How to Measure a Dog for a Coat Step-by-Step

Below we’ve compiled a complete step-by-step guide on how to measure your dog to find the right size dog coat. Follow the steps below and make sure you have the necessary equipment required to ensure you accurately size your dog to find a coat that will keep them feeling comfortable and looking stylish, no matter what their daily routine entails.

Equipment Needed to Measure Your Dog:

Pen and paper (or the notes app on your phone)
Standard tailor’s tape measure

Step 1: Once your dog is standing on all fours ready to be measured, (try enticing them with a treat or toy if they struggle to stand still) the first measurement you will need to take is their length. To do this, take the tape measure and use this to measure the length between your dog's neck (from where their collar sits if they wear one) and the base of their tail. As a general tip, Barbour size guides use centimetres as their unit of measurement, so we recommend writing your dogs’ measurements down in this format to make it easier once you come to purchase your dog coat.

Step 2: Next, you’ll need to measure the mid width of your dog. For a Barbour dog coat, the mid width refers to the entire top side of the fabric. This is the part that will be securely fastened to your loyal companion with a comfortable strap when they wear the coat. To measure this, measure the top width of your dog’s middle, from rib to rib. Again, since the units on the Barbour dog coat size guide are taken in centimetres, we advise noting your pups’ measurements down accordingly.

Step 3: Depending on the shape of the dog coat that you’re looking to buy, you may need to measure the full length of your dog from the front centre of their chest to the base of their tail on the underside. On the Barbour dog coat size guide, this is called the tab to cheek length and is applicable for most coats that fasten across the front of the dog.

Step 4: The final measurement to take before starting your search for a new dog jacket is sizing up the underside of your dog. Again, this measurement is only necessary for dog coats that fasten with a buckle or strap in the same way that theBarbour coats do. For this measurement, use the measuring tape to find the underside mid width of your dog. This is effectively the opposite of the top mid width measurement from Step 2

Barbour Dog Coat Size Guide

Please follow the link to the Barbour Dog Coat Size Guide

Dog Size Guide