), Lucy (RIP), Rusty (RIP) and Jack (RIP). Check us out on YouTube |
10-29-2007, 04:20 AM | #3 |
2 Pups=Double Trouble! Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Iowa
Posts: 6,581
| Mike has great advice. I used to live in Minnesota, and the chi we had wore little boots called "Paw Tecteurs" from Petsmart. Basically they're little sleeves with rubber on the outside and fleece on the inside, and a velcro strap. You can get them at Petsmart (hey, you can always return them if your dog hates them!)
__________________ Suzy Emma & Milli What's better than loving a yorkie? Loving two yorkies! Milli 's Remi! |
10-29-2007, 04:54 AM | #4 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Posts: 37,147
| Mine have boots but barely wear them. Short amounts of time in the snow without boots is fine
__________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427 |
10-29-2007, 07:49 AM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 235
| thanks for the info guys! I will look into getting those types of booties. |
10-29-2007, 09:48 AM | #6 |
Rosi & Poli's Mom Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Washington State
Posts: 5,428
| My two love the snow, they run and jump like Bunnys,they love it when i kick uo the snow with my feet, i just make shure they dont stay out too long. Then when i get back in the house i have to get all the little snowballs of their little legs
__________________ ROSI & POLI Love my Babies |
Bookmarks |
|
|
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart