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HOW TO MEASURE

Please measure your dog carefully. Always use a tape measure and get someone to help you. Your dog must be standing as straight as possible.The "Vital Statistics" can be quite different when measured sitting or lying down. We require your measurements in inches please. Note - the 'A' measurement determines the price of the coat.

STEP 1
C measurement
Measure the head or neck whichever is the largest.
Our coats are fixed at the front so the neck opening has to be large enough to go over your dogs head comfortably. Make a noose out of the tape measure at a size that comfortably goes over the head and slip over the head as if it was a collar, this should sit around the top of the shoulder blades as shown. Please note: this is NOT the collar size which is usually further up the neck.

STEP 2
A measurement
Base of neck to base of tail
With the tape measure around the neck as above for C measurement, from where the tape touches the spine at the shoulder blades to the base of the tail is the A measurement.

STEP 3
B measurement
The Largest part of the chest
Around the chest at the deepest part,
just behind the front legs 

STEP 4
D measurement
Centre of chest to rear of back leg
Place the end of the tape measure at the centre if the chest where the name tag normally hangs and measure around the top of the front leg, along the side of the body to the rear of the back leg.

Coat measurements example

Sam is wearing a standard 18" unlined coat to demonstrate the difference between the A and D measurements.

Sams statistics are
A 18
B 24
C 16
D 22

The same coat as shown above on Sam
The A measurement is 18"
The D measurement is the total length of the coat 22".
Please Note!
Tha D measurement HAS to be longer than the A measurement, because it is the length of the dog when viewed side on PLUS half the width of the dog when viewed from the front.