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02-25-2009, 09:30 AM | #1 |
♥Tiny Tia my Furbaby♥ Donating Member | Harness or collar? Ive just switched from a collar to a harness for Tia and she defiantly prefers a harness.The collar used to irritate her little neck and I find when she walks to heel I'm not pulling her back on her neck.What do you and your furbaby prefer? |
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02-25-2009, 09:32 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: BC, Canada
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| Missy uses a silk harness that I got from Chattiesmom. I won't even buy a collar for her.
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02-25-2009, 09:37 AM | #3 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | I'm sure the overwhelming majority will say harness. You can cause damage to the trachea using a collar on Yorkie. Occasionally Joey wears a cat's breakaway collar for "looks", but for walk he uses a harness. I love the Buddy Belt. Buddy Belt Leather Dog Harness
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02-25-2009, 10:01 AM | #4 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Havre de Grace, MD
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| Two-step harness .
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02-25-2009, 10:04 AM | #5 |
My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca.
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| Collars on small and tiny dogs are very dangerous to the soft trachea. I even had to stop useing the car harnesses on them (those that are padded at the sternum) because they came up to the neck and pressed enough to make them cough. I only use step in harnesses now.
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02-25-2009, 10:09 AM | #6 |
YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NJ & NY
Posts: 356
| Duke uses a Puppia step in harness. The health reason scared me away from the collar, Duke only uses the collar for look as well when I'm holding him.
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02-25-2009, 10:36 AM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: california
Posts: 114
| I use a harness on scooby and it makes me feel better knowing I'm not pulling on his neck when we need to stop or direct him on the right direction. Yeah I agree harness is the best way for me. |
02-25-2009, 10:53 AM | #8 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ft Belvoir, va USA
Posts: 71
| we love the harness |
02-25-2009, 11:11 AM | #9 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Snowflake, AZ, USA
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| Definitely the harness!!!! The collars are very dangerous!!!
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02-25-2009, 11:12 AM | #10 |
Yorkie Yakker | We have velcro harness from "Cloak and Dawggie". Very easy to put on they don't mind wearing. Use a regular collar just for looks and also tags. Put harness right on without taking off collar!
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02-25-2009, 01:33 PM | #11 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Maryland
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| Definitely a harness. With all the trachea problems that Yorkies have, I just think a harness is safer. |
02-25-2009, 01:33 PM | #12 |
My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca.
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| I put thier name tag and bling on a claw clip so I can easily take it off one harness and put on another.
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02-25-2009, 01:34 PM | #13 | |
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02-25-2009, 01:35 PM | #14 |
Misssing Baby Chloe Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California
Posts: 4,186
| Mine wear a collar with their id tags. If they are going on leash, we put on a harness right over the top of it. I never walk on collar.
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02-25-2009, 01:42 PM | #15 |
Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY
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| no collars,, always a harness.. never keep it on indoors, im too paranoid with that.. heard too many horror stories and i want to be safe, not sorry
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