Pig's Period Pants (Poochie Pad Nappies)

Member Name: rolletrog

Product:	Poochie Pad Nappies
Date:	03/07/09 (167 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Theoretically a good idea...

Disadvantages: Stinky, poor liner design, your dog needs to wee-wee

~~*~~*~~ Pig's Poochie Period Pants ~~*~~*~~

Pig is a bitch - I'm referring to her gender but sometimes she's a bit naughty too, however, that's another story. Anyway, because Pig is a big ol' chocolate bitch, every six months or so, the decorators pop round and the lovely beige carpet we own is spattered with red droplets. If you're at all squeamish, tough - there's only so many synonyms, similes, allegories, metaphors and good out figure of speeches to describe a canine season. Sorry.

~~*~~ What are Pig's Period Pants? ~~*~~

They're custom made 'pants' designed to fit your pooches' botty. You tell them your dog's waist measurements (now that is fun - attempting to hold Pig still whilst trying to wrap a piece of string around her midriff (we don't own a tape measure so I was using the old fashioned string and a ruler method) only to then have to retrieve it from her gob as she thinks it's a toy - it must have taken a good half hour to discover that she's a fat cow) and send them these exciting details along with the choice of design you'd like to appear on her backside. They're made of fleece material and are machine-washable up to 60 C which is handy because they stink - for all of you out there in the internet ether: if you've not experienced the joys of a bitch in season, it's slightly smelly - the boys in the suburb may love her for it, but I can't personally see the attraction. Now, intensify this pong by containing it in her pants and poohwee , more than Febreze is going to be needed. Anyway, instead of having to buy another pair of pants for when one is boiling in the washer, they supply two liners which are attached by Velcro to the inside of the pants - kind of like a rubbish cloth sanitary towel (though intriguingly, they match the pant's material so at least Pig isn't embarrassed by uncoordinated accessories). There's a lovely large hole for her tail to poke through but essentially she still looks a complete twit.

~~*~~ Why buy Pig Pants ~~*~~

In all honesty, I thought it was a fairly good idea - there are disposable pants available so surely it's cost effective to purchase one that's reusable. But, to be frank they are crap. The idea and the fit of them is very good - they were lovely and snug against her rather lardy butt, but where they fail is in their execution. Once the pants are on, the liner is supposed to be positioned on Piggles ladybox but a) they frequently folded over whilst putting the pants on which meant I then had to rearrange the liner (there is a fine line between being a good mummy and a light form of beastiality) and b) Piggy cleans her own front bottom when she's in season so she frequently dislodged the liner and consequently the Velcro became exposed - imagine the rough teeth of Velcro irritating your own bushel - somewhat unpleasant. In addition, there is no getting away from the fact that Piggy likes to wee, and who doesn't?, but this meant that every single time she was let out for 'little busy', I had to remove the pants, wait patiently and then struggle with the little bugger to put them back on. They're not particularly hard to put on since Piggle's used to me dressing her up in random outfits to take pictures for facebook and she wasn't particularly bothered wearing them - they didn't stop her eating which is a shame as she could still do with losing a few pounds. They're not purely for seasons, the company in question also makes a pair to be used for incontinence which have terry towelling incorporated into the design but I don't think we'll bother with those once the time comes.

~~*~~ Where can I get a pair of these ridiculous pants? ~~*~~

Piggy's pants came from the poochie pads website - I found a link to them through their ebay shop initially. They're fairly ridiculous, it's true but if they sound like they're what you're looking for and that your dog wouldn't constantly dislodge the liner then they're probably the pants for you (or, more importantly, your pooch). I particularly like the ability for Pig to chose the design of her pants - she chose the paw prints on black but there was also tye-dye, tartan and spiderweb to name but a few. The sizes range from 10" to 40" going up in 2" gaps so there should be a pair to fit your Yorkie or your Great Dane should you desire them.

~~*~~ Number of gravy bones needed for purchase? ~~*~~

The seasonal pair we purchased were £7.99 with two free liners (the incontinence pads are £9.99) - if you decide to splash out so to speak, it's very easy to place your order as there's drop-down boxes and it all goes through paypal (at least it did when we paid - in researching this enthralling piece of dog journalism, I've discovered their paypal link now fails). You can buy extra liners - 10 seasonal for £3.99 or 5 incontinence for £7.99 but we didn't even get to that stage.

~~*~~ Will Miss Piggy be wearing her Poochie Pants this Season? ~~*~~

Nope.

Instead of fannying around putting them on, taking them off, putting them on again, I will merely be dutifully mopping up the mess instead. The season only lasts two ish weeks so I'm sure the carpet won't be that badly affected. The other thing is that it's fairly difficult to monitor her during the day, but at night she could easily nibble them off thus wasting my hard-earned cash and since the river doesn't stop flowing just because it's night-time, I may as well clean up everything all together. For my Piggle, these were a complete waste of time but for another dog that's used to wearing clothing they may be of some use but you'd have to have a fairly bad cold to put up with the smell for a fortnight.

www.poochiepads.co.uk or contact them on poochiepads@live.co.uk.

I couldn't decide what rating to give them because they are an alright product if you can be arsed and the quality of the material and stitching is good, it's just that the liners need more Velcro to hold them securely in place and Piggy is too active me thinks so I went with 2 stars - question my decision if you want but it's too late.

Caroline & Pig
June 09.

Both wondering what else we could have spent the money on.

Review will appear elsewhere, probably.

Summary: Nice idea but we couldn't be arsed.