The Duffy Chronicles - Episode II - How to make a puppy sweater!

Well, good news!   Duffy went potty three times yesterday afternoon outside!   I am not sure whether he is the one being trained, or if I am...but progress is progress.  The homemade urine eliminator  I made is working great!  New problem : our Pacific Northwest winters are wet and cold, and my poor little tropical breed Chihuahua starts shivering as soon as his feet hit the deck.  Duffy needs a sweater. I found some cute ones at the mall today, but they run $10 to $25. I can do better than that.

I found this video on you tube :  Note the word 'large' in the description.

A trip to the dollar store and a few snips later,  I had hoped to have several sweaters for my handsome Duffy and some adorable photos for this post.  I put a sweater on him and stood back to admire my work and snap a few photos.  But Duffy had other ideas.   He folded his legs,  rolled over and refused to move.   I chalked it up to a "puppitude" (puppy with an attitude) and figured he'd get used to it.   "I am the alpha dog,"  I told myself. (Yeah, right!)  Plus, the sweater was really cute.




Grandpa (who is apparently a puppy whisperer)  took one look at this pathetic-looking upside down puppy with the bad attitude, picked him up and said, "That's too tight. He hates it and he's miserable.  Take it off!"   

So off to plan B.  I took one of Grandpa's old (and bigger) white tube socks and cut it in much the same way as the video, and it seemed to fit much better with a lot less attitude, but totally not cute.

So it's back to the dollar store in the morning for larger, cuter socks.  Sometimes experiments have some unexpected costs, but hopefully I will still have four dog sweaters for a grand total of $4 plus tax. (small unusable socks $2,  larger usable socks $2,)  - still not bad.

Hopefully I will post photos tomorrow with the final verdict.   Cross your fingers.

Next post : Creative and cheap dog toys.