My Yorkie Prefers To Be Nekkid

[PrincessSassy]

Yup; just like the title says. I cannot for the life of me get my new baby to wear her clothes! As I posted earlier, my sweet little Nibblet crossed the Rainbow Bridge in May of last year. The puppy distribution system and she sent me my new baby, Princess Lolly of Pop (aka Lollipop, Princess Hippity-Hoppity, Lady WhatIsInYourMouth - can you tell she's a puppy?)


SO, I have an old sweater that was previously too big for her late sister that fits her perfectly... Except she won't wear it. It was a struggle to get it on her, and once it's on, she tries to chew it off. Her sister did the same thing, but to a lesser extent. How did you get your babies to put their clothes on?


I'll try to attach pictures of her here of her before she go her pet-store haircut (UGH). She is adorable!

[PrincessSassy]

For some reason, I can't figure out how to edit the post, so I'm attaching her photo as a reply. Here she is!

[PrincessSassy]

OK; I'm trying to not spam my own post. Here she is with her pet store haircut, which is why I want her to wear her sweater!

[matese]

LOL, too cute. I had 5 female yorkies over a period of 30 years, all raised by me from 8 week old babies. My last girl went to rainbow bridge in 2013. 6 weeks later my vet gifted to me a 2 1/2 boy that was a surrender for financial reasons.

With my girls I never had issues with shirts, sweaters or coats. This guy is a whole new ball game, he hates anything on him, he doesn't bite or chew at anything I put on him, it's just a battle to get it on him lol. He prefers to be nakkie.

I would start training Lollipop basic commands, sit, stay, down, no as a starter. One command at a time start with sit, train no more than 5 to 7 minutes throughout the day, reward her with special treats when she does what to ask also praise her like crazy. When she has learned one command start a 2nd command. If she is food motivated she will learn fast.

Once she's trained to sit and stay, putting clothes on her will be easier. Until she's trained and knows those words and what she is supposed to do you'll have to endure the struggle.

You can spray Bitter Apple on the areas she bites at, that "may" help stop the chewing. Bittter Apple didn't work with one of my girls, she liked the taste lol, she was a chewer of furniture, but it's worth a try.

Hopefully others will chime in with suggestions.

[Captainzing]

Sweet little girl 😊