Small Dog Winter Vest with Built-In Leash Ring

Skulls or bows, and everyone on the walk knows which.

Says something before you do: Seven designs, spider webs and skulls at one end, bows, crowns and snow crystals at the other.
The lead clips straight onto it: a metal ring sits on the back at the top of the zip, so a trip round the block needs nothing else.
Warm without the bulk: a quilted, padded body across the chest and back, with the legs left free to move.
Cut for a small frame: five sizes covering chests from 30cm to 55cm, which takes in a Chihuahua, a Yorkshire Terrier, a Pug or a French Bulldog.
Ready before your dog has finished spinning at the door: it opens out flat and zips shut down the back, with no sleeves to push legs through.

Why there is a ring on the back

A vest and a harness do the same thing. Both go over the body, both need fastening, and putting on one after the other is a job too many for a five minute walk.

Here the ring is part of the vest. It sits between the shoulders at the top of the zip, so the lead runs back over your dog rather than around the legs. Clip on and go out.

Some dogs are skulls, some dogs are bows

You pick it, your little one wears it, and it is the first thing anyone on the pavement reads.

There is camouflage, tiger stripe and spider web for a dog with opinions. There are bows, crowns, hearts and snow crystals for one who would rather be admired. Fourteen in all, and the vest underneath is exactly the same.

The bit of the morning where they stop at the door

You open the front door in January and a wall of cold comes back the other way. Your dog gets one step out, thinks about it, and looks up at you.

Zip this on first and the doorstep stops being a negotiation. Same walk, same weather, no standing about on the path waiting for a decision.

Questions

Which size should I order?

Measure rather than guess. Take a tape around the chest just behind the front legs, and along the back from the base of the neck to the base of the tail. Chest is the measurement that decides it.

Chests run from 30cm on the XS up to 55cm on the XL, with back lengths from 21cm to 42cm. If your dog lands on a boundary between two sizes, take the larger one. A vest with a little room still works and a tight one does not.

Is it warm enough for a cold walk?

It is quilted and padded right through the body, with a smooth lining inside and a collar that stands up at the neck. On a small dog that covers the chest, the back and both sides, which is most of them.

There are no sleeves, so the legs stay free and nothing bunches up at the shoulder when your best friend breaks into a trot.

Can I clip the lead straight to the vest?

Yes, that is what the ring is for. It is a metal D-ring set on the back between the shoulders, and every design has one.

For a walk round the block or a step out into the garden it is all you need. If your dog leans hard into the lead, keep your usual harness on underneath.

What designs are there?

Seven. Tiger, Blue bow, snow crystals, hearts and stars, spider webs, and skulls in red, blue and black on the bolder side.

Same vest, same ring, same sizes across all of them.