Last night we had our first real Thunderstorm of the Season. That means we had one freaked out Dog cowering in the bedroom with us. My hubby and I were laying in bed watching Season 2 of The Biggest Loser and saw the storm roll in. We closed the drapes and tried to make the room as quiet and calm as we could and still poor Emma started shaking like a leaf. I really need to order that Anxiety Wrap toot sweet! But that wasn't going to help us much for the night. I looked at my husband and asked if I should get an old T-shirt to wrap around the dog. He said that wouldn't help since our shirts would be really big on her. So then he suggested the old Dog Sweater I made for her the first summer she was with us. It's a little tight on her now so she doesn't really wear it anymore.
It ended up being perfect! I went and popped it on her and she went from super shaking puppy to just laying there staring around. You could tell she was still freaked out by the weather, but just to have that shaking stop was really nice.
This picture above was Emma not knowing how to react to the sweater the first time I put her in it in 2009 - I didn't stick my dog in a sweater and then drag her out in a storm for a photo shoot. You can tell she wasn't real sure what to think about the sweater. She was probably thinking Oh no! I live with people who want to dress me up!
Here is a rather saucy picture of Emma's underbelly just to show the tight fit of the chest area of the sweater. I think it was the tight fit that made a difference last night. Once he thunder stopped she immediately fell asleep. It was so nice to see. We could still hear the rain falling and she just nodded right off.
The pattern I used to knit this was the Need for Tweed Dog Sweater by Shiri Mor on Ravelry. It's also available on the Lion Brand website and it's a free pattern. It's knit flat and seemed which makes it easy to customize the fit. It took less than two skeins of Lion Brand Thick and Quick and the pattern was fast and easy. Bonus that it's machine washable - always a good thing with a dog sweater!
I am so happy we thought of putting this on Emma last night. Bonus that something I knit came in REALLY handy!
Happy first day of Spring!
6 comments:
Poor pup, at least she was well dressed though :)
Oh bless her :-) Glad the coat helped her relax.
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@Knitting Nix I know! I hate to see her her shaking in the corner all freaked out. I need to take her measurements and get that Anxiety Wrap ASAP!
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Schrödinger got a sweater just like that for Christmas! But his had to be a little shorter on the top because he was able to curl his body around and chew on the corners. Really great pattern :)
@Ashley W. It worked like a charm! I am going to keep this sweter handy until I can get Emma measured and order the Anxiety Wrap. Emma hasn't really chewed on the sweaters I have made her, but I got her a santa cap one year that she was SO NOT HAVING. That thing was off her head and in her mouth in a hot second! :)
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