Poncho and shirt from old and raggy clothes!

by Bridgette

Put a poncho-blanky on your doggie. you need a small blanket shorter than the dog. then sew buckles, two on the front and two more buckles on the girth area. buckle loosely around the chest and a little tighter than loose comfort around the girth. usually you want to put this on after a bath, cold night, an older dog, or just for kicking back. i say that because my dogs will not wear something like this too long - they will try taking it off, although they do like it. my dogs are tough cookies.

Another thing to do is just take any shirt you don't really want, or isn't too important to you anymore. If you put that shirt on your dog the way it is it may hurt your dog and wont feel too comfortable. to make it feel better, cut a little bit of the armpit area about 3 to 5 inches. And cut a v by the neck.

I have two large golden retrievers so i just use slightly smaller shirts on them, but if you have a smaller dog its just so easy you need to cut it in half.