$899 to re-tailor your uniform for your best friend!
Includes ground or express shipping with a tracking number, anywhere in the continental United States. Design/fitting/build time: 2 – 6 weeks.
How to Order a Uniform for YOUR Dog:
Step One:
Print our Service Dog Measurement Chart and take measurements. We can video chat so you can show us where any questions arise.
Step Two:
Mail us a uniform you want re-tailored to fit your dog. This means a real uniform. We always recommend finding the biggest sizes you can.
Include your deposit ($449.50 check, money order, Venmo, Paypal or credit card by phone). Include your patches and any special insignia as well. We recommend using women’s patches because their smaller scale works better on dog-sized uniforms. If we’re tailoring for a dog who is super short, we ask our local embroiderer to duplicate your patches to an even smaller scale (see the “Boomer” gallery below for an example of this). There are many awesome sources online for patches and even miniature medals. Take a look at https://www.medalsofamerica.com/
We deconstruct then recut and restitch your uniform so the fit (plus all the fabric and trims) are accurate, ready to pass inspection.
We’ve seen some knitted and crochet “sweaters” plus other cartoon-y uniforms on Etsy and other places. However, in getting to know many Marines personally, we can tell you that the Corps take its uniforms and its service seriously. A knitted ‘sweater’ uniform or other clownish version might be fine at home on the couch, but would be considered inappropriate for proper public presentations.
You are probably either active duty or retired, and we rely on your access to uniforms, at your local BX or other sources. At McGrews we are civilians, and we have not earned your same privilege. As tailors and citizens, we honor our service men and women, (and their dogs). We create a high-quality custom-tailored product. We won’t substitute imposter fabrics or inferior construction for the real thing. It would be disrespectful. Thanks for understanding:).
Step Three:
Open the package we ship you. It contains your canvas uniform mockup. Get your dog dressed in this canvas mockup, then video chat with us over Skype, Zoom, etc.
We need you to film all sides of your dog in the canvas mockup, and we’ll look at it together, plus we will guide your placement of any needed safety pins or pencil marks. We develop your dog’s very own pattern based on this canvas mockup, so his final uniform fits perfectly.
Step Four:
Pay the balance ($449.50 check, money order, Venmo or credit card by phone) and receive your newly retailored uniform.
The whole development and retailoring process generally takes four-to-six weeks from your deposit date to having your finished uniform shipped.
In some cases, we may need to mail a canvas mockup back and forth with you twice, in order to make specific pattern adjustments.
Don’t forget to order well in advance of seasonal Marine Corps events when many dogs will be needing new uniforms!
Let’s Go! 801-596-2210
GALLERIES
“Major”
2020
Photos: Dan Tolson.
Marine Corps League Department of Indiana, Fall Conference, 2020. Indianapolis, IN.
“Gunny”
2010
Photos: Troy Grant.
http://gunnysplace.com/
Marine Corps League and Toys for Tots events, Salt Lake City, Utah.
“Boomer”
2016
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Photos with Boomer, Linda and Bill Dumas. Bill is a veteran of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
“Manzur”
2021
Manzur is a Staffordshire Terrier in Atlanta, Georgia.
Photos: Angelena Ledford.
“Gunny”
2023
Yuma, Arizona.
Photos: Orlando Higgins.
