Rainy Day Wear For Samish

We discovered something new about Samish during yesterday's day long downpour.  He has an iron-clad bladder.  This boy does NOT like the rain and refused to pee for long stretches of time.  After about 10 hours of this nonsense I put on my raingear, leashed him up, and stood in the middle of our spongey lawn with him. You would think I had taken him out to have an acid bath.  There was much moaning, leash pulling to get to the steps, etc. Even when I had some pity on him and walked him up below the fir trees where it was drier, there was no peeage to be had.  We stood out there a long time and when we came in the house, both drenched and shivering, Samish had won the battle.  Not a drop was leaked from his bladder.

So back in the crate he went for the night and blessedly, it was not raining this morning so he tore out and took what seemed like a 5 minute pee off the side of the deck.

Well, this will just not do.  If this California boy is going to be a Washingtonian, he is going to need to learn to pee in the rain.  My bright idea of the day was that maybe a warm pullover for when he goes outside might make things seem less awful.  I pulled out my ridiculously large supply of sweaters and coats and selected a Samish sized assortment, including the brand new red microfleece that I had bought at work the day before.


Outfit number 1: the new Goldpaw fleece

With his supermodel good looks, Samish played the part well, giving me a good variety of poses and freezing himself in holds with a vacant look like he was trying out for "America's Next Top Model" or something.  The fleece was warm and cozy and fit his chest well, but seemed a little long to me so we moved on to the wool sweater.

Coat 2: Chilly Dog's "Little Monster"

 

The sweater was cute (I thought) but too snug, especially when trying to get it on and off.

 

Coat 2: Samish shaking his head in shame

Apparently, Samish did not share my opinion of the sweater and was a little ashamed of my sense of taste.

Coat 3: RC Pet in cantaloupe

The third and final option was a cantaloupe ensemble by RC Pet.  This lightweight, easy on/off jacket seemed to be perfect for what we needed.  However the chest was snug and the velcro barely held shut because it was a size 8 and Samish is a perfect 10 (in more ways than one, he will assure you.)

It seemed that as far as ease, comfort, and coverage in the drizzle the brand new red fleece was going to be the best bet so we put that back on and photo shoot complete, Samish tore off to wear in the coat and do some hunting while the weather was still good.  I couldn't find him for awhile but finally heard him under the low (12-18" high) deck.  Apparently he needed to test the coat to see if it impeded his flexibility.

Samish's coat after giving it a good workout in the back yard.

The next test will be to see how it holds up to the washing machine.