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Originally Posted by KazzyK810  The harness was the right size & fit, I just think it's a bad design for dogs with large chests.
I'll explain what happened & hopefully it makes sense: There was no problem as long as ZoE was in front of me, facing forward. The problem occurred when she was sniffing things & turned around. With her turned to face me & the leash taught, she backed up and the harness slipped right over her head and off her legs, and she was free! This happened in our front yard & we live on a main road, so I was freaking!!! Like I said, I thought maybe it was my fault in how I fastened it, so the next time, I paid special attention, and then took her in the back yard and she was able to easily escape again, doing the same turning & facing me & backing up thing. Once she figured it out how to get it off, she just kept doing it. I threw the harness (and another just like it) away!
I love your "helicopter" terminology  That's what I want to be able to do too in case of emergency. Could you imagine getting her halfway up and slipping out the harness??? So glad I threw them out! |
I'm so glad nothing happened to ZoE!
My boys know the word "helicopter" because when they are into something naughty on the side of the road, I warn them, "You're gonna get helicoptered" and they move along.
