The coolest AND warmest dog on the block

Let's just get this out there - Yes, I blog about our dog like he is our child.

Moving on... This post is actually for Jeannie, who when I told what we were doing said "oh my goodness. please take pictures and put them up so I can laugh."

Everyone already knows that Nacho is the coolest dog on the block. Now he is also going to the WARMEST dog on the blog. Jason and I are both pretty opposed to dressing up your dog. I mean, they're dogs. They're not people. They're not meant to wear sweaters, etc. BUT poor Nacho has ZERO fat on his body (we still haven't been able to get him to gain much weight) and his hair is so short that he's already started shivering when we take him on walks (it's only really gotten down to like 40) so we can't really imagine how cold he will be when it's like 25 degrees with snow on the ground. We looked into buying him a very basic dog coat, but Mr. Frugal... Mr. Stick-it-to-The-Man, Mr. Resourceful (see previous post) wouldn't dare spend $15 on something that is basically a vest for dogs when we could just give him hand-me-downs. Nacho's chest is too wide to fit into any of my vests, so Schub decided he could tear apart an old Carhartt jacket (anyone remember the Bible he made out of an old pair of Carhartt pants with Jan Sherard?) and make his own jacket for Nacho.

Luckily we have another friend who also loves to stick it to The Man, and happens to be quite good with a sewing machine. So the other night we went over to the Littlejohns (we LOVE this family) for dinner and coat-making.

First, a peak at how cute their girls are when they eat ice cream...

Katie

Lucy

Julia

After dessert and bedtime stories, the Dog Coat Fabricators got to work amputating the dear old Carhartt jacket.

... the outcome.

Then they needed to measure their client so that the jacket would be very tailored and flattering.

"Take it in a little on the sides, please"

The design of this tailor-made jacket was far too complicated for the Dog Coat Fabricators to finish it one night, so Nacho will have to come back after Christmas for some more measurements before the final product. Stay tuned!!