There's a new harness on the market and I think it's beyond amazing! The Balance Harness was created by two dynamic women Lori Stevens and Mary Dolan. During the production phase of this harness, I've been lucky enough to do a good amount of testing of this harness with the dogs in our house. So what makes this harness different than others? Well, there are a number of things: Every strap is adjustable, it doesn't cut into the elbows of the dog, it give the dog complete body movement and for those dogs lacking hair it doesn't rub when fitted correctly!
Here's the web page to learn more & order the Balance Harness
Here's some great information on Properly Fitting a Harness
Love this diagram showing what we are looking for in a correctly-fitted harness
And don't forget to "like" the Facebook page for Balance Harness
Below are more pictures where you can see how the harness fits different body shapes and different sizes of dogs.
D'Light a Type A Rat Terrier so longer legs and he weighs about 11 pounds. He is wearing a size Small Balance Harness.
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| Watching for critters! |
Seven is a Type B terrier so, shorter legs and he weighs about 14 pounds. Seven is wearing a size Small Balance Harness.
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| Love that you can connect the leash in front, back, or on both the front and the back (two points of contact). |
Watch Seven's range of movement in the Balance Harness
The top strap comes in a variety of colors
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Catty is a Type B Rat Terrier with very little chest hair. Catty weighs 13 pounds and is wearing a size Extra Small.
Catty has very little chest hair and I've struggled over the year to find a harness that fits her well but, doesn't rub her bald chest. The Balance Harness doesn't rub even after very, very long walks (as you will see in coming posts).
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| The Balance Harness doesn't rub because: there no seams on the inside of the harness and the buckles either don't make contact with the skin/fur or barely touch skin/fur. |
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| This was about 3 hours into our 4 hour walk and the Balance Harness is working great! |
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| Looks good too! |
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| Top view |
Here are more video's where you can see the range of motion for a dog wearing the Balance Harness.
And for the itty bitty dogs there is a Balance Harness size XSmall 3/8 inches.
We overnighted Skipper another New Rattitude foster dog so I had him test out the XS 3/8 when it was in early production. Skipper was a little guy - around 5-6 pounds.
Do notice that Skipper is wearing a black collar & and tags that are not part of the Balance Harness.
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| Full range of movement in the Balance Harness |
And here's Molly (my sister's dog) a 100 pound Great Dane wearing the Balance Harness. Molly is wearing a size Large Balance Harness.
Looks and fits Molly great!
Molly and my nephew walking - Molly in the Balance Harness and on a two point of contact leash
Catty gives her seal of approval for the Balance Harness!
Stay tuned for some fun outdoor post of D'light, Catty and Seven - since we are outside you will see a lot more of the Balance Harness in action!
If you live in the area you can go to these retailers of the Balance Harness
If you don't live in the area here's online store for the Balance Harness and there is a sizing chart to help you with choosing which size to purchase.
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