If you seriously fear that your dog can freeze and get sick during winter and demi-season walks in cold air and when it rains, it's easiest to warm it with a knitted sweater and a cap. This type of clothing is best suited for protection from winter colds, besides it does not constrain the movement of the pet, because it is elastic and comfortable.
The tendency to wear knitted clothes was outlined not only for small dogs , but also rather large dogs began to flaunt in fashionable sweaters and vests. Probably, their owners decided that they were tired of smelling wet dog hair, and the frequent water procedures for washing mud are rather tedious and not useful for the dog.
How to choose the right size knitted clothes for dogs?
Like humans, all dogs are individual, from have their size. Nevertheless, there are some standard sizes for their clothes. And if you want your pet to look beautiful and feel free, you need to buy or tie his clothes according to his parameters.
And to determine the size of the pet, you need to do the following:
- measure the length of the trunk from the collar to the tail on the back - this will be the length of the product;
- determine the volume of the chest, for which you need to wrap the chest with a measuring tape in the widest part of it, which is just behind the front paws, to the resulting size you need to add a couple of centimeters so that clothes do not constrain the pet;
- to measure the volume of the neck - for this purpose it is enough to measure the length of the collar, but you can also measure the neck in its widest part.
In order for the dimensions taken from the dog to be correct, it is necessary to measure from an animal in a calm state in a standing position.
If the measurements taken are in the gap between two sizes of clothes , it is better to choose a larger size. Especially, if the model has a tight-fitting silhouette.
When choosing a sweater for a dog, orient yourself for the most part on the indicator of the volume of the chest. It is best to take a pet with you, going to the store for clothes for him. And if the purchase is made through the Internet, you need to thoroughly study the table of sizes of a particular manufacturer.
Knitted and other clothes for tiny dogs like chihuahua are usually represented by several categories of sizes and ranges from XS to XL. Such clothes are suitable for such small breeds of dogs as the toy terrier, mini-york, standard yorkshire terrier, chihuahua, Pomeranian pomer, poodle, pug and others.
Accordingly, knitted clothing for large dogs is much larger. Finding it can be more difficult, because if you want to dress a large breed dog in a sweater, it will be easier to bind it yourself.
Advantages of self-made knitted garments
Worth such clothes much less, because you buy only yarn or use what you have, for example, after the dissolution of an unnecessary sweater.
You make clothes according to all the parameters and individual characteristics of your dog, so that the size of the problems does not arise. In addition, you are free to choose your clothing design, decorate it, make it stylish and individual.
When you make a knitted pet apparel yourself, you will surely choose the proper quality of the materials, which will make the clothes safe for the dog.
As for the choice of the model of clothes and the way of its production, today there is a huge variety of instructions, tips, descriptions of the methods of knitting, so even a beginner with the skill to master simple knitting options. Well, for experienced it, moreover, it will not be difficult and does not take much time.
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