Please don't take your furbaby to Petsmart for grooming of any kind. Just google Petsmart grooming deaths to see all of the horror stories of people who took their dogs to Petsmart.

Right on, RussPilot! Since moving to Wisconsin, I've not found a groomer I feel "safe" for Piper. I bathe her now and even do some lightweight snipping around her face. Piper is clean, rather scruffy-looking, but as Wiley's Mom reminded me, "...they don't have to look perfect!" And safety first! 'Sides, Piper remains perfect in my eyes.

There are a few good groomers out there that work at Petsmart. Because it is a chain store and there are lots of them you will hear more bad stories.

I love Susan Lanci step in harness. Super easy to put on, durable super soft suede like fabric that is machine washable. Lots of colors and designs to choose from. So, so cute! The cut is well below the dogs’ neck so any pulling is across the shoulders and not the neck. Oh also, matching leashes, and collars sold separately

Thank you. They're gorgeous.

You’re very welcome katysmom. Don’t know if you are a ‘bow’ mom or not but they also offer matching bows. The options are endless ;)

On a slightly different note. I have purchased a few of Susan Lanci coats which have the D-ring attached to the coat so that a leash can be attached without the need for a harness. Everything I have purchased from this company is super stylish, very well made and hold up extremely well (rough play, multiple washes)

We were in desperate need of cleaning them. Just didn't know where.

I am thinking of the buddy belt for maggie. But sasha is a lot stronger so I wonder if there's a harness for her strength.... I wish I could get them to stop pulling all together.


For sasha I may try the easy walk harness with a buddy belt.

Buddy belts hold up extremly well to pulling. I wouldn’t put two harnesses on at one time though.

Would you do a buddy belt and a martingale collar combo? A shor5er leash on the buddy belt and a longer one on the collar? I just want to be able to take her out on long walks without any fear....

Oh maggie is fine because she sheds but sasha is a nonshedding dog so she ends up stinking so bad after two weeks.... easily gets dirty too...

You should never have a leash hooked to a collar let alone a collar that tightens when you pull it because it does damage to their tracheas. If the buddy belt is tightened properly then she can not get out of it. There are many ways to train dogs how to walk good on the leash you could try that. Honestly there never is no fear when doing anything. You could get mugged, attacked by a human or an animal and so on nothing is ever perfectly safe you just have to do your best.

Oh sorry I didn't see the message apparently


I got her a new id tag with her name on the front, and my contact info on the back. I am going to get her another one for the street address, and another number + name so she has two forms of coming back to me. She means the world to mem


As for mugging, I don't really walk her outside my yard much except days there's less traffic. She is rather skittish and I absolutely refuse to let little kids handle her as she has a tendency to snap if pestered. (my young cousin learnt that the hard way although he's 12 and should and does know better). I want her to get used to my niece. She seems to have improved in coming when called. :number1ri


I was looking for a quick fix harness. I looked at the easy walk harness... even the small doesn't fit her properly. She got out of it when my mom walked her this morning. She doesn't really pull anymore so we used a collar. Now I am frantically looking for the buddy belt and I have been looking for my cloth tape measure, as all I have on hand is the metal tape measure.


I want to find her a snazzy new collar as the one I bought yesterday was too small even though package said for neck sizes 10 inches -13inch the buckle collar seems to be way too small it's smaller than advertised so I am back to using her old collar.


It's so annoying to find her a good collar and even the ugly ones at petsmart I can seem to find ones her size. Collar of course I want it to be for identification purposes now.


I looked in the buddy belt site and can't seem to find the bb2. I wanted to get the bb2 for now to ensure it's a perfect fit since I am at my wits end buying and returning harness. I cant bring her along as she only has a collar and I can see her getting loose in petsmart and I'd flip out.


I also recall someone on here saying that there's a member who sells bb2's. Not sure but I could had sworn I saw them last year on the manufacturers site for 20 usd. If it works well I'd buy her the leather one within the month. Maybe treat the leather to prevent damage from moisture.

She is microchipped but I personally haven't figured how to do register... though I am pretty sure my mom did it for me. I need to check again.

The collar is for ID purposes only.