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Hi there, here at Muddy Paws we sell around 5000 different dog coats every year and the
biggest problem we find our customers face is how to measure their dog correctly for
the different types of dog coat. Rather frustratingly different dog coat manufacturers require measurements
to be taken in a different way. Some require collar to tail, some require withers to tail,
some require shoulder blades to tail and some require a chest measurement. The following
video will tell you exactly how to do it. Some manufacturers ask you to measure their
coats by taking the measurement from the collar to the tip / start of the tail. So simply
run the tape measure from the collar all the way down the centre of their back to the start
of their tail. Some coat manufacturers ask you to take the
measurement from the withers to the start of their tail, and the withers is the centre
of the shoulder blades, so it's just here. And you literally take the measurement and
you run it all the way along the back like this, and in Treacle's case he actually needs
a 70cm coat. Some manufacturers like Ruffwear for example
ask you to take a girth measurement or a chest measurement of your dog. In order to take
this measurement correctly you need to measure the widest point of their rib cage which is
just behind their front legs. In Treacle's case for example you're going to be measuring
around like this, and we can see that he needs an 85cm measurement.