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Originally Posted by susansmom I'm going to get Susan a harness today. The last thing I want to do is to hurt her. Do they mess up the dogs' hair real bad? |
No they don't. Depends on the match you get between Harness and HAir of course. Chewey is shaved and wears a nice stout harness full-time. In fact when I remove it he looks sooo funny "naked" without his clothes on. He seems to find his harness comfy and he never fidgets at it like he did the old one. It's also SUPER easy on and off.
Death, on the other hand makes the hair lose quite a bit of luster. I'm not kidding at all. Having a Yorkie who's already doing the honk-cough before I even got him (honking cough is a sign of tracheal problems which ahve been confirmed in his case). I get so pissed just thinking of who must have collared him before I got him. Collars do NOT belong on a Yorkie for ANY reason.
In show, I can understand, because they have had extensive training leading up to that point. If your dog is already trained like a show dog, and will merely prance lightly at your heel despite ANY distraction, then I suppose a collar, for a brief time, is tollerable. That's about as far as I can imagine budging on this.
The tracheal damage is a horribly SAD condition even if it's only minor. For example, any time Chewey has too much fun, he has to stop and honk his throat back open. For worse cases, any activity at all provokes an episode where the pup can't breath. Imagine doing something to a puppy where it can never have fun! That's jsut too pittiful for words!