request for help - dog bandanas

Subject: request for help - dog bandanas
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 09 Apr 04 - 03:02 PM

I'm helping a friend raise money to feed the homeless at her downtown church. We plan to host a Dog's Day in the Park, and to sell safety dog bandanas (triangular scarves with reflective edges).

Does anybody reading this know what size to make the bandanas? I visualize scarves in small (toy poodle) medium (corgi) and large (Labrador) sizes. Yorkies and Norwegian elkhounds would have to order specially. Perhaps your groomer puts a scarf on your dog. If so, what size is your dog and how many inches or centimeters long is the straight edge?

For the mathematically inclined, what length are sides A and B when C, the hypotenuse, goes around the dog's neck?

We are also going to have master/dog cakewalks with live music and dog treats for the prizes.

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: Sorcha
Date: 09 Apr 04 - 03:10 PM

I don't know....but it sure sounds like fun!

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: jeffp
Date: 09 Apr 04 - 03:18 PM

Assuming you are making square bandannas, A and B would be equal to each other and also equal to C times 0.707. Don't forget to allow extra length in C for tying and a bit of slack so the dog can breathe.

Good luck!

jeffp

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: open mike
Date: 09 Apr 04 - 03:22 PM

i hope all the participants are well behaved as well as well bandana'ed.
human and canine.

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: Mrrzy
Date: 09 Apr 04 - 06:18 PM

Nice idea, the reflective edging. I like dogs with bandanas anyway, but this actually sounds useful as well as pretty. Quelle idée!

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: Bill D
Date: 09 Apr 04 - 06:35 PM

sizes

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: Scoville
Date: 09 Apr 04 - 06:50 PM

I have an American Eskimo dog, which is built a lot like an elkhound but smaller (35 pounds) and fluffier; she has a very thick ruff so it probably works out to corgi size or slightly larger (maybe Cardigan-size instead of Pembroke?). She doesn't normally wear bandannas since she's already "overdressed" with her own fur but the last time I had her professionally bathed she came back in one that was probably about 28 inches on the hypotenuse, tied loosely.

The same size would probably fit my friend's Cardigan/heeler/pit bull/?? mix, who is about the same height as my dog but much longer and thicker (almost 50 pounds), with a bit of a bull neck but no ruff.

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 10 Apr 04 - 11:02 AM

Thanks, Bill D. I tried searching for a page such as you provided, but it didn't work. Why didn't I think to look under CatQuilts?

Thanks for the info, Scoville. The 28 inches you mention jibes with the 27 that the site gives for king size.

A woman on the committee who takes the dog along to pick up her children from school has suggested that we make a few aprons for dog walking - like carpenter's aprons, with pockets for keys, plastic bags, pooper scooper, etc. It sounds like a good idea, but I am out of touch with dogwalking myself, being a cat owner.

Thanks for the responses.

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 10 Apr 04 - 07:21 PM

Some dogs are trained to carry those carry sacks - like paniers on a motorbike or a donkey - particularly those dogs trained to work with disabled people. They are very useful and if you can stop them sliding round the dog, work very well. Most have a notice on them saying 'Guide dog' or 'Hearing dog' or whatever, just so people realise they are working dogs and not just a pet.

Reflective strips and velcro fastenings are great ideas, and the dog discourages people from stealing the things in the paniers.

LTS

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: Bill D
Date: 10 Apr 04 - 07:30 PM

my search term in Google was {"dog bandanas" size} ...but it was a ways down...maybe on 2nd or 3rd page of hits before anyone mentioned anything besides 'large' 'medium' and 'small'...

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 10 Apr 04 - 10:06 PM

What's a dog Banana?
some kind of fruit hot dog? [i never herd of it!

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 10 Apr 04 - 11:13 PM

Skippy (my 4 pound male Yorkie) comes back from the groomer with a triangle-shaped bandana 10 1/4 to 10 1/2 inches on the short side of the triangle. A quilter would cut a 10 1/2 inch square and then cut the square on the diagonal. Since most of the fabrics are 45 inches wide, the groomer probably cuts strips across the grain of fabric 10 1/2 inches wide and then cuts those strips into four squares...then the diagonal of each square. They also have been cut with pinking shears to keep them from raveling...not sure if you can do that with your material. As a quilter I would also highly recommend a rotary cutter, board and large plastic quilting ruler. You can buy all of them in the sewing department of WalMart (or a similar store...they are very common.)

Tiffy, my female Yorkie, doesn't wear a bandana. She gets a bow in her hair.

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 10 Apr 04 - 11:19 PM

Another thought:

When Hubby was in Vet school, the wives (spouses) auxiliary hosted a Pet Fair each year. One of the most popular events was the pet contest where every pet received a ribbon. My kids' dog won "The brownest eyes" award! They were sooooooo happy!

One thing we were talking about today...a doggie IQ test. Put a blanket over the dog's head and see how long it takes for him/her to get out from under it. Skippy never does!

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 11 Apr 04 - 02:53 AM

I'd never heard of this, Like jOhn... Now I am thinking of little canine Rambos... How about one with the words: "Come on, pug! Make my day!"

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 11 Apr 04 - 10:14 PM

I love the dog IQ test idea. We could time them with a stop watch. It doesn't frighten the dogs, does it?

Mary in Kentucky: we will use a rotary cutter with a pinking blade to cut the scarves out. I've bought some silver lame to make the reflective edges.

Liz: the aprons with pockets would be for the owner to wear, not the dog.   Getting them to stay on the dog would be too complicated. And a dog might not understand having to carry the poop along.

John from Hull: I think you are teasing when you say you don't know what a dog bandana is. Surely you have seen pix of John Wayne with his kaboy hat and his bandana around his neck.


Bill D: thanks again for your patient searching. 2 or 3 pages of hits are a lot to search through.

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: KateG
Date: 12 Apr 04 - 07:23 AM

I love the idea of a reflective bandana! My rottweiler has a wardrobe of bandanas that she wears for making therapy visits. I buy regular bandanas from the army-navy store, fold them on the diagonal and then roll them up a bit so the fit snugly. I find that the bandana helps non-dog people get over the "man-eating-rottweiler" stereotype much faster. Green and purple are her best colors, and red doesn't work at all....red-headed and red-footed girls shouldn't wear red, we all know that.

Someone in one of our classes had a sort of a doggie scrunchie, with bandana fabric on elastic. It looked great, and didn't droop like a bandana. I keep meeaning to try making a few for Abby.

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 13 Apr 04 - 12:07 AM

Thanks, Kate. What's the length of the side of your Rottweiler's bandana?

Do dogs wear bandanas in front of or behind their faces?

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: KateG
Date: 13 Apr 04 - 07:27 AM

Leeneia,

They are standard dime store bandanas. I just measured a clean one, and its about 20" on each side (they vary slightly, but not much). And, like I say, after I've folded it on the diagonal, I roll the hypotenuse over once or twice (about an inch per fold), so that the loose part doesn't bunch up and make it look like a dinner napkin on a portly gentleman about to eat a lobster.

I try to keep the triangular part of the bandana on her back, boy scout style, rather than in front, coyboy style. It looks prettier that way, but of course gravity tends to make it to slip round to the front. Halfway round looks quite jaunty, but is for quick pictures only. On the other dogs I've known, position often depends on the dog's size and coat, and how long the bandana's been on the dog...fabric stretches on the diagonal, so they get loose with wearing.

If you want the ones you make to be truely reflective, skip the silver lame and get reflective tape from the sporting goods or auto sections of Walmart or other store of that type. It comes in day-glow orange or a glow-in-the dark luminous green, either of which would be really neat.

Actually, for serious visibility....hiking in hunting season....Abby has a safety vest. Its a long narrow triangle of orange plastic with luminous strips. The pointy end has a loop that goes around her collaer, and there is a velcro strap that secures the other two ends under her belly.

Happy sewing!

Kate

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: GUEST,M'Grath of Altcar
Date: 13 Apr 04 - 08:22 AM

Very funny canine fashion tips from b3ta

Click to see dogs in snoods

Good luck with your fundraising.

Subject: RE: request for help - dog bandanas
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 13 Apr 04 - 11:15 PM

Thanks for the tips. I'll remember 20 inches.

The reflective tape may be the most reflective fabric, but in my experience it splits easily. It might gum up the machines, too.
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Loved the snoods!