Button up your overcoat; BRRRR IT IS COLD OUTSIDE AND YOUR PETS FEEL IT TOO!
SOME PET OWNERS WHO DO NOT REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF SHELTERING THEIR DOGS FROM THE BITTER WINDS THAT RIP THROUGH CAPE MAY COUNTY. OR THE FREEZING RAIN THAT SOAKS THEIR COAT AND SKIN. SOME “TOUGH IT OUT” CUSTOMERS HAVE SAID THEIR DOG IS JUST FINE. OR THAT IT LOVES THE COLD WEATHER AND SNOW. KIDS LOVE THE SNOW, BUT WOULD WE ALLOW THEM OUTSIDE TO PLAY IN A TEE SHIRT? I AM REPEATING MYSELF FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME HOW IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE A SHORT HAIR DOG (REALLY ANY DOG) THAT LIVES IN A HEATED HOME BEING TAKEN FOR A WALK ON COLD PAVEMENTS OR ASPHALT “NAKED” WHILE THEIR PARENT IS ALL BUNDLED UP WITH HOODED JACKET BOOTS AND GLOVES. I AM NOT SAYING THAT YOUR DOG NECESSARILY SHOULD BE DRESSED IN BOOTS, ALTHOUGH IF YOU COULD, AND I KNOW EBBY WOULD NOT LIKE ME PLAYING AROUND WITH HER PAWS, THAT WOULD BE IDEAL. I AM BESEECHING YOU TO CONSIDER YOUR DOG’S JOINTS AND MUSCLES, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PUPPIES, OLDER DOGS, AND THOSE RECUPERATING FROM AN INJURY OR ILLNESS. A PET LIVING IN A HEATED HOME DOES NOT GROW A NATURAL WINTER COAT OF THEIR OWN. EVEN THE MUSHERS IN ALASKA, WHERE THE DOGS LIVE OUTSIDE, ADD JACKETS AND BOOTS WHEN THEY ARE WORKING THE SLEDS.
SOMETIMES I HEAR “MY DOG ONLY STAYS OUT FOR A FEW MINUTES TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.” THOSE FEW MINUTES COULD BECOME MANY MORE MINUTES IF THE YOU GET DISTRACTED OR BUSY OR THE DOG FINDS SOMETHING INTERESTING OUTSIDE TO PURSUE. BUT I’D LIKE TO SEE YOU GO OUT WITH YOUR NAKED DOG WHILE HE DOES HIS BUSINESS, WEARING YOUR PAJAMAS. I HAVE MY DOGS COVERED IN THE GOLD PAW FLEECE SERIES COZY STRETCH TOP- INDOORS AS THEY ARE TRIMMED SHORT-AND I PUT A JACKET OVER THAT. THEY EACH HAVE TWO JACKETS, ONE HEAVIER THAN THE OTHER FOR REALLY COLD WEATHER OR SNOW. I FOUGHT ALL LAST WINTER TO GET SOMETHING ON EBBY, THE FEAR-BITER I RESCUED, TO NO AVAIL. THUS, I LET HER COAT GROW AND MONITORED HER TIME OUTSIDE. THIS PAST SPRING, I GOT HER USED TO A SOFT VELCRO HARNESS THAT FITTED TO HER WAIST. SHE WOULD BE REWARDED WITH A WALK AROUND THE CIRCLE WITH ZOEY. SHE BECAME SO EXCITED, AND TRUSTING, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSITION TO SWEATERS AND JACKETS. SHE ABSOLUTELY HATED TO HAVE RAIN ON HER AND GAVE ME A VERY DIFFICULT TIME GETTING HER OUT. I HAD TO USE A SLIP LEAD AND LITERALLY DRAG HER OUT WITH ME UNTIL SHE’D GO POTTY. THEN DRY HER OFF AS MUCH AS SHE’D LET ME. NOW, COVERED, SHE HAPPILY GOES OUT IN ANY WEATHER.
WE HAVE WELL-MADE WEATHER-RESISTANT JACKETS BY WEATHERBEETA, AND A SELECTION OF OTHER COATS AND SWEATERS. THEY ARE QUALITY AND LONG LASTING. YOU GET YOUR MONEY’S WORTH. ALTHOUGH, WE WOULD LIKE YOUR BUSINESS AS A SMALL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SCOUT OUT OTHER SHOPS OR THRIFT STORES JUST TO GET YOUR PET SOME PROTECTION AND SUSTAIN HIS HEALTHY JOINTS. IT WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER AS WELL WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE TIME AND TOWELS TO DRY OFF YOUR WET DOG, OR SMELL THAT WET DOG ODOR! AND EVERY SWEATER OR COAT WE SELL IS AT LEAST TEN DOLLARS LESS THAN YOU WOULD PAY ONLINE.
PICTURE IS OF PEBBLES IN HER WEATHERBEETA JACKET. SHE ALSO HAS A LEOPARD GOLD PAW TOP.
WE WISH YOU ALL A VERY MERRY HOLIDAY. AND MANY THANKS FOR YOUR PATRONAGE!
