We love these Ultimate Warmer coats. I have 2 dobermans and we use these coats all the time in freezing weather. They are relatively easy to put on. Only one foot needs to be picked up, to go into a leg hole. I love the higher neckline of the Ultimate Warmer, and the ability to tighten that neck line to keep snow out. It is a really warm coat, which holds in the dogs body heat, so it is for really cold weather. Freezing or below. The back end of the coat covers the back thighs pretty well and keeps those muscles from getting cold and cramping. There is a snap at the very back of the coat under the tail, that lets you close it in really cold windy weather, (but only after your dog has gone potty). There are 2 snaps that let you fold up the back flaps up along the sides, if you don't want to have it wrap around the rear end, which leaves the very back end open for potty breaks when you first go out. This coat has only one drawback and that is in DEEP powdered snow, (if your dog is a deep snow diver) the chest plate can gather snow and the snow becomes packed into little flat snowballs that can lay inside the chest sling area next to the dogs skin. But the dog really has to do some incredible deep snow diving to have this happen. Only one of my girls ever has this happen to her, but she loves to 'swim' and dive into fresh deep powdered snow. You may have to empty the chest plate out, once in a while, if your dog is a snow bunny and continually jumps and dives into new deep powdered snow. Other than that it is the best freezing weather coat I have ever found. MY girls have tried many many coats, and for cold or snowy weather, this is the one we keep using when it is freezing out. Quick to put on and off, and it doesn't seem to hinder any movement the girls want to do. It doesn't bind on legs or neck. GREAT COAT!