Dog Cooling Vest and Cooling Collar - Ice Vest for Dogs Medium (22" to 27" Girth)

Spent years and $$$ trying to keep my 110 lb GSD-mix cool in No CA summers. The other type ,the sort where you wet it, wring it out and drape it across the dogs back, was useless- just a wet blanket. Doubtful it did anything to cool my RudiBoy.Finally here is something that makes sense, works great to cool him and to keep him cool, is very lightweight and breathable vs restricting air circulation and hey, it just plain works!!!I put one set of frozen cubes (grateful for the 2 sets of ice cube sheets provided!) into the harness whenever we go for a walk in any temp above 75°. Rudi has an exceptionally thick coat being an Eastern European Shepherd (GSD x Russian bear dog) so suffers in any warm temps. Of course if it's too warm we stay indoors. Walking the usual routes I noticed he doesn't overheat as easily with this harness, by far. An exceptionally noticeable difference. Upon returning home I remove the leash only, keeping this harness on while he cools down from the walk. The amount of time it takes til he stops panting has decreased dramatically! He seems so much more comfortable with this cool harness!This is a very intelligent design, placing the pockets for the various ice sheets just where they are needed, and no excess material where it's not.Here's the design:- The dark grey outer material is nylon, so lightweight and cool. Minimum coverage, no unnecessary material.- Inner pockets to hold the ice sheets are light grey/off-white mesh on the inner dog side, to allow max transfer of the cooling ice. The ice sheets keep nicely within their pockets by a strip of Velcro at top openings. So far, after a week's usage, seems to work great, no surprise openings. Overall the entire thing is quite impressive in how well it's constructed, how well it's sewn and made, down to the smallest details.- The ice sheets themselves are plastic sheets with square pockets filled with hygienic water. The longest, the chest sheet, is 2 x 6 squares, the 2 rib sheets are 2 x 4 squares and the collar 2@ 1 x 4 squares. Seems to do the trick!- The collar, which is more u shaped than round to fit better, can be used independent of the chest part. It's thin enough to keep on til it melts (even over an hour indoors after walks) with the dog's regular collar on.- The rest of the body harness attaches to the collar with a strap that runs from the chest part thru a simple plastic rectangular closure on the collar, turning over onto itself with Velcro. This is therefore adjustable to your dog's body length. There's plenty of leeway for adjustment and so far the Velcro seems sturdy and holding well.- The chest part is like the long part of an inverted "T", where the 2 shorter sides are furthest from the neck, wrapping over the ribs to close , with multiple Velcro bands, over his back. There are so many Velcro closures I'm sure they will fit any variety of dog breeds in girth. Like most German Shepherd varieties, Rudi has a broad chest at 37", yet the Velcro provides not only ample room to close the harness, but they are spaced in groups far enough apart that I can run his poop bag holder and even the length of the leash between them. Very useful, practical.I am not only satisfied with this cooling harness, I am totally impressed and my dog is far happier being cooler than either without, or with anything else we've tried. Highly, highly recommend!!!

My 85 pound brindle boxer has always overheated, but this summer has been especially rough on the old guy. I knew I had to do something for him, and this is one of the best purchases I have ever made. Evaahh!It puts ice exactly in the areas my boys needs to cool down without any unnecessary bulk. He's a boxer, so he has a ginourmous chest that tapers down quickly to his waist, so finding doggie stuff that fits him has always been a challenge. This XL size fits nearly perfectly. The only thing that could help is a longer velcro piece on the elastic strap that connects the collar with the vest, to help keep the vest more forward on his body.The only issue I've seen is that the vest gets a bit too close to his junk, so peeing while he wears it is an issue. So using it on a walk does not work for my dog; I use it solely after a walk to help him cool down and it does the job extremely well.It comes with two complete sets of ice packs, which is more than plenty for after-walk use. I would recommend getting just this set, then get additional ice packs later if you need them.

Definitely seems to help if even just a little bit. Stays cool for an hour or so, and it’s nice that it comes with extra ice packs, so I can take them along in a cooler and replace the ones in the vest when they get warm. I also really like that it can be worn as a harness or just the collar! There is a bit of an issue with the harness part sliding down the body, even when fully tightened, but I can deal with adjusting it if it means my pups stay cool! I like that the design/color scheme is simple and not overbearing, and I even added some velcro strips so we can keep our “do not pet” patches on in the heat!

This is honestly the best item I’ve ever purchased. I’ve already recommended it to all my dog parent friends. I wish I had found this years ago! Keeps my girl cool and comfortable. HIGHLY recommend. She’s picky too, definitely not a fan of collars and only tolerates harnesses for walks. These cool her off so well she doesn’t fight them in the slightest, she actually enjoys wearing them!!!!

I was really hoping that this would be the best thing ever! It’s just okay. I live in San Antonio Texas and it’s very humid so I needed something to help out out my GSD/Husky mix on our walks. We walk for about an hour around 7:30-8:00am, so it’s before it gets too hot. Unfortunately, the ice melts within the first 30-35 minutes. We’ve since cut our walks in half because of the humidity in the summer and by the time we get home, the ice is completely melted. I’m not sure how much it helps but I do feel better knowing that he starts off with something cooling. It also doesn’t fit all that snug- maybe it slips because of all of that hair? But I have to adjust it several times throughout the walk.

We have a dog with enough hair to cover 5 dogs. Her hair is thick and dense with a very substantial undercoat. She suffers something terrible on her summer walks so I decided to try this for her. It seems to really help her out a lot. She will now walk between 30 - 50 minutes in heat and humidity and doesn't balk in the least. Now, she will still do a very mild pant towards the end of the walk but she's still walking strong. The ice packs are very easy to insert into the cooling vest and we are very pleased with the quality of the material and the design. I'm VERY glad I gave this a try. It has helped our dog tremendously.

My senior ridgeback is becoming more and more sensitive to temperature fluctuations especially when the temps get up in the 80s+ here in California. I love having multiple ice pack inserts on hand in the freezer for her so that I can change them out throughout the day to keep her comfortable. I love this product but just wished the ice packs would last longer somehow or be a bigger footprint. Hopefully there’s a v2.0 in the works!

Large fits my 95lb golden retriever. Helps him cool down quicker after a short walk on hot days.