Ok This is Gross IMO, What do You Think?

Not weirder to me than using an Alpaca you're fond of, lol...just another animal fiber like wool. Doesn't have a doggy odor...many folks with Leo's have had this done with living dogs...you simply save what they shed out each year...takes a long time sometimes.

I confess to jumping the gun on this one. When I first noticed the headline I thought it was saying they skinned their dogs and wore them as coats.

 After reading it completly I saw that it was collecting hair and not actually after the dog ws dead...... I have now learned to read the entire article prior to posting on it.

I could never do that. Not because Rory has little hair, LOL but its just seems strange to me. I think I would cry the whole time I was wearing adn it wouldnt smell like her so ......no I could never do that

I think it's kinda neat, actually. (Sweaters though, ick. I would make a wallhanging or a wrap or something) And dog yarn (at least, the blended kinds I've worked with) is VERY soft.  

Several years ago I worked with a woman who had St. Bernards, and one day she happened to mention that she once knitted a hat made from her dogs' fur.  I said, "What?????"    She was an expert knitter, and over the years of brushing her dogs, she saved their fur and "spun" it somehow into yarn (like wool, I guess).  She said it was very soft, very warm, and very pretty! 

Our dog's fur was too short to do that, but I think it would be nice to have something like that to remember him by, even though I would just want to hold it in my hands, not necessarily wear it.  It would be a physical way to kind of have him still with us.

I think I'd want a saucy little beret from Cleo...she would TOTALLY wear a beret and get away with it if she were human. She's sassy like that!

The Beagles? not nearly enough hair..probably not even enough for a scrunchy...and it's not the right texture either, too straight and hard.

Useless semi-morbid trivia: In old Japan truly revered and respected fighting dogs (Akita and Tosa) had their hides preserved after their death, and hung in places of honor where offerings of incense and such were made daily.

I don't know, to me its kinda gross. But then again I don't like any kind of fur type clothes lol.  

Didn't click the link, but I know there's a company that you can send pet fur to and they'll make you yarn. It is too silly not to love.

I heard somewhere many people have tried to commercialize the use of dog-yarn but you can never get the wet-dog smell out of it.

yeah, that's the problem that i have with the sheep-wool sweater i have. it stinks... but in theory a neat idea... lol