Dog Jacket Shopping: When Your Small Dog Actually Needs One (Not Just for Instagram) (Part 6)
Last January Georgie refused to go outside. Not because of the cold — because I put his little rain jacket on him and he looked so indignant that I swear he was plotting revenge. He stood by the door giving me the slowest blinks of his life, like, I see what you are doing and I will not comply.
But here is the thing: small dogs actually do need jackets sometimes. Not for Instagram (okay, maybe a little for Instagram), but because a 10-pound morkie with a single coat of fur genuinely gets cold in ways a golden retriever does not. Georgie turns into a little shivering发抖 the second the temperature drops in a way Teddy the golden doodle simply does not.
So how do you know when your small dog actually needs a jacket versus when you are just dressing them up for content? Here is what I have learned through way too much late-night online shopping.
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Written by: Dr. Sarah Mitchell, Small Animal Veterinarian
Last Updated: May 2026
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