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Front-attach harnesses
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03-12-2014 4:48pm#1
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Front attach harness will still pull at the armpits in that situation, tbh. How about just getting one of those 1 1/2" wide martingale collars, or even a 2" one, hand-made to her size, so it won't slip off over her head, and perhaps ordering some extra padding in it so it's really comfortable? Rani can toddle along with that, although I must ask, really, why must she be harried at all? Surely at her time of life, she's earned the right to take her time at her walks. If it was me, I'd just walk her seperately if needs be; she probably doesn't even need terribly long, and allow her to take it at her own pace.
Edited to add: The last dog left from our childhood days, Flossie, did get walked with the other dogs, but the collies would go off-lead on the beach (Flossie couldn't, due to her propensity to eat everything that came within reach of her nose!) Flossie was also a terrier, and she would walk a little while, then lie down, which was the signal to put her in her lovely, fleecy carry-bag
Again, is there any reason Rani can't just acquire one of those, to help see her through the rest of Teagan's walk? 0 -
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Front attach harness will still pull at the armpits in that situation, tbh. How about just getting one of those 1 1/2" wide martingale collars, or even a 2" one, hand-made to her size, so it won't slip off over her head, and perhaps ordering some extra padding in it so it's really comfortable? Rani can toddle along with that, although I must ask, really, why must she be harried at all? Surely at her time of life, she's earned the right to take her time at her walks. If it was me, I'd just walk her seperately if needs be; she probably doesn't even need terribly long, and allow her to take it at her own pace.
Edited to add: The last dog left from our childhood days, Flossie, did get walked with the other dogs, but the collies would go off-lead on the beach (Flossie couldn't, due to her propensity to eat everything that came within reach of her nose!) Flossie was also a terrier, and she would walk a little while, then lie down, which was the signal to put her in her lovely, fleecy carry-bag Again, is there any reason Rani can't just acquire one of those, to help see her through the rest of Teagan's walk?
I have started to walk them separately and frankly I have no idea where you came up with the notion that I harry her along. The more I slow down to match her pace the slower she goes, or stops completely so that she has more time to try scavenge. And she's not stopping because she's too tired, she is actually rooting through leaves or wandering across the path to get the chips, or whatever, that have been scattered. Would that I had somewhere I could let her off to toddle at her own pace, but a small black dog in a badly lit park at night is very difficult to keep an eye on. And she actually does need a good walk, if I just took her round the block instead of giving her at least 30 minutes she'd be doing laps of the living room for the evening, her inability to go very fast hasn't affected her overall energy levels.0 -
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