About

AquaPaw started with a simple problem: most dog life jackets treat the head as an afterthought. A vest can hold a dog's body up all day and still let their nose dip under the moment they get tired — and that's the moment that actually matters.

So every AquaPaw™ jacket is built around a padded flotation pad positioned right under the chin, not just buoyancy panels along the back and belly. It's a small design choice with a big effect: a tired dog's head stays up on its own, instead of you watching for the moment they start to struggle.

Beyond the chin float, we kept the rest simple and durable — reflective piping so they're visible at dusk or from across a lake, a reinforced top handle for a one-hand lift onto a dock or boat, and quick-release buckles sized to actually fit dog proportions across five real sizes, XS through XL.

We're a small team that spends a lot of our own weekends at the lake, the beach, and the dock with our dogs. AquaPaw is the gear we wanted for them.