Kong Harness sucks, looking for strong durable harness
 

Okay so yesterday I had a freak accident with a harness bought 8-10 months ago and the harness I realize has been getting loose.... It's an adjustable harness and I would had lost it if poor little maggie got lost or injured. She's used to me and there was nothing to spook her so she didn't try to bolt. Otherwise she would had. One pull was all it took for it to come out of there... The adjusting part I don't quite get because it doesn't have a way to prevent it from coming undone.



So I am going to message kong because they have completely lost my trust. The harness was given to me before I could get the one you guys recommended. :/ But I always felt iffy about walking her out the yard because if it came undone and she got spooked she will bolt without thinking.


So I am trying to find my thread with suggestions but I want an extremely durable harness that I can put on my dog and not worry about it breaking soo fast.... a harness of this price should had atleast lasted another year or two.

P.s. can't seem to find her size in stores for neither harness or collars, and she needs a new id collar, a new leash, and I am thinking of a new id with all my contact info.


If anyone can point me in the right direction

Buddy belts are the best harness. They last the life time of the dog and are pretty much escape proof. I am a fan of yellow dog design collars they are not real expensive but nice. I just put the dogs name on the front of the tag and my cell phone number on the back.

Buddy belt i think it was. Are they cleanable? My dogs harness I hadn't cleaned in 3.5 months because long story short we were having pipe and heating problems..... We had tried multiple plumbers and none of them could find the problem on either of the plumbing. As well as an electrician. Let's just say we were living one step closer to the amish..
. and we would take the dogs every 1.5 months to get bathed at petsmart but they never cleaned the collars or harness so we would wipe them down but it wasn't enough.

We didn't notice until recently just how bad they were... the smell was strong but not so powerful you could tell from a distance.

They are leather so you can’t actually wash them. Mine have never gotten stinky though. Callie has had hers for 7 years or so.

Wonder if they can be covered with something like vinyl fabric.

She rolls on mud sometimes, on the grass, on everything.

I love the Buddy Belt for Gidget. She wears the white one 90% of the time and yes it gets dirty. I just use a wash cloth and put a little Dawn on the cloth and wash it that way then make sure I rinse the soap off the harness. Since it's leather, I can't put it in the washing machine but this works for me. Also, it's very secure. No way she could possibly put out of it. Actually have a white one and a yellow one. Just ordered one in pink. Gidget is so spoiled but I love it.

I have harnesses suitable for a 5 pound senior yorkie. Ever so hopeful I will need a puppy-sized harness six to eight weeks out. (And ... maybe a second still further out.)

Your leather Buddy Belts look wonderful.

Has anyone used a Buddy Belt on their yorkie puppy--one that is say ~2.5 lb? The Buddy Belt sizing chart has a weight column, but the associated girth measurements seem large (relative to weight).

These young ones grow so fast, would you hold off on the Buddy Belt until the pup has matured in growth?

As for cleaning, have you tried a vinegar and olive oil solution? See "Organic Leather Cleaner and Preserver Recipe," zenoils [blog] (n.d.?).

Thank you in advance for your thoughts.

I had to buy a buddy belt 2 which is the synthetic leather one for Joey when he was 3 pounds because everything else was putting pressure on his trachea. I don’t think I would recommend buying the full leather one for a puppy though because they will grow out of it but the BB2 is good option.

Thanks

We like the the puppia step in harness. And also the julius K9 harness , which is very durable and safe.

I used L'il Pals mesh harnesses when mine were babies. They are soft and comfortable, and come in two sizes for tinies. They were adjustable enough to keep my babies safe from as small as one pound, and they each wore one to their first vet visit. Best of all, they are very economical, and do not make you feel guilty when they must be set aside due to the rapid growth of our little ones. :)

Thank you, nanajoy.

Thank you, Juliealfies mum.

Back when Callie was younger I had a puppiea harness and it ripped on me.

I've always been a big fan of Puppia for our "Every day harnesses". They've lasted us years. We've had some that I've literally had since Jackson was 1. He will be 10 in October. They wash easily, they're lightweight, breathable, comfy enough to leave on all day if needed.

We have others as well for different purposes but these are our are every day ones, basically. They come in different colors as well and different types... I use the "Ritefit" one for Lola with adjustable neck. They also have step-in's.

I do love Buddy Belts, too. You can't beat the quality!