[nagdu] help finding appropriate harness requested

Tue Jul 29 16:53:20 UTC 2014

Diane,

I really like the sport style harness that Julie made for Mitzi poodle 
long ago, as well as the slightly different Laveau style from Pawpower 
Creations, which no longer exists. The Y arrangement for the shoulder 
straps keeps those active shoulders free to move and brings the point of 
pressure below the trachea to the sternum, while the martingale spreads 
force along the sternum. I get a lot of communication from the harness, 
which I really like.

I haven't tried out the more traditional style with the chest strap 
straight across the shoulders on my poodle guide, but when I was first 
trying to figure out the whole harness thing, I just couldn't see how 
that would be comfortable for her and how it would not impede her 
movements too much for no good reason. I may be wrong, since apparently 
the programs use the standard style on their poodle guides.

Good luck, and if you find something that you really like for your 
poodle guide, do share!

Tami

On 07/29/2014 05:10 AM, Julie J. via nagdu wrote:
> 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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