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How to make your own stay-put elastic dog sock harness.
We sell them for your convenience, but you can also make them yourself at home.
- In most cases you can find socks that will fit your dog at any clothing or department store.
- We generally use all-cotton baby socks for dogs under 10 pounds except for Chihuahuas and Miniature Pinschers. We special order really skinny ones for them so those sizes might be more difficult to find.
- We use children's bobby socks for dogs over 10 pounds because they are longer than other socks.
- Get a couple of yards of elastic from any fabric store. We use knitted elastic because it's the softest.
- We use 1/4" elastic for dogs under about 30 pounds and 3/8" for larger dogs.
- Lay the socks on the floor facing forward and cut slits in the outside edges of each sock to tie the elastic through.
- If you have a dog with short legs, you can fold down the tops of the socks to fit and cut through both outside layers.
- Cut a length of elastic to go between the front two socks and cut another piece to go between the back two.
- Tie those to the socks with loose knots so you can adjust them later.
- Cut a length of elastic to connect the front socks to the back socks. Tie loose knots to adjust later.
- Put the socks on the dog and adjust the length and tension so they are comfortable.
- Encourage your dog to walk around and experience the socks.
- They may stand there and not move, they might high step or try to rub the socks off, or (in some cases) they might chew through them. Most dogs will tolerate socks. A small number, however, will absolutely refuse to wear them - ever.
- Usually, they will get used to them within a few minutes if you get them a treat and play with them to distract them.
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Cut some soft elastic |
...for the front and back |
Cut little holes in the sides... |
to tie the elastic through. |
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Cut a piece for the center. |
Loosly tie the elastic through the holes in the socks. |
Loosly tie the middle section. |
Put them on your dog and adjust to fit. |
Here's a five-minute video about how to make your own elastic dog sock harness at home.
Here's a video on how to put on and adjust the harness on your dog.
Eddie the dog is not enthusiastic about the demonstration even though we told him we'd give him treats if he would cooperate.
