Escape proof dog harness recommendations

[LiveYourLife]

Well, my Husband and I just had a good scare. Our Jack Russell Terrier was being taken for his nightly stroll and he Houdini-ed out of his Puppia harness, and took off. Thankfully, one of our neighbors was out walking his dogs and was able to help my Husband in cornering our dog so my Husband could grab him. Whew!

Any suggestions from the dog owners on the DIS for an escape proof harness? The challenge with our JRT is he has a small neck, but a wide/broad chest. So a small sized harness fits him around the neck, but too tight across the chest and a medium sized harness is the opposite.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I'll continue breathing in this paper bag while I refresh for responses! LOL!

 

[squeegee]

Well, my Husband and I just had a good scare. Our Jack Russell Terrier was being taken for his nightly stroll and he Houdini-ed out of his Puppia harness, and took off. Thankfully, one of our neighbors was out walking his dogs and was able to help my Husband in cornering our dog so my Husband could grab him. Whew!

Any suggestions from the dog owners on the DIS for an escape proof harness? The challenge with our JRT is he has a small neck, but a wide/broad chest. So a small sized harness fits him around the neck, but too tight across the chest and a medium sized harness is the opposite.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I'll continue breathing in this paper bag while I refresh for responses! LOL!

Our dog is a boxer/boston terrier mix, and an escape artist. There hasn't been a harness she can't pull out of, she's short-muzzled so I don't think a halti would work, and I hate choke collars. The best thing we've found so far is a martingale - they use them on sighthounds because their necks are generally bigger than their heads. They're like a modified choke collar, can't go completely tight, don't get stuck, but they snug up when the dog pulls, so they don't slip off easily.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Walk-Har...1424395358&sr=8-2&keywords=tightening+harness

Have you tried a tightening harness?

 

[ChitownFamily]

Martingale collar! Great company, nice soft collars.
Ugh, I can't get the link to paste. Company is: white pine collars

 

[KerriSue]

Maybe you could use a clip of sorts to connect the harness to your puppies collar. This way your pup is doubled up leash wise. I do feel your pain though. My dog, a Jack Russell, backed right out of his harness as a puppy and ran right out into the street to then be hit by a car. It was awful. (He survived and is now a 10 year old pup.) Once he grew a bit we never had the harness issue but I think for safety reasons you should connect the two collars.

 

[Luvchefmic]

Maybe you could use a clip of sorts to connect the harness to your puppies collar. This way your pup is doubled up leash wise. I do feel your pain though. My dog, a Jack Russell, backed right out of his harness as a puppy and ran right out into the street to then be hit by a car. It was awful. (He survived and is now a 10 year old pup.) Once he grew a bit we never had the harness issue but I think for safety reasons you should connect the two collars.

This is exactly what you have to do, one of my dogs is a redbone coonhound. He has a strong urge to run and normally could get out of any collar used on him. Don't laugh he may look like Hannibal Lector ( sp ? ), or the dog version of 50 shades of grey from what I hear, but it works and he is safe...glad your pup is okay double up on the collar/harness like I do. Took me years to figure it out. He's not too thrilled about it but too bad

 

[marmalade]

When we rescued our dog from the SPCA we had him fitted for a harness/collar there. The harness clips to the collar and it actually clips under his chest as opposed to on his back. There were other people bringing their dogs in to be properly fitted with collars and harnesses. Maybe check with your local SPCA.

 

[lauradis]

They haven't made a collar/harness that my dog cant escape.

 

[LiveYourLife]

Thank you so much everyone for responding! It is very much appreciated.

 

[LiveYourLife]

Maybe you could use a clip of sorts to connect the harness to your puppies collar. This way your pup is doubled up leash wise. I do feel your pain though. My dog, a Jack Russell, backed right out of his harness as a puppy and ran right out into the street to then be hit by a car. It was awful. (He survived and is now a 10 year old pup.) Once he grew a bit we never had the harness issue but I think for safety reasons you should connect the two collars.

Poor guy! I can't even begin to imagine going through that with your guy. I'm glad he recovered!

 

[LiveYourLife]

This is exactly what you have to do, one of my dogs is a redbone coonhound. He has a strong urge to run and normally could get out of any collar used on him. Don't laugh he may look like Hannibal Lector ( sp ? ), or the dog version of 50 shades of grey from what I hear, but it works and he is safe...glad your pup is okay double up on the collar/harness like I do. Took me years to figure it out. He's not too thrilled about it but too bad

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Ok, Ruthie.....he is just adorable!!! Thank you for the suggestion!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Martingale collar! Great company, nice soft collars.
Ugh, I can't get the link to paste. Company is: white pine collars

I was just going to say that!