[nagdu] comparing harnesses

[Julie J]

Mardi,

I have one of the harnesses from eBay that are available with both the 
support handle and the guide handle.  the particular harness I have only has 
the guide handle.  I'd have to look up the exact name of the company, but it 
was in Canada.

I remember that I posted a review of the harness when I first got it.  I'm 
sort of a nut about harnesses.  I have quite a few. *smile*

Anyway I would not recommend this particular harness.  I had to completely 
remove the front chest strap from the harness and sew an entirely new front 
portion.  The chest strap provided with the harness was adjustable with 
Velcro on the inside, which meant that the edges of this strap could cause 
some serious rubbing issues.  Also it rode extremely high, not resting at 
all on Monty's breastbone, but instead entirely on the soft tissue near his 
neck.   I also had to put padding into this harness because of issues with 
rubbing.  This could be due to Monty's particular coat and not a problem of 
the harness that most people would experience.  The handle only comes in one 
length, which was too long for me.  It would probably be about right for 
many people though.  My husband was nice enough to cut the metal for me to 
make the handle shorter.

After all those changes, I'm still not pleased with the harness.

JMHO
Julie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] comparing harnesses


> Hi every one,I am just now catching up on all my emails as I have been 
> very
> busy. I use a leather harness from LDS. I like this harness. My retired
> guide Nala has had hers for over 4 years and it is still in excellent
> condition.Shaman's harness is a new one. I prefer a leather harness, but
> this is my own preference. I agree that it should not make a difference 
> what
> color or style the harness is as long as it works for you.I would like to
> try a Swiss harness, but I don't know where to get one. If any one knows
> where I can get one,please let me know. Some one recently said she needed 
> a
> balance harness as well as a guide harness.I came across a harness that 
> had
> a short rigid handle as well as a guide handle on it. I don't have the 
> link
> but if you Google guide dog harness-Ebay you will find it. Hope this 
> helps.
> Have a great day, Mardi and Shaman and Nala,retired.
>
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