Looking After Pets

Dog Sweaters, Fun And Fashionable

Fashionable and practical: Animal couture can be both practical and fashionable. The main reasons for outfitting your best friend, is to beat the winter chill as well as to be the best dressed and most fashionable pup in the street. Dressing your dog is the greatest way to show off his or her best traits and cute attitude while still keeping his or her warm and comfortable. The secret lies in combining style and practicality. Nothing is sweeter than a mini Doberman with a white and pink crochet dog sweater and pink footless socks.

Dressed for the occasion: Occasion and event dressing is very in now for example dressing your little friend in green and red for Christmas or Red and White for Valentines day. Clothes can also be used as insulation after grooming sessions where the protective layer of pelt is washed, clipped or shaven or after surgery or medication that caused hair loss. The clothing will help the hair grow back much quicker. In intense warm weather conditions a light shirt is excellent protection from harmful UV rays. Clothing can act as an barrier where the dog has a skin condition to reduce tampering and scratching the area.

Choosing a sweater: When deciding on a dogs sweaters for Fiffy or Boss make sure that the sweater suit’s the animal in terms of breed and size. Do not squeeze the dog into a super small outfit meant for a Chihuahua if it is a Doberman.

Gender consideration: Remember to consider your dogs’ gender when buying clothes. Just as male and female bodies differ so do those of bitches and male dogs. Under exposure of the stomach area for a male and over expose for female will cause discomfort, irritability and often a plain mess.

Do-it-yourself: Making clothing for your dog is quick and easy by using the internet as endless source of patterns and ideas. You can decide either to sew or knit the items. If you decide on sewing Fleece will be the best material as it’s warm, stretchy and easy wearing. Should you choose to knit instead, invest in quality wool with good stretch properties and at least US size 19 needles.

Get use to: Wearing clothing does not come natural to any animal including dogs. It will take some time getting use to the feeling of an extra layer of skin in either fleece or wool. Start dress training from as early as ages two to four months. In certain countries and regions animals have no choice but to get use to boots and sweaters as the weather conditions don’t allow over cooling. Over cooling and temperature exposure is a total no-no and a least a couple of dog sweaters, coats and boots must form part of the wardrobe.

Availability: small dog sweaters is available from specialty stores, modern pet shops as well as online. The fussiest of clients either being owner or pet has an endless list of beautiful and tasteful outfits to choose from.

Designer or do-it yourself: You don’t have to be a star to have a well dressed pooch. An old mens sock or sweater can be revamped into something lovely and traditional in two ticks. However if you have the budget a couple of famous designers have added dog couture to their ranges. Just remember-expensive does not mean better.