None of my 3 wear anything while we are home and they are in the house or the yard...(We have a wall all around) They only have harnesses and use them only on walks with us....They aren't even allowed in the yard without supervision...We do have a built-in pool and they go in and can swim about 4 feet to the steps, but never, never without one of us outside...They have fallen in the pool even with us watching them...Like I said, they swim, but sometimes they're 20 feet from the step and that's a loooooonnnggg doggie paddle....We also do a head count going in and going out...1...2...3.... ! safe