My dogs do have a few garments. The blue heeler wears a Thunder shirt when the weather is stormy, or will wear it next week when the fireworks are going off like a war zone. It is marginally helpful.

My smallest dog has a short uncomplicated coat and in cold weather she has decided that she loves the little fleece jacket I pull over each front leg and that fastens under the belly with Velcro. It was a lifesaver during the super long freeze of 2021.

And if there are body injuries that require the "cone of shame" to avoid licking the wound or dressing, I have convinced all of them that if they will leave the large-size adult t-shirt in place (put on over their head, with front legs through the arms and the waist of the shirt pulled snug and twisted into a knot around the dog's slim waist/abdomen area) that they don't need to wear the cone. People have asked why my dog is wearing a shirt and I explain - the dogs are so glad to not have that cone on that they are always cooperative. Invariably I'll see the other dogs walk over, take a sniff at the shirt where it covers the wound, and are satisfied that the shirt is there for a reason. (They've been checking the state of my surgical wound under the dressing this week - a quick sniff to see how the knee is and they move on). They really do understand quite a lot about the reasons we do things.