Sizing

How to Find the Right Dog Coat

How to Find the Right Dog Coat

Determine the proper dog coat size for your dog by measuring the base of your dog’s neck to the base of your dog’s tail.

  • Be sure your dog is standing squarely, with head up, while measuring.

  • With your dog standing up, looking straight ahead, measure from the point where the neck joins the body to the point where the tail joins the body. This is the back length and coat size.

  • Order in even sizes from 8″ to 28″ (11″ and 13″ being the only exceptions).

  • If your dog’s tail goes up (like a Jack Russell Terrier or Doberman), and is on the slim side, round down.

  • If your dog’s tail goes down, and is a bit heavier in the body, round up.

  • If your dog is very narrow-bodied or short-legged (up to size 18″), consider the Dachshund Coat.
Use the breed size chart below to help determine the right coat size for your dog.

 

Approximate Coat Size (from base of neck to base of tail)
BreedApproximate Size
Airedale 22, 24
Am Staff 20, 22
Aussie 20, 22, 24
Australian Cattle Dog (Blue Heeler) 18, 20
Australian Terrier 14
Basenji 13, 14, 16
Basset Hound 20-22
Beagle 14, 16, 18
Bedlington 18
Bichon 12, 13, 14
Bloodhound 26, 28
Border Collie 20, 22
Border Terrier 12, 13, 14
Boston Terrier 12, 13, 14
Bouvier 26-28
Boxer 20, 22, 24
Briard 26-28
Brittany 18, 20
Brussels Griffon 12, 13
Bull Terrier 18, 20
Bull Terrier (Min) 16
English Bulldog 17, 19
Bulldog (American) 24
Cairn Terrier 12,13,14
Cavalier 12, 13, 14
Ches Bay Ret 24-26
Chihuahua 8, 10, 12
Chinese Crested 12, 13, 14
Cocker 14, 16, 18
Corgi (Cardigan) 20, 22
Corgi (Pembroke) 16, 18
Dachshund 12, 13, 14, 16, 18
Dalmation 22, 24, 26
Deerhound 32, 34
Doberman 22, 24, 26
Fox Terrier 14, 16
Fox Terrier (Toy) 8, 10
Foxhound 24-26
French Bulldog 12, 13, 14, 16
German Pinscher 14, 16
German Shepherd 26, 28
German Shorthair Pointer 20, 22, 24
Giant Schnauzer 24-26
Golden Retriever 24, 26, 28
Gordon Setter 26
Great Dane 32, 34
Great Pyrenees 32
Greyhound 26-28
Havanese 14, 16
Ibizan 22, 24
Irish Setter 26-28
Irish Wolfhound 34
Italian Greyhound 13, 15, 16
Jack Russell 12,13,14,16
Japanese Chin 12,13,14
Labrador Ret 22, 24, 26
Lhasa Apso 12-13-14
Maltese 12, 13, 14
Manchester Terrier 13, 14, 16
Mastiff (Bull) 26, 28
Mastiff (English) 32, 34
Min Pin 8, 10, 12
Newfoundland 32
Norfolk Terrier 12,13
Norwich 12,13
Otter Hound 26, 28
Papillon 12,13
PBGV 20, 22
Pekingese 12,13,14
Pharoah Hound 24
Pit Bull 20, 22, 24
Pomeranian 10, 12, 13
Poodle (min) 12-13-14
Poodle (Standard) 22-24
Poodle Toy 8-10
Pug 12, 13, 14
Rat Terrier (Standard) 13, 14
Rat Terrier (Toy) 10″
Rhodesian Ridgeback 24, 26, 28
Rottweiler 24, 26, 28
Saluki 24
Schipperke 12″
Schnauzer (Giant) 24-26
Schnauzer (Min) 12
Schnauzer (Standard) 18″
Scottie 12-14
Setter (English) 24
Setter (Gordon) 24, 26
Setter (Irish) 24, 26
Sheltie (Mini) 13, 14
Sheltie (Standard) 16, 18
Shih Tzu 12, 13, 14
Silky Terrier 12, 13, 14
Springer 20-22
Staffordshire Bull 16, 18
Sussex Spaniel 18, 20, 22
Vizsla 18, 20
Weimaraner 24, 26
Westie 12, 13, 14
Wheaton Terrier 18, 20, 22
Whippet 18, 20, 22
Wolfhound 32,34
Yorkie 8, 10, 12, 13