Last year during Pet Fashion Week in New York City, I had the chance to sit in on the dog fashion runway shows, and I was able to catch a glimpse of the coats for small dogs that were coming down the line in this pet fashion industry and that we now carry here at the Chihuahua Clothes Shop. Chihuahua coats and jackets for other smaller dogs have been one of our best sellers at the shop, and I have to say that part of that is due to the hard work the designers put into their dog clothing work.

On the runways of Pet Fashion Week, I saw the whole gamut of doggy coats for little dogs: there were dog coats for winter and designer dog coats from luxury brands like Gucci, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton. There were cool dog coats for small dogs like chihuahuas and yorkies and Maltese puppies. There were puppy coats of every style and fashion and cut and size you could imagine, being sold at the doggie fashion vendor stands outside the runway rooms. Small dog coats were very well represented at the show!

As you’d expect, it was the coats for toy breeds that claimed most of the attention, as it’s not so much specataters’ fascination with the doggie clothes as much as the little dogs themselves that won them the lion’s share of people’s conversations. The coats for chihuahuas and the other chihuahua clothes were a very hot topic among the small dog owners, with people snapping photos and shooting video to capture the future of dog coat fashion coming down the pipe in the pet industry.

The event was a blast to attend. Not only did I get to be a part of something that raises a lot of awareness for dogs and their rights here in western culture, which is very, very cool; but I got to see all the new accessories for small dogs on their way to the online dog boutiques and specialty pet stores this year. If you ever have the chance to go, I highly recommend it!

Coats for Small Dogs at The Chihuahua Shop

If you’re here and you’re looking to find coats for small dogs as a gift for a dog owner on your mind or for your own little dogs, then make sure you head over to the Chihuahua Store, and browse our selection, and then be sure to check back here again very soon because I update this chihuahua clothes blog frequently! I’ll talk to you again very soon! -Mikey

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Doggie coats are definitely one of the more practical articles of chihuahua clothes or clothing for whatever breed of dog you have, that you can buy for your pet. We stock a number of very high quality chihuahua coats at the store here, along with other trendy dog clothes, and the main idea behind them is to keep your doggie comfortable and warm while also looking his best!

You can find a multitude of cool dog jackets online today, along with heaps of other stylish dog clothes at the various boutiques. If you shop around, you’ll even find guides on how to measure your dog when you’re shopping online, and you can browse the various fashion doggy wrap-overs and chihuahua clothes knowing that whichever one you buy will at least arrive in the correct size for your little dog!

At the Chihuahua Shop, we carry dog raincoats in just about every size for many different breeds of doggies (yes, even though we brand the store as a “chihuahua” shop!), along with other types of coats for small dogs. I’ve seen some gorgeous pink polka dog raincoats and reflective rain jackets for doggies this season, and it’s good thing because, depending where you live, it looks like some of use are going to need it over the next month or two with all the storms blowing through! I even bought an adorable little chihuahua rain poncho for Namaste Arigato, my model chihuahua for the shop, here!

If you look around, you can find a warm wind proof dog coat or a quilted jacket for small doggies, even a dog fleece or a chihuahua plaid flannel coat for your dog, if you’re looking for clothing that’s going to bit a bit warmer for your pup, if you live in a cooler climate.

Of course in the summer, a lot of dog owners are looking for something a bit lighter, like the chihuahua trimmed coat or an animal print jacket for dogs (oddly enough!) There are even glamour girl faux fur coats for chihuahuas that can help these little critters stay warm at night when they’ve been inactive for a while and their fast metabolism lowers their body temperature a bit too much when they’re living indoors with us and they can’t really go anywhere to roam around and get some exercise.

Either way, whatever type of coat your looking for your chihuahua or yorkie or your other breed of small dog, you can find some very quality doggie coats and jackets at the Chihuahua Shop, so go have a look, and I’ll speak to you again very soon here, on the chihuahua clothes blog! -Mikey

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I’m super excited because I have a friend who’s preparing for her very own toy dog clothing fashion show in Los Cabos, Mexico! She’s putting this show on to help raise money for the local Humane Society there, and so she’s getting ready, collecting all the coats for small dogs that she can from friends and coworkers, so she can dress up the smaller dessert mutts at the Los Cabos Humane Society in little toy dog clothes and help raise money for the cause. And, with a bit of luck, a few of the dogs will catch the eye of potential pet owners and get adopted. I’m super excited for these little chihuahuas and other little doggies in Cabo that will be strutting their stuff to save their skins and help raise money to keep their shelter running!

My friend truly has a heart of gold. In a past life, I used to work at the Los Cabos Humane Society and she would come in and volunteer when she had time away from her job. She’d feed the smaller dogs and dress them up in their sweaters for small dogs and their donated chiwawa clothes at night so they’d stay warmer over the cool dessert night and sleep better. And we’d walk the little dogs over the dessert sand dunes behind the shelter and give the pets-in-waiting their exercise each day.

Like I said, this person has a heart of gold, and a few years ago she came up with this great idea for a fundraiser for the shelter dogs: she would put on a little doggy fashion show. See, it’s very expensive proposition–running an animal shelter–and when you house 50-60 dogs plus about 30 cats, you spay and neuter them, you take care of their health and medicate them when needed, you feed them, and you take care of all their vet checks and vaccinations, plus you fly them out to adoptive homes in the US and Canada when they have people interested in adopting them, the expenses add up rather quickly and you really need to have a few good fundraisers every year just so that you can continue to operate and survive to help more dogs like these little critters:

So my friend came up with the idea of dressing up the little dogs at their shelter in the small yorkie apparel and other clothing for toy doggies she had collected over the years, and hosting a fashion show for the dogs and make an event out of the whole thing, to bring people in and collect donations. It was a great idea, and she’s getting ready to do it for the second time, now!

I’ve been sending my spare dog apparel for small dogs down to her and asking my neighbors if they had any clothes for toy dogs they didn’t want any more, so we could send them down for my friend to dress up the cutest small dogs at the shelter with and have her little fashion show fundraiser with the smaller dogs there.

I wanted to share this story with you because it’s not every day you hear about dog outfits for small dogs making a core difference in the lives of so many animals, especially when we’re talking life and death here with the shelter dogs! Usually when I’m thinking about little chihuahua clothes, I’m thinking about how cute and cuddly they make little dogs look and how this pink sweater would match great with those white doggy boots, and all of this other superficial stuff–not that there’s anything wrong with that; I think that’s part of the joy of dog clothes: they let us have fun and not take things so seriously. But for the dogs who aren’t living the life in a nice home with a loving family to call their own, it’s nice to see that toy dog clothing can still serve a positive purpose and help these dogs out, along with the incredible work of some people like my friend with the heart of gold in Cabo!

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