Addie does not help me get the harness on either. I have to hold her and then we lay her on our lap like a baby facing us to fasten it under her belly. Needless to say we leave it on at all times. She does not even really know it's there now. When we first put it on her, she scratched the side of every wall in the house trying to get it off. Once she realized it was on there good, she gave up and now it's just part of her. The bummer was I just painted the walls and the metal put fine grey lines on the walls
, oh well, one day I will touch up the paint.