2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-15 22:35
Our four-legged tailed friends living in cold climates, just like people, need clothes. Few species of animals vary in size as much as dogs. The more than 400 existing breeds, from the adorable little Chihuahua to the giant Leonberger, are very different. There is no doubt that dog clothing sizes should also have large ranges.
The variety of things for animals is amazing. They already perform at least two functions: protective and decorative. Now for dogs they offer not only traditional warm overalls for walking in the cold season. Dresses are widely represented, including wedding dresses, sundresses, jackets and other things. For the sake of convenience, manufacturers have made the sizes of clothes for dogs similar to those of a human. They are designated in Latin letters from XS (English extra small - very small) to XXXL (English extra-extra-extra large - very, very, very large). At the same time, looking at the table, you can see that the size range fordwarf, small and dogs below the average size is wider than for large ones. Clothing sizes for medium and large dogs are presented in only two options: XXXL and XXXXL. This is understandable, because large pets were bred for service or protection, and many of them have a warm "fur coat".
A logical question arises as to whether clothes for large dogs are needed at all? The need for a four-legged friend to have an additional warming layer on the body depends to a greater extent not on the size of the animal, but on the development of its coat. So, a medium-sized dog - a "furry" chow-chow - needs little warm clothes, and a large smooth-haired dog will freeze quickly.
Why is it important to choose the right size? Criteria for choosing things for a dog
Beauty is great, but animals are not people, and they don't understand the victims for it… Clothes, first of all, should not cause discomfort to the pet, be warm if it is intended for walking in the cold season. It is also desirable that it be made from natural materials, as representatives of many breeds may be allergic to synthetics.
How to determine the size of a dog's clothes? It is not difficult, you need to measure three main parameters using a flexible meter and, using the table below, find it out. Animals of the same breed can also differ greatly from each other in size, so the list of them is given more as an example than to be guided by it.
Size |
Bust, cm |
Back length, cm |
Neck circumference, cm |
Weight, kg |
Examples of breeds |
| XS |
28 and less |
17-19 | 18-20 | 1, 0-1, 7 | Chihuahua, toy terriers |
| S | 29-30 | 20-23 | 21-24 | 1, 8-2, 0 | Yorkshire Terrier, Bichon Frize, Pomeranian |
| M | 31-36 | 24-25 | 25-28 | 2, 1-3, 0 | Miniature Pinscher |
| L | 37-40 | 26-30 | 29-30 | 3, 1-5, 0 | Pekingese, pygmy dachshund |
| XL | 41-50 | 31-34 | 31-35 | 5, 1-10, 0 | Pug, pygmy poodle, Scotch terrier, dachshund |
| XXL | 51-60 | 35-44 | 36-42 | 10, 1-13, 4 | Cocker Spaniel, Beagle, French Bulldog |
| XXXL | 61-67 | 45-47 | 43-45 | 13, 5-21, 0 | English Bulldog, German Spitz, Shar Pei, American Staffordshire Terrier |
| XXXXL |
68 and more |
48 and above |
46 and above |
22 and above |
Labrador, Dalmatian, Royal Poodle, Rottweiler, Dobermann |
The length of the back is measured from the withers of an evenly standing animal to the beginning of the tail (base). The girth of the chest is the largest size of its circumference, the girth of the neck is the circumference of its widest part, usually where the collar is worn.
In order to calculate the size of clothes for dogs, you need to add another 2-3 cm to the obtained value (remembering that more is better than less). If the obtained measurement results for a pet are on the border between two sizes, you must choose the one that is larger.
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