Are Yorkies scared of water?

[eyescene]

I really think Baby is terrified of water. As soon as the water (warm, not hot or cold) hits her she is clawing squirming like a cat trying to get out...I think this is more than I don't want a bath thingy.

Either way how can I help her to relax, and enjoy it,

If you live at my house you gonna git a bath.

[daisy]

Ask your vet and the poor thing is probably afraid it's hair will weight him/her down and she/he could drown.

I think they are to be lap dogs of royalty not swimmers.

[eyescene]

Thanks Daisy I will do that.

[dasmybaby]

my little slick mini dox hates water too. one thing that helps is using a butter bowl to pour water on her instead of spraying her with the sprayer.

[Scarlett O'Hara]

My is................We try to put him in the pool with us and he has a fit. Of course he did fall in when he was a puppy. Hates a bath, also............On the other hand, I have a friend whose Yorkie loves to get in the pool and float around on a raft.

[Fish-Bait]

Bring him out to the homestead. We'll chunk him in the shallow end of the pond a few times. He'll figure out that it ain't gonna' hurt him. :):dog:

[LipsofanAngel]

My friend has a Yorkie that LOVES a bath!! Once, the friend was cleaning his house and had the tub filled with water with bleach in it- and the dog jumped in!! It was quite a fiasco (sp?)!

Our poodle also hates a bath... she's small, so we bathe her in the big laundry room sink instead of the tub, and talk really sweet to her and rub behind her ears. How big is your Yorkie? Too big for a sink?

[TheKing]

its a little dog...im sure you can overpower it and make it do your bidding

[dream member]

its a little dog...im sure you can overpower it and make it do your bidding

OMG...you're terrible! lol

I have a little dog eyescene - she's special though...if you follow my drift! j/j :) She loves the water...I don't know much about yorkies though...sorry. I agree with a previous answer...not TheKing! lol...but check with your vet! :)

[pooker]

Some animals are different i had a german shepard mix , who loved splashing in the pool but as soon as i got the dog shampoo out he ran , all my cats hated water though.

its best to use a massaging sprayer that lets out warm water, if ya can get em in the water thats what they like the best.

[Chichiguita]

I don't know but they sure are stinkin' cute. Congrats on the new member of the family--and best of luck.

Hey--the king is back!!!

[dollfus46]

I really think Baby is terrified of water. As soon as the water (warm, not hot or cold) hits her she is clawing squirming like a cat trying to get out...I think this is more than I don't want a bath thingy.

Either way how can I help her to relax, and enjoy it,

If you live at my house you gonna git a bath.

The drain looms large to a Yorkie! :smt118

[TheKing]

there was this guy i know that had a male yorkie that he had his hair cut like a bowl cut and parted down the middle

it was hilarious

[Fish-Bait]

fotno throws cats in the water just to watch them swim.

[dollfus46]

there was this guy i know that had a male yorkie that he had his hair cut like a bowl cut and parted down the middle

it was hilarious

:laugh::laugh: I got a visual of that!:smt023

[dollfus46]

fotno throws cats in the water just to watch them swim.

Does he put on cat swim meets?

[dream member]

Does he put on cat swim meets?

Do proceeds go to animal shelters? :)

[Fish-Bait]

I would ask him, but I think he is still banned.

[dream member]

I would ask him, but I think he is still banned.

TheKing came back...I think fotno needs to make a big enterance (ok...that's not spelled right...i forgot how to spell that word!)...and someone tell him that sliding under the truck isn't the way to do it! :smt023

[redheadedchick]

My parents used to have a yorkie. They just lost her in August, but she was 16 years old. She hated to get baths, but loved to go swimming....so who knows!!! :smt102