I have a single-coated dog and I live in Vermont so I have a warm, waterproof coat for my dog to wear in the winter. If it gets down below 0-F or the wind-chills get nasty, I will add a snood so the tips of his cropped ears don't get frostbite. That's really all we've needed, and we are outside in all kinds of weather.
I was wondering if frostbite on the ears is a concern - I guess so! (I have a cropped MinPin). What kind of a snood do you use? The only one I am familiar with is that used on Afghan Hounds to keep long hair from damage . . . does yours fold the ears down? Pic?
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Our new Dachshund Sammie needs coats to go out in our Idaho winter, something that I'm not used to having to do for a dog.
Sadly, my wife has taken it upon herself to dress him in a "fashionable" manner, which apparently consists of dressing him up in little costumes that make him look like a gay sailor........
The poor dog is going to end up with self-esteem problems.....
Kristel...What sort of boots are they?
I need to get Eddie boots for this winter for the ice melt stuff.....He will get lots of that going public places with me.
The problem is this: Double Dew claws......sigh
Does anyone out there have any boots we could try on him before I buy?
Or could give me advice on which ones to try for Eddie?
Obviously we are totally fine in the coat dept....
It's 40 in the day here and he is still panting sometimes.....I have been able to quit putting Ice in his packs though.....
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I just went out and bought a set of Muttluks because I can get them locally and inexpensively. Murphy doesn't have dewclaws at all, but the straps of boots (pretty much all the boots I've tried on him or any of my dogs, really) invariably seem to fall right on the area where the dewclaws would be.
Either it's a design flaw that nobody has given any thought to, or all of my dogs have been weird. I haven't entirely ruled out the latter.
When I had Greyhounds with dewclaws, I would look for boots with double straps and alter the placement myself so one strap fell well below and the other well above. Fortunately, The straps are usually just sewn on the surface and easy to move. It may not be difficult to make entirely new straps either. They really are a great thing to have on hand though. I have used mine on hot sidewalks too.
I can't imagine it would be very comfortable to have a strap right at the dewclaw(s).
For my IG, I take the arm off an XL sweatshirt sleeve and cut long slits in the bottom for her front legs. The cuff of the sleeve is her turtle neck. I have it long over her back, it covers part of her tail. These launder great, and we seem to have an endless supply of ratty old sweatshirts.
I can't imagine it would be very comfortable to have a strap right at the dewclaw(s).
I've had the same problem, even with the expensive (fancy) Ruff-Wear boots. So who here is going to go into business and design new dog booties that have straps that come ready to accommodate dewclaws!? (Hint: Kristel.... )
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