Dog coats

[Buckman]

Does anyone use a dog coat for their dog on rainy days/ Our dogs have long hair and need to use a hair dryer on them when they get back home. Unfortunately using a hair dryer often can ruin their coats.

I was just about to buy from a "family" company until I checked the reviews. No new reviews since 2022 and on FB no further posts after 2024 so decided to rightly or wrongly give them a miss

 

[otherclive]

If I have no alternative to going out when it’s raining then I will use a dog coat on her especially in winter. If when we are out she gets wet then I use a fleece which dries her off in the car.

 

[Beachball]

Our Sammy got a reflective dog coat/Fleece lined he loves it he sits waiting for it to go on in the cold weather .

 

[borderbilly]

Check out Doggykings, I got my dog one, and it is the best coat I have bought to date 👍

 

[otherclive]

Check out Doggykings, I got my dog one, and it is the best coat I have bought to date 👍

Our Irish Setter had a Barbour waxed coat. First time out she shot by some barbed wire and tore it. Repaired using that iron on tape.

 

[Martin_E]

Don’t dogs have their one coats 🤔seems daft to dress em up like a doll

 

[otherclive]

Don’t dogs have their one coats 🤔seems daft to dress em up like a doll

If you read something like the Shooting Times you will see it’s not unusual to put coats on to dogs. Particularly spaniels don’t have a dense under layer so can chill if not being active if they are wet. Certainly it’s not dressing them up like a doll. Although some owners do do that with their pooches.

 

[Martin_E]

If you read something like the Shooting Times you will see it’s not unusual to put coats on to dogs. Particularly spaniels don’t have a dense under layer so can chill if not being active if they are wet. Certainly it’s not dressing them up like a doll. Although some owners do do that with their pooches.

Sorry but no I don’t read them.

My daughter has a springer, loves swimming in any weather, fresh eater or salt water, she will run and run. Only time she gets shivers (the dog this is) is when she is stood about. Generally a microfibre dry off robe once done is enough.
I would say that a working dog stood out in the rain and wind not doing a lot could very well get cold.

 

[RogerL]

If you read something like the Shooting Times you will see it’s not unusual to put coats on to dogs. Particularly spaniels don’t have a dense under layer so can chill if not being active if they are wet. Certainly it’s not dressing them up like a doll. Although some owners do do that with their pooches.

Google AI says - Spaniel coats are generally water-resistant rather than fully waterproof, featuring a double coat designed to protect them from cold and wet weather. While they handle rain well, they can get soaked through during heavy, sustained, or cold, wet conditions

 

[Martin_E]

Perhaps I should also say whippets and the like can also suffer with cold

 

[otherclive]

Google AI says - Spaniel coats are generally water-resistant rather than fully waterproof, featuring a double coat designed to protect them from cold and wet weather. While they handle rain well, they can get soaked through during heavy, sustained, or cold, wet conditions

With two Springers one had thick fur with undercoat, other had light fur minimal undercoat. Current Sprocker has minimal undercoat. All three came from different workiing parents. There are several different types of spaniel and show variants can have different coats compared to working variants of the same breed.

So this time I’m not sure Google AI has it right. But of course my experience can’t possibly compare to Google Ai.

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[Hutch]

My Labrador X Poodle, a Mongrel, had the double coat and would swim and stay out in the rain and snow, a quick shake and he would be dry, but If I gave him a wash, with a dog shampoo, (after a roll in something foul smelling,)
It would take ages to get him dry, No hair dryers for him.
If I just hose him down, again a quick shake and he would be dry.

 

[RogerL]

With two Springers one had thick fur with undercoat, other had light fur minimal undercoat. Current Sprocker has minimal undercoat. All three came from different workiing parents. There are several different types of spaniel and show variants can have different coats compared to working variants of the same breed.

So this time I’m not sure Google AI has it right. But of course my experience can’t possibly compare to Google Ai.

Are dog coats really necessary?

Discover Dog Coats Necessary with Shooting UK. Your trusted source for gundog news, training updates, and expert field advice across the UK.

www.shootinguk.co.uk

Digging somewhat further does suggest that modern breeds have lost some of the attributes that made them excellent working dogs.

 

[otherclive]

Digging somewhat further does suggest that modern breeds have lost some of the attributes that made them excellent working dogs.

My three came from various working parents in different regions and all had/have a recorded family tree, not KC registered, but from working dog breeders, or one gamekeeper that kept their own stud books. They were bred for working and can’t see why with a different owner they could not have been used for shooting or possible sniffer,/search roles.

 

[Buckman]

Don’t dogs have their one coats 🤔seems daft to dress em up like a doll

Our dogs are long haired Yorkshire terriers and their hair is different to many other breeds. They would only have the coats on in wet weather to keep them dry as a hair dryer is not good for their coats. The coats are not for warmth.

 

[Mel]

Our, now late, border collie had long hair especially along her chest and belly which wicked up water and mud like a sponge. If I wasn’t really quick to grab her when we got home she would potato print the floor in muck in several places.
The last straw was a few years ago in the Lake District when the rain was constant and the dog walks muddy. We bought her a coat.
However we deliberately chose one that had full undercarriage cover, not just a strap or a bit across her chest. We were not bothered about her back getting rained on but there was good coverage there too. She wasn’t impressed though.
Mel

 

[Dustydog]

Our last two Springers were of working stock, Badgercourt, Edgegrove and Rytex.
They definitely had an inner and outer coat. The inner was thinner and fine whilst the outer was thick and woolly. Water was their natural habitat. Never bothered with coats which would be more of a hinderance in the river! And more washing.

Anyway lots of dogs are not as hardy nor designed for water sports so I support coats for non Springers🤪

 

[Buckman]

However we deliberately chose one that had full undercarriage cover, not just a strap or a bit across her chest. We were not bothered about her back getting rained on but there was good coverage there too. She wasn’t impressed though.
Mel

The dog that requires the coat is male so under carriage may not work and that is where he gets really wet? 😀

 

[Beachball]

Don’t dogs have their one coats 🤔seems daft to dress em up like a doll

Our short leg jack Russell dog has short hair and in the cold month he wear a dog coat just on his back and around his neck he seems to like it and walks with the wife .but we don"t dress him up some owners do but not us

 

[Beardy]

If you read something like the Shooting Times you will see it’s not unusual to put coats on to dogs. Particularly spaniels don’t have a dense under layer so can chill if not being active if they are wet. Certainly it’s not dressing them up like a doll. Although some owners do do that with their pooches.

On my shooting/beating days most of the dog owners (myself included) had coats for their dogs but they weren't used while the dogs were out working - that would have restricted their movement and be potentially hazardous when sending them into scrub to flush or retrieve. At the end of the shoot and sometimes between drives the coats went on to keep them warm and dry them quicker. I still use the same principle, if we get caught in a downpoor my dog wears her fleece for an hour when we get back.

 

[otherclive]

On my shooting/beating days most of the dog owners (myself included) had coats for their dogs but they weren't used while the dogs were out working - that would have restricted their movement and be potentially hazardous when sending them into scrub to flush or retrieve. At the end of the shoot and sometimes between drives the coats went on to keep them warm and dry them quicker. I still use the same principle, if we get caught in a downpoor my dog wears her fleece for an hour when we get back.

Likewise. Plus to reduce risk of getting caught in undergrowth their collars did not have dangling id tags but had thin, malleable brass strips riveted to the collar. My telephone contact was stamped onto the strip of brass. Had them made up by a hunting store in Mazamet after seeing some French boar hunters dogs fitted with them. Still going strong 20 years later, although -fitted to later collars.

 

[Beardy]

Likewise. Plus to reduce risk of getting caught in undergrowth their collars did not have dangling id tags but had thin, malleable brass strips riveted to the collar. My telephone contact was stamped onto the strip of brass. Had them made up by a hunting store in Mazamet after seeing some French boar hunters dogs fitted with them. Still going strong 20 years later, although -fitted to later collars.

We always took their collars off as well and used slip leads during the shoot. I like the idea of a brass strip rather than a dangling tag though.

 

[Buckman]

Check out Doggykings, I got my dog one, and it is the best coat I have bought to date 👍

Thanks we have ordered one of their coats.

 

[joanie]

if it's raining my dogs have their coats on, never give it a second thought.

 

[izzy]

If our Yorkshire terrier has just come back from the groomers and it is cold she gets her coat put on, we don't bother in the rain as she dries well with a cool hairdryer.
She dose not mind the coat but I have to draw the line at the topknot bow🙂