We moved from Southern California to Western Maryland in October a couple of years ago. We had a 20-year-old extra-mini dachshund (10 lbs), a mini dachshund, and a long-haired standard dachshund. Within a couple weeks, the temperature got down to a high of 42F, and a low of 28F. (I think the coldest ever in my twenty years in California was about 40F.) They looked miserable, especially the older one. We knew we had to buy coats for them. We looked and looked, but all of the coats online seemed to have a very narrow strip on the underbelly, which seemed like it would be cold, especially since that area has the least fur. The Foggy Mountain coats had a wide portion of heavy material going under them. We decided to try these even though they are quite expensive. When buying four coats (we also have a non-dachshund), it adds up!

The coats mostly fit perfectly--they would have all been perfect, except the oldest had an extreme back curvature, so it's nothing Foggy Mountain could account for. The mini and the standard fit perfectly, even though they are built differently. The coats are nice and short on the sides, going exactly to the tops of their little legs and just the right length to cover their butts and seaming to hug them there. The way it goes on their neck makes it easy to put on, even when they're dancing around at the door. For the little one, I did a dart on each side about halfway so that it stayed close to her back. That worked fine.

After two years, they are still in perfect shape, just covered in fur. It imbeds itself into the heavy material, and doesn't come out, but it's really not an issue. After this length of time, fuzz and fur had gotten attached to the velcro, but after cleaning it (look how on the internet), they're as good as new.

I would recommend these coats to everyone! They're so well-made, I won't have to buy another until we rescue another dog.