[NAGDU] Krokus's new coat

[Danielle Sykora]

I really like the quality of Ruffwear's jackets. I have the Aira for
my now retired guide, which is no longer produced but sounds similar
to the Vert. Thai is about 73 lbs with a 33 in girth, and wears a
large. It fits perfectly and looks as good as new after three years. I
have the Sun Shower for Jackie. She's 60 lbs with a 29ish girth and
wears a medium. Ruffwear's jackets fit best according to girth.
I look for waterproof, noninsulated jackets, because I need something
that keeps dogs dry in both hot and cold weather. The side release
buckles are great, because they don't wear out like Velcro sometimes
does.

Danielle

On 12/10/19, Rox Homstad via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Tracy,
> Thanks for talking about your coat. I got the weather beta coat for Rowan my
> amstaff mix service dog and she *hates* it. When I put her in it and then do
> the harness over the top it really restricts her front leg movement. The
> coat is sized correctly and fits her fine without the harness, but of course
> she needs to wear the harness... so I'm pondering my options.
> Bulldogs only have a single layer of fur and although we live in Louisiana
> where the high was 80 today, sometimes it does drop below 60 and then she
> shivers and is all around pathetic and miserable.
> I might look at ruffware
>
> Rox'E and the Kitchen Bitches
> Soleil, Rowan, Phoenix
> pawpower4me at gmail.com
>
>> On Dec 10, 2019, at 4:18 PM, Charlene Ota via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I had a rain coat for one of my Golden Retrievers and he hated that thing
>> so
>> much that if I put it on him he would find puddles to walk through and
>> he'd
>> walk with his head hanging. Glad Crocas likes his coat!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via
>> NAGDU
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 11:56 AM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
>> Subject: [NAGDU] Krokus's new coat
>>
>> With some effort, I bought Krokus a new coat from Ruff Wear.  It came
>> today,
>> and it fits him as well as I remembered it did at the TSE reunion.
>>
>> The style is called Vert, or possibly Vert Escape.  It comes in red or
>> light
>> blue.  I picked red, and medium size.
>>
>> It has a waterproof outside, and a light fleece insulator inside.  It
>> seems
>> about as thick as the coat I got before from PetCo, but fits better.
>>
>> I put his head through the neckhole, then it has a piece that comes down
>> between his front legs and attaches to the back with the same kind of clip
>> as is on my fanny pack.
>>
>> There are also loops I can put his hind legs through, if I think that’s
>> good.  Otherwise, the loops just lie under the back of the coat, out of
>> the
>> way.
>>
>> The medium size covers his 60-pound self all the way neck to tail.  The
>> belly piece goes about ¾ of the way back, enough to cover his belly quite
>> a
>> bit, without going so far back that he pees on it, which is the problem
>> with
>> the PetCo coat.
>>
>> All in all, it looks like a very nice coat.  It wasn’t cheap, but it
>> doesn’t
>> feel cheap, and I expect to get many years of wear out of it.
>>
>>
>>
>> People occasionally ask about coats, so I thought I’d talk about our new
>> one.
>>
>> Tracy and the very stylish and cozy Krokus
>>
>>
>>
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