So it turns out Winnie. LOVES. clothing.
I am in the “I prefer not to dress up my dogs” camp, outside of practicality. So our dogs wear coats in heavy rain and snow and the like. And I think dressing up dogs can be really cute, and don’t judge anyone else for dressing their dogs. But ultimately, we avoid it for the most part.
Enter Winnie’s untenable mats at her last hair cut. We normally keep her hair fairly long in the winter for warmth, but due to wild wrestling with the latest puppy foster causing knots all over, this time she needed to be largely shaved down. She looks adorable, but we noticed she was shivering. So I stopped by the pet store a few weeks ago and snagged a couple unassuming sweaters I thought we could put on her during the day.
Putting it on her the first few times was awkward. We didn’t know how to “dress her” efficiently, and limbs were stuck here and there in the process. But within a couple days, not only were we better at it, she was BEGGING to get into her sweater. Now a week in, she practically dresses herself. She LEAPS into her sweater, paws forward ready to go into the arm holes, and then wriggles around joyfully for a minute afterward, kissing our face in thanks.
I have knit her a very rough sweater, making up the pattern as I went along, out of yarn I kinda hate, and she begs to wear it in the morning. This is all very strange. I am of course making her a new one, based on what I learned from the first knit, this time out of nicer yarn.
I guess I should have known. When we take her collar off for baths or brushing, she always gets excited when we go to put it back on. We call it her “necklace” because she loves putting it on so much. She also gets excited when we put her coat on, but we thought it was because she associated it with going outside or going for walks. But now I know...
My dog is a fashionista.
I am in the “I prefer not to dress up my dogs” camp, outside of practicality. So our dogs wear coats in heavy rain and snow and the like. And I think dressing up dogs can be really cute, and don’t judge anyone else for dressing their dogs. But ultimately, we avoid it for the most part.
Enter Winnie’s untenable mats at her last hair cut. We normally keep her hair fairly long in the winter for warmth, but due to wild wrestling with the latest puppy foster causing knots all over, this time she needed to be largely shaved down. She looks adorable, but we noticed she was shivering. So I stopped by the pet store a few weeks ago and snagged a couple unassuming sweaters I thought we could put on her during the day.
Putting it on her the first few times was awkward. We didn’t know how to “dress her” efficiently, and limbs were stuck here and there in the process. But within a couple days, not only were we better at it, she was BEGGING to get into her sweater. Now a week in, she practically dresses herself. She LEAPS into her sweater, paws forward ready to go into the arm holes, and then wriggles around joyfully for a minute afterward, kissing our face in thanks.
I have knit her a very rough sweater, making up the pattern as I went along, out of yarn I kinda hate, and she begs to wear it in the morning. This is all very strange. I am of course making her a new one, based on what I learned from the first knit, this time out of nicer yarn.
I guess I should have known. When we take her collar off for baths or brushing, she always gets excited when we go to put it back on. We call it her “necklace” because she loves putting it on so much. She also gets excited when we put her coat on, but we thought it was because she associated it with going outside or going for walks. But now I know...
My dog is a fashionista.
