Question For Harness Users

• Question For Harness Users Lilea Storm Posted : 1/30/2007 3:49:37 PM Do you leave the harness on your dog all day so all you hafta do is attatch the leash and go....... or do you take it off and then put it back on every time you take your dog out? LIKE 21 REPLIES 768 VIEWS LAST POST KOZMO Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• houndlove Posted : 1/30/2007 3:52:43 PM Take it off and put it on. We only go for walks twice a day because we have a fenced-yard for between walk potties. Much of the time both dogs are completely nekkid, but they also have flat collars. Marlowe wears the harness (usually) but I also keep a flat collar with his ID on it on him when we leave the house. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• melindar Posted : 1/30/2007 3:54:30 PM I have an Easy Walk Harness and he only wears it when we go on walks or to really happy places where I need some extra help.  When we are done with our walks and he gets in the car I take it off right away. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• TAOofGoldyShep Posted : 1/30/2007 4:04:49 PM ...take it off and put it back on. [] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Ruth Posted : 1/30/2007 4:05:23 PM Ace only wears his Easy Walk when we are on a leash walk.  I just keep it attached to the leash.  The rest of the time he either goes bare or wears his flat collar with his tags on it.  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• denise m Posted : 1/30/2007 4:07:33 PM I always take the harness off. A few weeks ago we came back from our walk and there was company at the house. In my haste, I unhooked the leash but left the harness. While I was sitting visiting with my friend, Kobi was lying under the table licking and grooming himself as usual. When he stood up the leash fell off. Chewed right through it! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Kim_MacMillan Posted : 1/30/2007 4:09:51 PM Take it off and put it on from here as well.   The same goes for collars in our home though. Our dogs never wear collars unless we are out of the home. In the home, all dogs are "au naturel", for safety reasons.   Kim MacMillan 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• labcrab Posted : 1/30/2007 4:10:41 PM Slick only uses his with the dogwalker and she puts it on and takes it off..  I would not feel comfortable at all with him in a harness alone all day.  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Lilea Storm Posted : 1/30/2007 4:13:33 PM ORIGINAL: denise m I always take the harness off. A few weeks ago we came back from our walk and there was company at the house. In my haste, I unhooked the leash but left the harness. While I was sitting visiting with my friend, Kobi was lying under the table licking and grooming himself as usual. When he stood up the leash fell off. Chewed right through it! Wait, you said you took the leash off, do you mean he chewed through the harness? 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Lilea Storm Posted : 1/30/2007 4:17:37 PM Well this is why I asked.  I live in an apartment so she is stuck in here with me (I am with her all day every day) except for when I take her out but sometimes we go out frequently and this harness is a real pain to put on.  She seems pretty comfortable in it, so I was thinking about leaving it on during the day and taking it off at night.  She does wear a collar with tags at all times. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jennie_c_d Posted : 1/30/2007 4:19:52 PM With her breed, she's probably prone to matting. A collar or harness worn all the time will encourage that, greatly. Unless you plan on keeping her clipped short, I'd not keep anything on all the time. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Lilea Storm Posted : 1/30/2007 4:45:02 PM ORIGINAL: jennie_c_d With her breed, she's probably prone to matting. A collar or harness worn all the time will encourage that, greatly. Unless you plan on keeping her clipped short, I'd not keep anything on all the time. Oh no, her fur is naturally very short.  Its the pug in her. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• chelsea_b Posted : 1/30/2007 4:59:59 PM I leave Cherokee's harness on all day, when I put it on (she doesn't wear it every day..she doesn't go anywhere every day. I know, bad bad bad..). I take it off at night (although I do forget once in a while), but not when we walk in the door. She's been wearing a harness the whole time I've had her (7 1/2 years), so she's quite used to it, and isn't going to chew it. I don't leave the Easy Walk on though. That comes off as soon as we're done with it. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• gradyupmybutt Posted : 1/30/2007 5:44:09 PM I used to keep Aspen's harness on 24/7.  This was because I didn't have a fenced in yard & I would put the boys out on a tie out.  Since Aspen is a small dog hence a smaller bladder & need to go out more.  I'm too lazy to take it off & on several times a day.  Now that we have the fence it's all a moot point & I LOVE letting the boys out to RUN!! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• bunni Posted : 1/30/2007 5:48:08 PM I only use a harness when we go out except for Ruby (the Rocket) sometimes. I need to be able to grab her fast without choking her and sometimes if she's really being rowdy she gets tied by her leash to my chair. (She tends to be too rough with the little ones and sometimes pins them just for fun.) 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login