After much saving of pennies and waiting in anticipation, my Goldendoodle’s first service vest arrived late yesterday! Although it is an extra small, it is still a little loose on her. I was worried that it wouldn’t fit for long but I think we have some growing room on this one! I purchased the vest from Sit and Stay.  They seemed to have the cheapest ones there with zippered pockets. 

I also purchased three patches: “Ask to Pet Me, I am Friendly”, “Service Dog”, “In Training”.  Although the patches are designed to fit together, the vest was too small.  I had to put the pet me patch on the back and then the other patches on each side.  They recommend gluing the patches and of course sell the glue.  The patches were not cheap though and I wanted to be able to remove them from this vest and put them on her next one. I used to be a seamstress so I figured no problem.  Well an hour and half later I was strongly reconsidering!  The vest is well made with thick water resistant fabric and hand sewing the patches with MS fingers was a REAL challenge.

She has only worn the vest for a couple of minutes at a time so far but she seems to like it just fine.

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