My dog got spayed recently and I wanted to be prepared for the post-op days. Beforehand, I tried a couple of other "suits" that claimed to be solutions, yet none of them seemed right. One was too tight, one was too easy for the dog to get out of, and another didn't actually protect the surgical site area. So I bought this item as my last resort. And it turned out to be the best solution possible. It fit easily on the dog, with the front legs being covered, the back legs held in place by two small straps, and the remainder wraps around the top of the dog using Velcro to hold it in place (and to size it better). The back end then can be tied up on top to hold the entire shirt in place. Very simple actually, and easy for the dog to get into. The back end is completely open so that all potty breaks are uninterrupted and normal. My dog didn't seem to mind the shirt after a few minutes of getting used to having it on. It protected the surgical site on her belly and yet didn't restrict her movements. We left it on her constantly for the first three days, then laundered it and put it back on for three more days. For the next few days, we took it off during the day (my dog was not trying to bother the stitches at all) and only used it at night when she was in her kennel. This shirt worked exactly as I hoped it would and I would recommend it highly for a female getting spayed and needing protection.

This little post-surgical shirt is a lifesaver. I had bought one of the inflatable collars for my 18 month old Australian Cattle Dog, and it was a good idea but she removed it too easily. Like all ACDs, she is a hyperactive run-play-catch dog, despite recent surgery. Next I bought one of the traditional "cones of shame," but a medium was HUGE "”it might have been a bit large for a St. Bernard. And so on to the best post-surg protection of all: This PopForPets post-surgical protection shirt. Awesome.

The design, construction and soft fabric are perfection. This shirt is as well made as a pricey fashion tee shirt. The way that it goes on allows a comfortable fit for a wide variety of dog shapes and medium weights. The securely sewn Velcro attachments on the shirt that run down the dog's back and fit the collar to the dog's neck are generous enough to allow a comfortable fit for pudgy round dogs as well as the dog with an athletic build like mine. The shirt tail tie is perfect to gather the whole thing together at the back for a perfect fit near the tail and allows for perfect adjustment to the size of the dog's belly and rib cage. And the magic is complete with the red elastic loops that hook behind the dog's knees to keep the shirt from riding up and exposing the wound site.

Bottom line, IT WORKS. It takes all the struggle and anxiety out of protection of the dog's surgical stitching - day and night. I don't have to sleep with one eye open, fearing that my girl will remove a cone or inflatable collar during the night and tear into her stitches And my girl seems to love it. It has the same kind of calming effect as those "anti-anxiety" shirts for dogs that I've read about.

Praises to PopForPets for designing this remarkable "surgery shirt" for dogs, and at an amazingly low price for such a high quality fabric and design.

Our lab/pointer mix, Gracie, developed a large soft tissue sarcoma (stage 1). Our specialist veterinary surgeon removed this very large and growing tumor in early August 2018 achieving clean margins. However, she developed a seroma and had to have a drain. At that time, we started to put an old tee shirt on her to protect the wound. Then her wound dehisced, of course, on Saturday morning, and we rushed her to the emergency vet where we literally waited for over 48 hours for adequate care (never going to that place again), and her wound completely opened (5 inches by 5 inches). This began our experience in the care of using moist wound care for open wounds in pets. We continued to use the old tee shirt to cover her wound, but being a lab, she acquired a taste for those yummy (?!?!) and itchy bandages on her side. After another round of surgery to extract the bandages from her stomach, and we decided we needed to find a foolproof way to keep her from her wound. The POPforPets shirt turned out to be one of the most important parts of the plan. The other two vital parts of the plan is an large and padded e-collar tied to a A HARNESS. Our smarty-pants lab figured out pretty quickly how to work a very tight collar tied to an e-collar over her head in order to get to that wound. The key is a harness over the POP shirt with the e-collar tied to the harness. So far, that has been our solution, and it's worked. The POP shirt is great because it can be adjusted in many places to get just the right fit. It helps keep her basket bandage in place. And, perhaps, best of all, when Gracie goes for a walk, people just love the look of the POP shirt. They are usually not sure what it is or is for, but the red trim on the front legs and just the general look of it is appealing. And this means that Gracie gets lots of attention and pets, which she loves, and honestly, I believe all that attention helps her feel better. It's been a hard time for all of us, but especially her, and she's been a real trooper through countless visits to the vet and bandage changes and new sutures and wound cleaning over the past three months. But everywhere we go, the POP shirt elicits positive comments from "cute pajamas" to "can I take a photo of her" to "where did you buy that" from people on the street and in the pet store and even from her vet and the vet techs at the practice where she is being cared for. I HIGHLY recommend this shirt!

We originally bought the shirt to prevent our dog from licking a hot spot. We have a male dog who gets very hot so we would use the nice tie up over his back, rather than putting the red legs on. He then had some surgery and this came in so handy. We never had to use the cone. We tried several different
"comfortable" cones and he was miserable. The only thing to know is that it is uncomfortable for dogs to go for a walk in these. We started heading out and our dog just stared at us. It must be a little hard for them to walk in stride but not an issue around the house. We bought a large and our dog is 78 pounds.

We had recently taken in a rescue dog and she needed surgery on her side. This garment is well designed, however the snap underneath was not strong enough to hold the fabric when folded up underneath the dog so she could go to the bathroom. I ended up doing an elaborate threading one of the rear tabs through the armhole and kind of tying it up to the other tab up over her back. Yes it was as difficult and complicated as it sounds and the dog was NOT happy. I was lucky not to get bitten although she did put her mouth around my hand once. For this reason I give 4 not 5 stars. The dog was very overweight and the manufacturer actually recommended that I purchase a different kind to accommodate her girth which I thought was responsible of them. However I went ahead and bought this because it is impossible for a dog to get it off. Make sure you ALWAYS tuck up the rear part any time your dog is outside or you will end up with a pee-soaked garment. I had to buy a second one (which turned out to have the defective snap) for her to wear while the first one dried (You have to air dry it) so buying 2 made this a pretty expensive experience!