Does anyone use coats/robes for transporting wet dogs and if so what can you recommend. I’ve always had short haired breeds and the rotts just need a rub with a bath towel before getting in the car to get the worst of the wet and muck off but now have a cocker who aims to double his weight with water/mud/sand/poo etc so I am looking for a towelling thing to get him dryer until he gets home and properly cleaned.  We are planning to show him so he will have a lot of hair on his legs and undercarriage.

I looked at coats and robes but they seem to miss out the belly and legs which is the murkiest bits.

I looked at bags where the dog is zipped into it but it doesn’t look very safe to have the dog in the car in one of those.

Any suggestions?  Thanks.

I have one of these for my springer https://www.k9cleancoats.co.uk/portfolio/micro-fibre-towelling/

That has the effect I am looking for but not sure his street cred could take it how much was yours? There are no prices on the website.  Thanks.

Search on amazon for drying coats - Trixie Bathrobes

I use these on my gordons and they are fab - not overly expensive at all and really do the job I need :)

Edited to add - I use a pin to tuck under the belly

These are the ones I looked at but the stomach and legs are not covered. Do you buy one size larger so you can pin it?

I know what you mean about street cred! Finlay also has the K9 Cleancoat and he always looks suitably embarrassed about wearing it! I think I paid about £50 for the bath coat (same for the cleancoat) but they are made to measure. Aileen is very helpful if you need to ask her any questions.

Hi - I bought the large and that does the trick for me - but I'm not that bothered on legs - more belly feathering - they reach under well enough without going up a size IMO but as you do want to worry legs maybe the large size would be good for you to buy and then you have it stretched under reckon the leg bit will be longer - you could always put some elastic to keep around the legs too?

I use for in the car home - I have never put on a protective coat on a walk and cant' see I ever will regardless of being show dogs - a good hose down when we get home and never brush feathering dirty is the best tip I was given.

https://www.jbdogfleeces.co.uk/

The Q & A tab has sizes and prices shown - they don't seem too expensive compared to a lot and the do plain servicable colours

I use a dry bag with my GR, but I’ve only used it in the home and not in a car. My dog prefers to lie down when travelling although she can sit up in her bag. She doesn’t need to be in it very long before most of the wet and mud is off.
I know what you mean about the belly and legs not being covered which is usually where she is the muddiest.

Dont equafleeces do this or the cheaper version of hotdogger

Siccaro - made in Scandinavia - absolutely amazing and worth every penny.

Thanks for all the recommendations, lots to choose from. My boy is only a pup so I don’t want to spend too much until he is full size so as lovely as the sicarro ones are - £105 is too much. Thanks everyone, now for some shopping.

Ruff n tumble are great. The piece around the belly is wide so covers most of it.

These pjs look nice:

https://forestfleece.co.uk/products/dog-fleece-4-legged-pjs

I ordered one from amazon that would fit him when he is full size and it dried him really quickly - amazingly so! Once he is fully grown I will invest in one that is better made but being too big meant there was lots of fabric that could be wrapped under him so his legs and undercarriage dried.  Thanks for all the suggestions, I will revisit them all when he reaches full size.

I got our drying coat from a lady on Facebook - Kozi dog. It doesn’t cover legs but does do chest/belly and dries her off pretty quickly. I think for our small sized cocker it was about £20