Dante is 3.5 pounds (but just 16 weeks old). I got him an XS Outward Hound vest at Petsmart, because they didn't have any XXS and I wanted one for 4th of July, when we would be boating. The XS fits 11-18 pounds. The XXS (which I ordered from Drs. Foster & Smith) fits up to 10 pounds. I was able to "fit" the XS on him by cinching everything up very tightly, but since it wraps the body with velcro on the bottom and is too big, it immobilizes him more than I want. The XXS fits him much better.
We live on a lake, and all 3 of my dogs (even the 33 and 37 pounders) are in life vests when on the dock or on the boat. They can all swim, but I'm calmer when I know they have the "help" of the life vests if they fall off the dock (it's happened to every one of them, including Dante).
Plus the vests all have handles that make it much easier to get a dog back out of the water. |