Overnight temperatures in the 30s remind us cold weather isn’t done with us yet. But local dogs Doodle and Tesla are ready for whatever chill is in the air. They’ve been outfitted with lightweight sweaters for their outdoor walks.
Dr. Tai Federico, a veterinarian with Riverview Animal Hospital on North Market Street, laughs about what his neighbors might think when they see the colorful sweaters on his dogs: Tesla, a Jack Russell/chihuahua mix, and Doodle, a chiweenie, a chihuahua/dachshund mix.
But the doctor isn’t taking them off because one of his four children, teenage daughter Mya, was concerned about the dogs’ well-being in the cold and spent her birthday money to buy the sweaters, he says.
She meant for Tesla, the female, to wear the pink sweater, but it was a better fit for Doodle, the male dog.
“Doodle doesn’t mind,” says Federico. “He’s secure in his masculinity.”