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Dressing up your Yorkie What do you think about people who always like to do this. Is it a good or bad thing. |
Well, everyone has their own opinions.. it's up to you! Although I don't get why anyone would say it's a "bad" thing. No harm comes from it. lol Personally, I LOVE dressing up Roxie! And she loves it just as much :P She only started out with a couple of clothing items but now she has a huge wardrobe. She gets a lot of attention when we go on walks, that's for sure. |
I think it's super cute dressing them up in little dresses and outfits for pictures or if the weather calls for a sweater or clothing since it's cold outside. But if it's really hot I don't see a need to put them in clothing because it will just cause them to be more hot. I don't really have clothing for my yorkie, I do plan on getting her a couple dresses, maybe a matching one for my daughter and dog so I can do family pictures. I just want her to be a dog not a "toy". I don't have a problem with people dressing them up, hey it's your dog and your money, I just have other things I could be spending on then dog clothing. I understand both sides, I know some people find it very offensive. My mom isn't big on dressing dogs up and she has a yorkie, she thinks that you should let them be a "dog" and that they don't need to be dressed up like kids. I see the point and I do agree some what but like I mentioned, if it's cold outside my yorkie is always wearing her sweater and she will be having a couple cute summer dresses but mostly for pictures and weather permitting! I do find it necessary to do their hair though! :p:D |
I think it's cute and all but I do think some people take it overboard. I know it's not doing any harm but, I don't know. Sometimes it gets a bit ridiculous. I, personally, don't put clothes on Jackson but the main reasons are because he will not let me lol, expenses for clothes, and he's a big boy at 13 pounds so it's difficult. I do however love getting him new collars and tags to make him look cute and putting bandanas on him occasionally! But it's not really a question of good or bad, it's all opinion. |
i have several sweaters for bailee,those are a MUST for yorkies in the cold, and a few dresses...which she doesnt really love...hopefully when i have a lil more income i can order some of those beautiful dresses i have seen form several vendors on YT :) but we mainly stick with bows for everyday...some dogs love to be dressed every day but bailee doesnt...i see nothing wrong with it cuz its doesnt hurt them but its just not for us |
I don't think it is a bad thing but there are some who may get a little silly. I have a lot of shirts for mine because it does get chilly and we keep our house a little cool. I have a lot of jackets and coats for them as well. Maggie has a couple of dresses but if it is hot out, I tend not to put anything on them. |
I do believe it is the majority not the minority on this forum that put clothes on their Yorkies. (some of the best dressed Yorkies are right here!! :D ) I do know that when it is cooler, Yorkies are very prone to get cold quickly (we use sweaters and coats in the winter). They also get HOT quickly. They have no undercoat to protect them. |
I think its cute. They def need sweaters and coats in the winter. Although I'm thinking about getting her some booties for next winter. I save the frilly dresses for holidays though but I put clothes on Fancy when we go somewhere. Someone said the other day, "she just has the prettiest clothes". (that person sees Fancy 5 x's a week;) This will be Fancy's first summer and it gets hot & humid in Oklahoma so I doubt I will be putting anything on her other than a beautiful bow in her hair! You can see in my avatar, Fancy has on a dress! ;) |
I think dressing a yorkie is personal preference, not a good or bad thing. I personally dress Couver in sweaters and jackets when its cold, or a t-shirt when it's chilly. But now that the weather is nicer, the only thing he wears is a bow! :) I think it's cute, but I don't go overboard. It's not his favorite thing to do so I try to limit when he has to wear clothes. |
I think it's a personal choice. I have lots of stuff for Kiki..but she only like the little t-shirts and when I put something on her that SHE does NOT like...she will hide or lay down and not move...quite funny...guess she's a girl who knows what she likes! LOL |
To each his own. Personally, Conner has a tee shirt on every day until the weather warms up here in CT. In the summer, he wears a tee shirt to bed because of the a/c, but does not wear anything during the day, as it is usually very warm. For the colder months, he has Fido Fleece, hoodies and sweaters. |
If they are not hurting the dog, then it's their business what they put on their pets. I do think dogs of any size get cold, and should have a coat, jacket or sweater, and if the asphalt is hot or icy, then get some boots on those paws. |
The only one out of 6 dogs that has clothes is Tootsie, and thats because she is so tiny, that I thought she would look cute in them. She really doesn't like them and would rather be naked. Once in awhile I put something on her, but, not as much as i thought I would, as she seems happier naked. Plus, they mess up her hair and she gets knots from them.:( Lastnight hubby and i were in walmart, I was looking at some cute little tops/dresses in there. Hubby said NOPE, not with my hard earned money, you want to be buying that stuff, get a JOB! I kind of quit looking real fast after that LOL |
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Ben does not like anything with legs. He will stand completely still like he cannot move in them, no matter how soft the material. So, I take that as a "no" from him and don't try to put anything with legs on him. But I know he appreciated a hoodie when it was cold, and when he was a puppy before his long coat grew in he wore GoFetch pjs. I have ordered him a little baseball shirt to match my son's baseball team just for fun. Hopefully he will like it. He also has some nice harness vests that look like clothes. I have a Jack Russell who just sulks when you put anything on her. So, I take that as a "no" from her too. I don't force them. But I have read some of the Yorkies here love their clothes as much as the owners do. |
In the cool spring/ fall/ winter Layla always has clothes on- inside and out- and pj's at night- because it is cold here. In the summer- she is a naked girl :D So i guess we just put clothes on for a necessity, however, the clothes she wears- are TOO cute so style and function :) |
Cash has sweaters for winter as it gets very cold here (no snow though). He is very cold without them and since we don't have central heating (not really used here in SA), I keep him in hoodies. He has some punkrocker ones that are soooo cute, complete with a skull! June will also have sweaters for winter, but nothing for summer - only a bow for her. (No bow for Cash) I think dressing them up in cute if it is more or less practical or holiday related.;) |
My two girls have about 60 outfits between them. Jaycee (2 y/o) absolutely goes nuts when i walk to her little dresser. She knows we're going bye bye! She seems to really like being dressed up in her clothes, and people here in my town get the biggest kick out of her! They call her "Paris"...The baby, Bella, not so much! She can live without clothes, in her mind. ;) |
For the most part, I don't dress Molly up other than mainly for pictures. She does have a couple of sweaters and shirts for the cooler weather as she really minds the cold. Other than that, she has about 5 dresses and some bows. I can't wait for her hair to get long enough for a decent topknot. hehe :D |
Maddy wears a lot of tanks and light dresses. I love bandannas too. She wears clothes usually only on Saturdays. :) |
I think it's up to each person...but I think most take into consideration their babies comfort....I always do...if it's too warm...they are naked..too cold they have sweaters, coats...whatever they need...But I do have the frilly stuff for special occasions too...:rolleyes: Daizy doesn't mind anything I put on her...she's a go with the flow kinda gal...But if I put something on Tulip that she hates...suddenly her legs don't work...and she becomes a statue until I remove it! Then I know I've gone overboard...lol So they help set the limits too!:p You'll see my babies in clothes and nakey!! |
I admit...I'm COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS :p LOL! Missy is dressed 24/7, but it is because she enjoys it. If she didn't like clothes on, I would never force her to wear them. When I first got Missy she was 7 weeks old and 1 lb. It was in November, so it was freezing cold. I had to make her sweaters out of socks, and she had to ALWAYS be dressed. I guess because of that, now she is used to it. She really and truly does not enjoy being naked. She wants clothes on. She gets so cold without clothes on, and often she needs 2 layers. If it ever gets hot enough this summer for her to go naked, then she will be more than welcome to. It's really up to her (the spoiled little girl) ;) P.S. Before owning a Yorkie, I admit that I thought it was a little silly for people to dress their dogs except for the odd tshirt or sweater. |
Thor's first owner had Thor in clothes almost every single day (+ collar, not harness). He always seemed perfectly happy running around, though he would scratch like crazy. I asked her about it once and she told me that another coworker had brought in some kind of doggie itch relief cream because she saw him scratching so often. At some point, she stopped putting certain sweaters on him, and voila, he stopped scratching. Anyway, when I got him, he was really good about putting clothes on, and he'd even help you get stuff to fit. Now that I've had him for a while, he seems to have gone in the other direction. The other day I took him the beach and it was quite chilly. I had brought what I thought was a really comfy, stretchy, form-fitting sweater for him. I tried to walk him on the beach, but every ten feet or so he'd stop and try to turn around. I took the sweater off him, and bam, he was a different dog. I'm still trying to figure it out. Maybe he's more used to sweater vests? :confused: |
To each his / her own, is my opinion. Prince has a sweater for the winter and a bathrobe that he uses after his bath, but that's it. I love looking at pictures of dogs all dressed up, but my husband would have a problem if I dressed Prince with shoes, shorts and shirts. Afterall, Prince (and your furbabies) have the best outfit of all...their beautiful fur coats!! |
I agree with dressing a yorkie is personal preference, not a good or bad thing. Bria isn't the biggest fan of clothes so i don't put them on her that much. She will let me put a shirt on her every now and then. but i wouldn't be able to do most of the things i have seen other people do because she just likes to be naked! |
My yorkie absolutely loves dressing up. I dress her most days unless it's really hot. I got her at 8 weeks and she was very tiny. It was december, so it was cold. Every since then she has acquired more and more clothes:D. She goes to work with me so every morning she goes to her little dresser and looks at me like "come on mom, we better get dressed. It's so cute. I think we both enjoy it.:) |
The guys tolerate fancy collars and bandanas for Halloween, Christmas and other "holidays". I prefer not to dress them up past that. They have more "meat" than little DJ ever did at his heaviest around 5 lbs. He needed a sweater/coat b/c he was so thin. These two teapots/crock pots have more meat but still feel the chill on the occasional cold Satellite Beach FL morning especially, when we take our 530am walk if I am working days. But they are usually too busy sniffing the early morning smells and "watering" just about anything vertical :D to feel chilled very long. |
Addie is happy either way. She's usually naked when we're home, but she's usually always dressed when we go somewhere. I have a few sweaters for the winter and some dresses for special occasions and she will have a bathing suit this summer! She loves to put on her clothes, she gets really excited (probably because she knows we're going out). If I have one of her dresses or a shirt on the coffee table and she sees it, she will cry for me to put it on her. After she gets dressed, she sits up like she's a princess, it's sooo cute. I did buy some boots (with fur) for the winter, but she couldn't walk in them and they don't fit her fully so she's never worn them. |
Tater is a skinny boy and he freezes in the winter without his sweater or hoodie on. He doesn't love coats, but otherwise he is happy! I love his little blue fleece hoodie on him! Plus all the kids in the neighborhood loved him in the little bumble bee costume I put him in on Halloween. Coco is a bit heaftier but I assume she will also need some pretty little sweaters this winter. For now, I am waiting until her hair grows out so she can at minimum have a topknot with a bow :) |
help me out My yorkie is almost 8 months old now and the only time i put something on her was in the winter during walks. SHE HATED IT. Do I not have the patience or what? I feel like she is being tortured. She will squirm and roll all over the place when it is on. how did you guys get your dog used to clothes? |
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Tee hee....I'm working on a apres' bath outfit right now. As long as it's weather appropriate, I don't see anything wrong with a cute shirt or jacket. We do soft booties around here in the rain and snow because I have pampered pooches who don't like their tootsies getting wet. |
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