Harnesses are everywhere! What a bunch of junk. Don’t rely strictly on your equipment some company tells you their product will “fix your walk”.
Before becoming a trainer, I could never figure out why Willie (my golden/husky/lab) wouldn’t stop pulling on our walks! Harness after different harness I tried. “Why aren’t these damn things working?!” I wondered.
Well, they were working – for what they were designed to work for: a dog pulling! NOT what I, and most dog owners, want when we walk our dogs!
I eventually gave up on the harnesses & tried another piece of crap equipment. The hated (among trainers) flexi-leash. The thought is that we are giving the dog more freedom on the walk being abke to cruise all over, so he’s gonna love it more. WRONG! We’re just teaching him to cruise all over – terrible walking for us. Flexi-leashes may be ok, but teach your dog to walk right first. Lock it while walking, release when you’re rewarding with sniffing time or letting go potty.
After a good bit of work, A LOT of walking on regular collar & leash. Willie is now an awesome walker! I was determined, patient, consistent (from that point anyway).
There are now a whole bunch of different designed harnesses out there. Remember, all dogs are different. The common mistake with any equipment we use is we tend to expect the equipment to do ALL the work for us. It might work good with some pups, but not for all of them.
Train your pup! Don’t rely on just the equipment. There are a lot of us trainers out there who are happy to help w/a one time session. Our goal is happy pet homes. I 100% say that starts w/ a GOOD walk.
