The most useful thing about this coat is not the padding or the colour, it is that the maker publishes an actual measurement chart. Most clothing at this price gives you S, M and L and leaves you to guess, which is why so many small-dog coats get bought twice and returned once. Here every size has a chest figure and a back length, so a tape measure settles it before you spend anything.

The garment itself is a thickened, padded body in a stretch fabric, made in white and pink and sized right down to a 20cm back, which is genuinely small: that is a chihuahua, a young toy poodle or a small cat. The range steps up in even 5cm increments to a 45cm back, so a dog measuring between two sizes can take the next one up without being swamped.

• Back length: XS 20cm, S 25cm, M 30cm, L 35cm, XL 40cm, 2XL 45cm
• Chest: XS 32cm, S 37cm, M 42cm, L 47cm, XL 52cm, 2XL 57cm
• Manufacturer's weight guide runs 0.5kg to 10kg across the range
• Padded body, described by the maker as a thickened cotton coat
• Fabric listed as spandex
• White or pink

Worth knowing. The manufacturer calls this a thickened cotton coat in the title and then lists the material as spandex in the specification, and those are not the same thing. On sizing, use the chart rather than the weight column: measure back length from collar to tail base and chest behind the front legs, and take whichever needs the larger size.

Who it's for: small breeds up to a 45cm back, so bichons, small terriers, toy and miniature poodles, chihuahuas and cats, and owners who would rather measure once than return a parcel.