[nagdu] help finding appropriate harness requested

[Julie J.]

Diane,

I sew custom nylon harnesses and would be willing to make one for you.    I 
typically use one of two main styles the standard or sport style.  the 
standard style is what most of the guide dog schools use with the chest 
strap straight across the dog's chest.  The Sport style has a "Y" shape to 
the front, with the shoulder straps going over the shoulders at an angle and 
meeting in the front at the breastbone.  A martingale holds the shoulder 
straps in place, which is a short strap that goes in between the dog's front 
legs and loops over the belly strap.  I can do your harness in a wide 
variety of colors, widths and can make a variety of modifications to 
customize it. Each harness is made specifically for a particular dog.  I 
don't keep any stock and I don't have sizes.

I charge $100 plus the cost of materials.  I have orders booked for the next 
little while, so it would be a couple of months before I could start on your 
order.  If you have questions or if you'd like to talk by phone, email me 
at:
julielj at neb.rr.com
and I will send you my phone number.

thanks!
Julie




-----Original Message----- 
From: Diane via nagdu
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 4:03 PM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nagdu] help finding appropriate harness requested

I have been working with my fourth guide dog for about a month now.  I chose
to wait for a standard poodle from a school new to me.  I am extremely
pleased with all of her guide work.  As is typical at this school we were
given a new harness to use at home.  The small size harness we were sent
home with is inappropriately large for her.  In fact our trainer pointed out
that if I bored another hole in the girth strap the harness would fit Jaxi
better.  So, after flying home with this boat of a harness I bored another
notch into the girth strap and went about our merry way.

Since the suggested remedy did not address the fact that the harness was
inappropriately large through Jaxi's chest Jaxi chewed through the chest
strap during an evening out about a week ago.  Now her harness is duct taped
together.

I contacted the school about a week ago in an effort to obtain an
appropriate sized harness for Jaxi.  The only option was to try the training
harness as Jaxi's regular harness.  This harness arrived Free Matter a
couple of days ago without a handle attached nor any directions on how to
remove and replace the handle to the new harness.  But I regress.
Unfortunately this training harness is different from the one she wore
during our training and is not adjustable through her chest.  Unless I can
get a harness with either an adjustable chest strap or an extra small
harness Jaxi will simply chew through successive harnesses. (This does not
even address the fact that an inappropriately fit harness could impact our
guide work).

I am willing to purchase an appropriate harness for our use.  I previously
received my dogs through GDB and would have again had they had a poodle as
an option.  I do, however, prefer their Swiss style harness with the
removable ergonomic handle.  My effort to locate the company GDB purchases
their equipment through has been unfruitful to the present.  Does anyone
know either the company they use or a retailer from whom I could purchase
the same equipment without the GDB logo?  Failing that does anyone know of a
company from whom I could purchase an extra small harness similar to that
GDB uses?

Any assistance would be hugely appreciated!  Thank you in advance.


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