Winter Wear

I received some teasing, of course, when I bought Henry a new coat for Christmas – a Lands' End coat, no less. Bahahaha, Lands' End for a dog. Bahahaha, crazy dog lady.

Yeah, yeah, I know.

But consider this, you can get a cheaply made, ridiculous looking dog coat or sweater at Walmart for about $10-15 (that’s what I did last year). For double that, you can get a well-made, sporty-looking coat from Lands' End. You know, one that says, “Here’s my athletic dog that I like to keep warm” instead of “Here is my dog that I like to dress up like a child. I read him a story before tucking him into his bassinet at night.”

Plus, the Lands' End coat has some wicked reflective properties that are perfect for walking around town at night, an especially good thing since I’m usually too absent-minded to put on light-colored clothing and give us a fighting chance of being seen by motorists. No, the coat doesn't glow. That effect in the photo is from the flash. :)

As impressive as its reflective strips are, the coat has an even more prized side-effect: it slows Henry down!

He can run in it. That’s not the issue. He’ll run or jog occasionally while wearing the coat, but he does not sprint non-stop around, under, and over fallen trees and bushes. It is a glorious thing to see him walking politely even in the squirrel-infested park!