Hi guys!
It's Nicole and Albert here from Relax My Dog, we're here every week answering all of
your doggy related questions.
The poll on last weeks video showed that you guys wanted to know how to make a free DIY
doggy sweater for your dogs.
Now Albert here gets very cold in the winter because he's got a little bald belly, so I
have to dress him up in jumpers every winter just to keep him warm.
By the end of today's video you're going to know exactly how to make a free doggy jumper.
All you need for this video is an old jumper.
We're going to be using a hoodie today because it's really good fabric as it doesn't fray,
but you can use knitted jumpers as well you'll just need to hem it.
So, let's get on with our recycled doggy jumper!
For your DIY doggy jumper all you need is an old jumper.
Just take your dogs measurements around their neck and around their stomach, this will make
sure that you have got the right amount of fabric for your dog jumper.
Albert needs a little bit more around his belly because he's getting a little bit podgy
now, if your dog is smaller then you'll be able to make a jumper from the end of the
sleeve, for example if you had a chihuahua then this is going to be big enough for their
neck.
For example I have made one with my other sleeve here which is perfect for a really
small toy dog breed.
However Albert is a little bigger than that, so we're going to cut half way up the sleeve
for his neck hole.
Now a hoodie material is really good for this because it hardly frays, but if you did want
to use a knitted jumper to make some nice christmas jumpers, then you can just hem it
- so just leave about an extra inch of material, fold it under and hem.
But for this material it's already perfect.
So then we are just going to cut along here in exactly the same place that the sleeve
is sewn on already so that you get a little bit of extra down the back of your dog.
So it should look like that so far.
Then to make the holes for your dogs legs we need to fold over half way and cut half
a circle over the two bits of fabric.
These are going to be for your dog's legs.
So you should have something that looks a little bit like that.
And there we have Albert in his little winter jumper!
Now these are also really good as thundershirts as well because you can make them a little
bit tighter so that they feel really safe and secure when they hear scary noises, so
they work really well as an anxiety prevention as well as a bit of extra warmth in the winter.
We really hope you enjoyed today's video and if you did please do remember to give us a
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We've got another poll on this week and it's again what you'd like to see on next week's
video, so make sure you vote in that so you get your say!
We'd also love to see pictures of your dog's in the jumpers that you have made for them,
we'll be displaying all of these pictures on Instagram.
So that's it from us for this week, we'll see you again next week!
Bye!