Description
Somebody has decided the dog is walking down the aisle. They are carrying the rings, or they are being led in by a niece, and either way there will be a photographer three metres away and a hundred and twenty people looking. This is the bow tie for that job: velvet, deep forest green, and big enough to hold its own on a dog the size of the average groomsman's knee.
Velvet is what separates a formal look from a cute one. A printed cotton bow at an evening wedding looks like the dog wandered in from a different event. Velvet has weight and a pile that catches the light, so it photographs as fabric rather than as a flat shape, and forest green sits well against black tie without the harshness of solid black on a dark coated dog.
Sailor size, and why it matters here
This is the Sailor cut at 13cm x 11cm, against 10cm x 7cm for the Classic. On a medium or large dog the Classic can vanish into the ruff, especially on anything with a longer coat, and vanishing is not what you want when the whole point is the aisle photo. Sailor gives you presence at a distance. On a genuinely small dog it is too much bow, and the Classic velvet is the version to buy instead.
On in seconds, off in seconds
The bow wraps around the collar or a harness strap and fastens with velcro behind it. It does not slide on, which is a good thing: there is no collar to unbuckle and re-thread, and no requirement that you own any particular collar. It fits what your dog already wears. On a wedding day, when the dog is needed for eleven minutes and then going home with someone's mother, that speed is the feature.
Specification
- Sailor cut, 13cm x 11cm
- Velvet finish over polyester
- Forest green
- Velcro fastening on the reverse
- Bow tie only
Honestly
It is a styling accessory, not something to leave on a dog nobody is watching. Velvet especially. Take it off once the formal photos are done, which the velcro makes a matter of seconds.
A plain dark collar underneath keeps the focus on the velvet, and the Cocopup collar range has several that work. If the dog is being handed between people all day, a lead from the matching lead collection is worth having on hand.
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