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!

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.