Dog Garment

A dog garment for retaining body heat, comprising:

• a) a tubular neck portion having a sleeve-like opening and upper and lower ends;
• the sleeve-like portion being large enough to slide over a dog's head;
• the lower end of the neck portion being sized sufficiently small so as to be restricted from sliding posteriorly on the dog due to increasing girth of the dog, proximate the base of the neck, in the posterior direction;
• b) a torso portion depending downwardly from the neck portion and extending posteriorly on the dog to an anchoring portion that surrounds the sides of a rib cage of the dog in the posterior section of the dog's rib cage;
• c) the anchoring portion including a pair of cooperating straps respectively extending upwardly along the sides of the dog to a device on the back of the dog for securing said straps together;
• d) the torso portion having a chest covering depending downwardly from the neck portion to a common vertical distance from the neck portion and an intermediate portion situated between the chest covering and the anchoring portion;
• e) the neck, torso and anchoring portions including heat-retentive textile material;
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• f) in the region on the back and sides of the dog, between the neck portion and the anchoring portion, the garment being sufficiently free of material so that the garment can be secured to the dog when the dog is wearing a harness without interfering with operation of the harness, wherein the harness is of the type having a first strap means anterior and proximate to the dog's front legs and a second strap means posterior and proximate to the dog's front legs, wherein said first and second strap means are directly or indirectly connected to a restraining device mounted on the dog's back that restrains movement of the dog.