Rubie's Big Dog Boutique Dapper Dog Costume, XX-Large

I can honestly say that this is the best $11 I have ever spent. I bought this for my stuffed coyote, Santos, who is something of a mascot for my and my husband's band. My husband and I were married about three weeks ago, and Santos was to be in attendance, but alas, he had naught to wear. He usually just wears a rope belt and a sombrero, but we needed him to make a bit of an effort. I found Dapper Dog and knew it was fate. Santos wasn't so sure, but I told him that he would either wear it or stay home. Then he told me to shut the hell up. And I told him he was drunk. Then he told me that there were a lot of things wrong with me too, only he had the decency not to call me names. I told him I was sorry. He said he would try harder. We both cried a little, then made up over some rye whiskey. Well, here we are three weeks later, and he still hasn't taken the tux off. I will say though, the top hat is a little rounder on top than expected; it kind of looks more like an Amish hat. But Santos loves the Amish, so really, I've got no complaints.

..what my yellow lab wore for our wedding.. THIS! He was so adorable!

The high school I teach at has an emotional support dog, so I bought this so he could visit as a “dapper dog” during our annual Gatsby party.I bought the largest (XXL), and I was grateful I did. It fit him perfectly! It also stayed on him wonderfully, although he is fairly mellow and patient as a trained support animal. We let him smell it/lay on it for a bit so that he’d be more comfortable having it on him. We used lots of puppy treats as bribes, although once he got to each class the amount of pets he got was reward enough! My school wants to pull this out again at Thanksgiving and use it as a Pilgrim costume.The outfit lost a star because the 1 chain on the back arrived broken, and even though we tried to sew it, it couldn’t be repaired easily. I didn’t have time to exchange it.

My dog was a hit in this costume. She won all 3 contests she entered. Since she has a split face, my dad said she reminded him of The Phantom of the Opera. This costume was perfect! HOWEVER, I don’t understand how they come up with their sizing... my dog is a medium sized dog who is 45lbs. How on earth is that considered an XL? I guess large breed dogs don’t get to have store bought costumes because either XL was the last size or there might have been one more up.

The gold chain broke as I was taking the costume out of the package. No big deal as it looked pretty tacky anyway. The product served its purpose, but it would not be something he could wear more than once. My dog was in my wedding and he wore this costume for about 1 hour and by the end of it, the velcro had already fallen apart and some of the seams were torn. He is 12 pounds and sat in wagon for most of the wedding so it's not like he was running around or anything like that. Extremely poor quality. In my opinion, over priced for what you get. But, it served its purpose.

My purchase this for my far baby. His name is Mr. Marco and he looked like a real butler in it.

If I could give it 0 stars I would. This product was poorly made and the stitching on the velcro was coming apart before we even tried to get it on our dog. I had purchased this as a wedding surprise to have our dog show up at our wedding to be in the pictures. I opened the package and pieces fell out of the bag onto the floor. I tried to make the best of it and even after ordering an XL (which our dog is typically a medium in all other dog sizing of anything) it was not even close to working. The hat broke too in an attempt to wear that to salvage the outfit. I CANNOT STRESS TO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT.

I ordered this costume for my 70-75lb. black lab (who is a slim, fit dog), assuming it would fit perfectly because of the Rubies size chart I found. It was hard to get the costume on him, and when I did, it was very tight. In fact, I was unable to take it off him without cutting it around one of his front legs. The reason I'm writing this is because the costume package said it was the XXL-XXXL size. If you have a dog larger than a labrador retriever, they will not fit into this by any means. I wouldn't recommend it for a labrador retriever either. This is getting two stars because we did love the little top hat that came with the costume, which ended up being the only part he wore. We will keep that hat for future halloweens, as it was a big hit!