🐶 Trover Red Bone Dry Drying Coat

We have friends Lizz and Danny who have a whippet, Jesse, who is always cold, so we thought he’d be perfect choice for this review. Lizz will tell you all about it...

Last week we test drove the award winning Trover Drying Coats, well, our dog Jesse did. Jesse is a whippet, and, being a typical whippet he’s pretty skinny, and has very thin fur, which means he’s always freezing. Even inside the house he’ll be shivering if we don’t put the heating on, and he can often be found snuggling in his bed, or more often than not, in ours!

Finding a coat for Jesse isn’t easy.  Whippets have extremely deep chests but the good thing about Trover's coats is they don’t attach around the dog’s chest, they wear it like a poncho, so it fits over the dogs head and neck and goes all the way to their tail.  They have little leg straps at the back of the coat so it stays in place and the collar acts as a neck warmer too.

I first tried this on Jesse during the day when he was shivering on the couch.  Huge success! He absolutely loved it, and just curled up and slept. For this reason alone it will make a great house coat, and an even better camping coat.  He’s always freezing when we take him camping, so this is perfect for keeping him warm during those cold nights, as he certainly can’t fit in my sleeping bag.

I also pop it on him for car journeys. - I find that coats calm dogs down.  Wearing this in the car, not only keeps him calm, but helps him to fall asleep.

When we were testing the coat's drying properties we wanted to make sure we took him somewhere muddy and wet so we could really put it through its paces.  He loved it, it kept him lovely and warm initially.  Then we took it off him so he could have a play in the muddy fields, where, as usual, he got filthy.  We popped him in the boot of the car and gave him a rub down with it and wiped his muddy paws.  Admittedly he doesn’t have a lot of fur so he drys quickly, but by the time we got home, which is only a few minutes drive, he was bone dry, and most of the mud was on the coat and not on him or my car.  Absolutely perfect!

The only downside of this particular coat is it lacks a hole so you can attach a lead to the collar whilst wearing it  Some owners strap their dogs in when in the car to keep them safe and the car clean.  Though I imagine it’s a really easy adjustment to make.

All in all, it's a wonderful coat for your dog, and judging by the quality, I imagine it will last a very long time, if not the life of my dog.  It’s definitely a winner with Jesse.

What makes Trover Drying Dog Coats so good?

For a start it’s an all British product, and is made from polyester louper fleece (manufactured in England) which has amazing thermal and wicking properties, is easy to wash and dries very quickly. Great for drying your dog without the effort.

Dogs don't come in S,M,L sizes, so Toni offers 13 stock sizes, the smallest being 25cm/10" back, up to 76cm /30".  Even with so many stock sizes available you may not be able find the perfect size for your dog, which is why, for no extra cost, Toni will create a bespoke coat to your dog's dimensions, like she did for Jesse.

prices: £32-52

more at » trovercoats.com/product/toweling-coat