When I showed up with Chelsea at our first puppy class (3.5 mos old), she was wearing her harness. It's a harness she wears in the car so she can be buckled in to the seat belt, but you can also attach it to a leash for walks. The instructor said that when walking/training her, a buckle collar is best, because a harness basically allows the weight that the dog is pulling (you!) to be evenly distributed over the front part of its body frame, allowing the dog to pull harder. And I have to agree. I notice that Chelsea can pull like a horse with her harness on! So walks now are done with her wearing her buckle collar or gentle leader. In my opinion, stick with the buckle collar. Maybe the salesman at the pet store used the word "harness" to mean a gentle leader or halti??
Cheers! Alison & Chelsea (i LIKE wearing my harness mum! why can't i wear it more often??) On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 00:49:23 -0700 (PDT), Rhona Vantine wrote: > > I've long been looking for a nice, rounded, buckle > collar. The flat one that Louis has at the moment is > fine but ruins his hair. > I've looked for a long time now but never come across > one, here in The Netherlands. The other day I was in > a pet shop and a very helpful and very, very tall and > muscular young man explained that I should be using a > harness and not a collar for a dog of Louis's size. > Although Louis is not generally a puller he can be > aggressive with some male dogs. If I see potential > trouble I put the Halti on him. The man explained > that he had a St Bernard and a Mastiff and that his > wife could control them with a harness! I would have > thought you would be fighting the full weight of the > dog using a harness! I've never used a harness on > Louis. Believe me this young man looked like he could > halt a bus ....... not sure what his wife looked like! > I don't recall anyone on the List recommending using > a harness for control. Was he right? > Rhona Vantine > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com
