If you are an avid reader of KineticShift, you know we love our gadgets. With the newest GPS ‘this’ and latest fitness tracking app ‘that’ always being showcased, it might seem that technology is the only thing that motivates us to stay fit; but sometimes it is something as simple as taking our friend’s dog on a snowshoeing adventure that gets us motivated for a workout in the snow. We can dress for the cold and add layers as needed, but not all dogs are properly equipped to handle temperatures well below the freezing point with just their fur coat. This is where LoneWolf Dogwear comes to the rescue and offers custom dog clothing to help keep your four-legged friend warm in the snow.
LoneWolf Dogwear, based in New Ulm, Minnesota, is a company that manufactures a line of products exactly as the name implies – garments for canines. They manufacture dog clothing to keep your pooch warm, dry and/or highly visible. LoneWolf Dogwear knows that not all dogs are created the same and that the only way to produce a properly fitted garment is to custom manufacture them one by one, so each garment is made ‘to order‘. With each garment being made to order, it only make sense that they are all made in America to guarantee the quickest possible turn around times.
Even though these are vests and coats for dogs, LoneWolf Dogwear does not cut any corners. Their waterproof and windproof Custom Dog Coats are made of Ultrex with Polartec 300 lining with a reflective strip on the front. The Polartec Fleece Coats are made of two layers of Polartec 300, the thickest and warmest fleece material manufactured by Polartec LLC, formerly Malden Mills. The protective, Chest Shield, is made of Packcloth with rubber chest protection piece and is manufactured in the high-visibility blaze orange color. Each garment is made to securely fit the intended dog with either Velcro or Nylon straps and buckles; and each piece is designed to take the abuses that they can dish out.
Along with keeping our four-legged friends warm, dry and visible, LoneWolf Dogwear also produces garments for working dogs. For those people that have difficulty hearing or seeing, the high-visible vests are designed to alert the public that the dog is working as a guide dog and whether or not it should be touched. For those dogs who work search and rescue (and sometimes recovery), there is a number of harnesses and vests available in that same orange color and also fluorescent yellow along with reflective and glow-in-the-dark lettering. The regular consumer is not left out, they manufacture vests, collars and leashes using the same colors and custom lettering to simple allow you dog to be more visible out in public or if they can be touched – especially important if your older dog is blind or deaf and can easily be spooked by an unannounced petting.
The dog clothing designed and manufactured by LoneWolf Dogwear ranges in price from $20-$100 with most being under $50. They do provide a number of pricing charts on their website so that you can estimate the cost of the garment with features before ordering. Since each item is custom, they are not returnable, but LoneWolf Dogwear does a good job illustrating which measurements are needed and where to take them on the dog. If you have a cat, they are not left out in the cold either. LoneWolf Dogwear does produce fleece clothing for your feline friend – just send us a video of you measuring your cat, that should be pretty funny!
If the cold weather is keeping you and your pooch from getting outside for some exercise, bundle up and grab a LoneWolf Dogwear coat for your ‘friend.’ Not only will they be warmer, but you can feel warm and fuzzy inside knowing that you purchased a product that is made in America.