This coat is made from a warm micro-fleece fabric purchased from Malden Mills and is one of their Polartec fabrics. The face of the fabric is velour, the underside, a thick Berber. This fabric though light in weight will keep your Greyhound warm in very cold weather. The fabric holds in 90% of the body heat and is also water resistant! The hood can be worn up or down and has a lead slot in the back, the coat also has our Copyrighted "Tail Clasp", and one main Velcro closure that attaches our wide warm belly flap to the body of the coat. Machine wash on cold, delicate, dry on Air only. Another Duds 4 Buds coat that will, with proper care last for years and years.