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Great, all interesting thoughts on coats for whippets! My boy is lucky that we moved from Canberra to Melbourne so doesn't have to battle the early frosts as well. The whippetwear coat definitely keeps him warm enough and he seems to like it. Not so much wriggling when I try I get him into it. Maybe it's just a tradeoff - good coverage and warth for occasional pee on it.

Thanks for the comments everyone! But I really don't think I was bagging anyone out Rebanne. I was sharing my experiences and opinions - I said they are lovely coats and the whippetwear folks are friendly, it just didn't work for me. If that's bagging someone out, then I don't know how anyone could ever write an honest review. I have spoken to the company and we've reached a bit of an impasse (albeit reasonable on both sides). I think next time I will follow mumtoshelley's advice and look at a weatherbetta.

Hi all whippet enthusiats! Now that the cold is coming on, I just wanted to give a quick review of a coat I recently bought for my Whippy. It's a whippetwear brand, splash model. I have mixed feelings about it. Good: These are locally sewn, made to measure waterproof coats andit is admittedly a beautifully made coat from very nice materials that seem worth the pumped up pricetag. Not so good: I measured my dog very carefully and it doesn't fit all that well. You have to provide measurements of back length, waist and weight for ordering. Whippy fits in the coat provided based on these measurements, but it doesn't fit his back end (no measurement of hip width is needed for ordering). The result - a coat he is able to pee on when he cocks his leg This is going to be inconvenient and expensive to have altered by whippetwear and they couldn't reassure me it would help (although the were very friendly through all this even though they can't really help provide a nice fitting coat). I now have a lovely coat that will have to be pinned up/altered by me? my mum? a friend? or be resigned to a dog pee stained coat (yuck!). Final thoughts: I could have bought a nice coat off the rack that fitted better for half the price. Whippetwear ones are lovely but if they don't fit well, they don't fit well. I'm not regretful but next time I will head to the nearest pet store for Whippy clothing. Anyone else with thoughts?