Simple SolutionWashable Diaper - Large (10594)

This is really long because I've included all the things I've learned, and wish I had been able to read all in one place when my female dog first became ill. I've read dozens of descriptions, and bought at least 4 different brands - tho none of the $35 ones. Every single one promises to be leak-free, but it actually depends on the size of the dog, what is leaking, and the fit.I am managing sleep incontinence for Gracie - a weaker, but still active and happy 13 year-old Standard Poodle with Degenerative Myelopathy. DM doesn't include incontinence til the late stages. Grace, who now drinks truly vast amounts of water daily, has full control when awake, but pees during long naps and overnight.From the beginning I've used washable "chucks" - soft absorbent beds with waterproof backing. [There's a variety/learning curve there, too, and I recommend NorthShore Champion Washable Underpad Large] She moves around settling in, so I put them overlapped on her designated club chair indoors, and use strong clips to secure one to the four corners of her bed. There have been days when I've gone through 4 pads before bedtime, and in the morning she would wake up with some part of her hips, bum and back legs soaked and smelly. I started shopping for diapers last summer when she was still sleeping outside [her choice, always, every year for the last 5]. Once she decided to move back in for the winter, hosing her down just wasn't gonna be an option ;-)In the world of canine diapers, fit is important, of course.Many positive reviews - and pictures - are about small dogs. I'm happy for them, but/and when it comes to the amount of pee in a larger dog, fit is Everything - and not just to keep your furniture dry.A diaper needs to be comfortable enough for the dog to move comfortably and snug enough to hold an absorbent pad close to the her body, with elastic taught enough to contract along the sides of the pad as well as letting you tuck that area up close to your dog's body after the diaper is on. (The leak to be most concerned about is one that leaves your dog sleeping with urine on her skin.)So - two things about fit that sellers could easily help with but don't.Your assignment is to determine what size to get based on the manufacturer's "guidelines", with both sizes and guidelines varying from maker to maker, seller to seller. The worst give only ranges of weight & name a few breeds for each size, to educate your guess. The more helpful ones include *waist sizes* and have YOU MEASURE your DOG...and then guess. It was weeks before it hit me that we have to weigh/measure our dogs and then GUESS, but makers Never simply give the measurements -"specs" - of their product, nor do sellers open a sample of each & provide them.The other thing is the Other Number - the one that the guidelines *should* have us measure and include in the sizing chart, but don't: the distance- along her spine - between the base of our dog's tail and her waist - in front of the hip bone. The length of the fabric on top of the dog - from the tail hole to the edge of the diaper where it cinches around the waist - is not elasticized, it has no give - and it's frequently why so many people have to order twice from the same manufacturer.Standard Poodles are fairly tall, with a high narrow waist. Gracie is down from 50 to less that 44# but her waist hasn't changed- and at 19" frequently falls right in between one outfit's Small & Med, or another's Med & Lrge. I bought a couple different Smalls from other makers, but the panel on her back was so short that the diaper cinched *behind* her hip bones - closer to her tail, not around her true waist. So it pulled hard on the elastic in the pad area and it was so tight that one velcro tab always popped off when she lay down.The reviews for SS were very good, so i ordered a large. This brand is better made and/or better designed than any others I have. Like a less expensive Large i had ordered elsewhere and use during the day, it cinches above her hip bones and accommodates the most absorbent Always Discreet disposable incontinence pad, but is made of a soft, napped fabric instead of shiny polyester. Best of all, it has better elastic perfectly placed for a better tuck around the pad and up between the legs.The length between front edge and tail hole was actually a bit too long this time, so there was some gaping along the un-elasticized sides, and a little leakage next morning, but if you have any idea how much one of those disposable pads holds, you'd have been as thrilled as I was. I decided to see if a Medium would be perfect, and it was. As promised, they wash up really well.Neither Large nor Medium are long enough for an entire "long" Always Discreet Ultimate disposables, and cutting pads defeats the purpose, so i mail ordered "regular" and now we are set. I'm also making Grace go out midday (she used to be home alone for 10-12 hours), and cutting off her water in the evening. Lot more time between pad laundry loads, and a lot less dog-washing. yay.No matter how good the diapers are, tho, you should have pads for any place your dog likes to sleep. They're very easy to use and clean, and even with a soaked one, folding the the wet in - 3rds and 3rds - before you pick it up completely contains the smell until you do laundry. For the record - all washable bed pads come with instructions not to use fabric softener because it interferes with absorbency, so i do the same with these diapers)I know this is rambly and personal, but every relationship with a dog is unique - and pee is pretty damn personal ;-> Hope you find what suits you and yours.

They are great quality and help my 5lb yorkie at night. She is 10yrs and can’t hold herself when she is in a deep sleep. Make sure to put in a little tighter so they don’t wiggle out of them.Bought a second pair!

I have a 60+ lb. 1 1/2 year old female lab. We needed something to protect our house while she is in heat and honestly, I wondered if she would keep this thing on, but I was willing to try. She's a typical lab and full of energy (and doesn't like to wear ANYTHING but a collar!). She definitely wasn't crazy about putting the diaper on since you have to slip their tail through the hole and labs have pretty long tails, so keeping her still long enough to do that was a challenge in itself. The diaper fit her really well, but after a few minutes of rolling around and being crazy, the two little Velcro strips would slip and it would get out of whack. The way the diaper is made, there is one long strip of the soft side of the Velcro, but just two really small strips of the "hook" side. This makes it very "adjustable to size" but doesn't make it hold too well with any activity. So, I bought some more Velcro and sewed two long "hook" strips to maximize the area that gets velcroed. Now, it doesn't slip AT ALL and stays on extremely well. It was a little extra trouble, but this was my best option since diapers for the larger breed dogs aren't as easy to find. I've washed the diaper several times and it seems like it's going to hold up really well for a long time. Also, if you don't want to wash them every day, just put a regular "panty-liner" in there and it works great.

I LOVE these Diapers by Bramton, but they do not have enough Velcro on the tabs. They fit MUCH BETTER when you sew or iron on more Velcro yourself. I just recently sent pics to the company asking them to use more Velcro.Here are three photos. The first one is my dog's OLD Bramton diaper, which I have sewed more Velcro to the tabs.The second photo shows her NEW diaper to which I have NOT sewed the extra Velcro to yet.The third photo shows the tabs of both diapers. The old pair has been washed many times & it has fuzz stuck in it from the washer, but you can see where I put the extra Velcro, and how much better they fit WITH it. They sometimes come OFF during play or the night because they need more Velcro.Also, I asked the company to make them in the pretty PINK & PURPLE colors they used to for the unlined version. I love the Teal, but it would be nice to have different colors to go with my dog's different dresses, which I made myself, because no one makes dresses for anything bigger than a Chihuahua it seems. The Teal diaper ALMOST matches her turquoise dress. But it would be SO NICE to have Pink, Purple, and maybe a GREEN one too! She has an ADORABLE green velvet winter dress! :D(Are you listening, Bramton??)

They definitely help!! They could fit a little better, but so far they are the best fitting disposable dog diaper I have tried so far. I put a washable diaper on top and it helps to keep it secure. Great for small leaks and definitely a help for larger accidents, but not foolproof. I use these on my elderly weimaraner for loss of bladder control. 60 lbs and we use the xl. Her tail is cropped and she doesn't hold it up anymore so the tail gets tucked in the diaper, otherwise all she thinks she needs to go #2 from the diaper being on. I reorder these approx twice a month. I also use pads on her bedding and have several waterproof blankets. Without these diapers I am doing laundry way too much!!

We've bought this for our female chocolate lab, for when she's in heat - she is around 100lbs and stocky - the fit is perfect and adjustable with the velcro straps - in dark denim, so it's not overly conspicuous. She seems very comfortable wearing it and we are using regular female sanitary towels that we switch out. To me this is the perfect solution, enabling her to relax and lay in all her usual spots during her season, without the worry of stains and mess. Ordinarily, she tends to fuss about making any mess, constantly checking herself and the floor - with this, she seems more relaxed and at ease. I'm so pleased with it, have ordered a second for when it is in the wash.

A used product not brand new... labels were worn looked like they had been washed many times. I ordered two size med which came in a brand new size med box but when it was opened the items were used with worn labels and both were a size small, very small!

I ordered these for a friend of mine's dog. I got 2 small ones thinking they should fit her small terrier, as he looks much like the one in that picture but when she tried them on her dog she said they were way too small a fit. I feel it worked out a lot of money to get them in as postage/ package, tax etc on top of the cost it just wasn't worth my while sending them back and paying for postage and package a second time

This product barely fitted my Goldie although it stated that it was for Goldies. It also leaked when I did try using it, in the end we resorted to using puppy pads as there was no diaper large enough and that didn't leak.

As my 9lb dog has reached her golden years, we have come to rely on these diapers. We have 5 of them (size small), this allows me to always have some clean and dry plus one that she's wearing while others are in the wash. Over the last 2 years that we've been using these, I've done a combination of handwashing (when I needed a clean one faster) and machine washing. They have held up very well, the shape hasn't changed and the velcro is still just as good.One thing I will note about washing - I found I need to run them under the tap for a minute before I throw them in the washer to get the bulk of the pee out. If I don't do this, they come out of the washer with a bit of a smell. But, if I rinse them quickly first, they smell totally brand new after washing.They hold quite a bit of pee and for during the day they never leaked on the carpet or her bed etc. Now her incontinence has gotten worse and she pees in her bed during the very early morning. Since this is a big pee, it does leak on to her bed some mornings. I have started using puppy pads on top of her bed, with a towel on top and that stops the pee from soaking in to her bed. I don't feel this is the fault of the diaper, because during the day/evening it is able to hold her pee without leaking. But a large volume from overnight does leak a bit. I never tried inserting an extra pad (wasn't sure where to buy those?).I did try one other brand of diaper and I found this one was more comfortable for her to wear and fit well enough that it doesn't leak normal volumes of pee.By the way, a few times she had a "#2" accident and it actually ended up in her diaper, although how that happened I don't know because it's not supposed to work like that. But overall, if your dog is having #2 accidents, I don't think this would help much.I highly recommend these diapers and if you are going back and forth, let me tell you that they take the stress of accidents down at least 75%! I was getting very stressed scrubbing the carpet and constantly watching her out of the corner of my eye - these help immensely.