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06-14-2006, 08:45 PM | #1 |
Tinkerbell, My Little Flutterpup Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Beautiful California!
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| How do yorkies do in the snow? Pics Please My two California princesses may just be in for the shock of their life. We are seriously considering moving to Missouri. How in the world do they go potty when it's freezing and snowing outside? Will they just totally hate it or what?My girls are definatley now potty pad trained, now I wish they were Any thoughts or advice for me? Do you have pics of your babies in the snow? Last edited by chloeandj; 06-14-2006 at 08:48 PM. |
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06-14-2006, 08:52 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 14K Club Member | It snowed her a couple of Christmas's ago. I had chester then and he hated it. Gracie, loved it and wouldn't stay out of the snow. I guess it depends on the dog.
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06-14-2006, 08:55 PM | #3 |
Mommy to 3 Princesses Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: DFW Texas
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| We got snow one day here last year and chloe did fine. I had her bundled in a jacket and I put booties on her and she went outside and pottied like usual and the girls even played outside. Now sinse we only got snow once my experience probobly wont mean very much, lol.
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06-14-2006, 08:56 PM | #4 |
Mommy to 3 Princesses Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: DFW Texas
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| You like how your only 2 responses so far have been from Texans that hardly ever see snow, lol!!! Where is alaskayorkie???? He is an expert in this area
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06-14-2006, 09:02 PM | #5 |
I Love My 3 Lovebugs! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: north east ohio
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| Mine LOVE the snow!!!!!!!! They would have a ball in it! I do have pics, but they are saved on a disk in another room right now. And I am too lazy to go get them! LOL! But they never had a problem going out in it! There were times they would go right out, do their thing and run back in! And its soo cute when they do come in, they are all covered in snowballs!!!! HAHAH! So to warm them up, I always have big fluffy towels in the dyer (thank goodness, washer and dryer are on 1st floor!) so they have something to curl up in and get nice and toasty!!!!!!!!!! And they love it when its actually snowing out! They look up like....WOW!!!!! COOL! LMAO! I will get pics up tomarrow for ya!!!!! They will love the snow. May take a few times tog et used to, but I bet they will!!! Good Luck!
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06-14-2006, 09:09 PM | #7 |
I Love My 3 Lovebugs! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: north east ohio
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| OK---here are the links to my snow pics!!! http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24512 http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24853 Hope these help ya out!!!!!
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06-14-2006, 09:23 PM | #8 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hesperia, CA
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| I seriously think you should ask the expert!!! Mike (Alaskayorkie) should be the direct contact person!! Suz
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06-14-2006, 09:29 PM | #9 | |
I Love My 3 Lovebugs! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: north east ohio
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Oh yea! I totally agree with you there! LMAO!
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06-15-2006, 02:39 AM | #10 |
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| Last year we moved from CA to MD and Mitzi had her first snow. She was NOT amused! First the stepped on the "white blanky" she thought we had put down for her and was VERY upset when it turned out to be COLD and gave away under her feet. Then she stalked out of it shaking her feet like a cat does when she gets her feet wet. It was tooooooooo funny! So we kept the sidewalk free of snow and "Princess" could go potty without getting her privates cold. Sorry I have no pictures since my camera always seem to be somewhere else when I need it most. |
06-15-2006, 03:27 AM | #11 | |
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Yes, based on my experience with two Yorkies, they can be taught to love the snow and cold. Yours will be more of a challenge than mine because mine never knew any better. If and when you move, let's talk. Little things like getting someone to stomp down fresh snow in the backyard so they don't sink up to their necks will make a world of difference. Booties can be a challenge to put on and get them used to, but they more than doubled the amount of time Eddie could tolerate (and enjoy) the cold. The secret is finding booties that are easy to put on. Other than that, just start slow and gradually they will want to stay out longer.
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06-15-2006, 04:02 AM | #12 |
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| Mike is definitely the expert since he gets way more snow than the rest of us. When we got snow this winter, I would keep an area of the grass shoveled for Sissy to go on. She would head right to this spot, do her thing and high tail it inside. She gets cold very easy, so she wears a coat and then only stays out for about a minute. She refused to do the bootie thing. Depending on the size of your Yorkie, they might like romping in the snow. Sissy's head is only 8" above ground, so since we usually get 2 or more inches of snow at a time, she is literally partly buried if she goes in the snow. She's not even crazy about the grass when it is needing to be cut and it is wet!! Good luck to you. Missouri also gets HOT in the summer time, so that will be new to her, too. I'm trying to get out of Michigan - we're hoping to transition to the San Diego area around this time next year....
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06-15-2006, 04:48 AM | #13 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NEW HAMPSHIRE
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| OK, we live in the northeast and it snows all the time. I had a box for the babies (6), and thats where they went potty. They all adjusted well, I just made sure the box was covered and it was shifted so no ice or snow in it. I do have pictures of Lil Bear, SamanthaJoel and AnnaRose running in the snow.. |
06-15-2006, 05:21 AM | #14 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Fredonia, KS
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| I don't live too far from the southwest corner of Missouri. I can't say that Reuger hated or loved the snow. If my daughter or granddaughters were outside playing then he followed them around and didn't seem to mind. If he was outside alone then he did his business and came right back in. I did buy Reuger a coat and when it was really cold I put it on him but he didn't always need it. Some days he would come in just covered in snow! It was so cute! Where are you moving to in Missouri? The northern part gets quite a bit more snow than the southern part.
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06-15-2006, 05:39 AM | #15 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kentucky
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| We get some pretty good snows here in Kentucky. Sophie loves it but she goes potty on a pee pad on the porch. We let her play in it a little but man it is hard with all her hair.
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