PetSafeEasy Walk No-Pull Dog Harness - The Ultimate Harness to Help Stop Pulling - Take Control & Teach Better Leash Manners - Helps Prevent Pets Pulling on Walks - Small, Red/Black

I have been training dogs, mostly my own, for several decades. Most of my past dogs knew at least a dozen commands, often many more, and I've always been complimented on their behavior and training - including advanced, off-leash work. Several months ago, a neighbor asked me to help them with training their dog. He is a very high-energy ADHD sort of dog and was about 9 months old at the time. I'd describe him as slightly ditzy, for lack of a better term. Their final straw to ask for help was that his pulling had gotten so extreme, they could no longer enjoy walking him.So, I started off with the basics, and we gradually built up. While he was making progress, and obviously understood a number of commands, we just weren't making the progress we should have been, especially with consistency in his responses. We were all getting extremely frustrated. The biggest issue, by far, was that he would do well with not pulling and would stay focussed on his handler much of the time, but if something exciting or distracting occurred, there was a 50/50 chance that he would just seem to forget everything he knew and be mentally "gone". Once he reached that state, almost nothing would bring him back. And it was very up and down. Some days it seemed we were making great strides and then the next day, it was as if we were almost back at square one.My stubborn, old brain just kept insisting to me that if we stuck with it long enough and did things "right", it would eventually work. My training style had created a lot of happy, well-behaved dogs, so why should I change? I always have tweaked things to fit the individual dog, but the basics have always been the same. I suppose we might have eventually gotten there, but I do wish that I had thought outside the box a little earlier. Every dog is different.That was a very long-winded way of saying, that for some dogs, this harness works. After reading the reviews and comparing front-clip harnesses, this is the one I went with. The first walk was night and day. He's never once pulled hard enough to even turn himself around. All of the knowledge from our past training now gets to shine. We took our third walk with him today in his harness and passed numerous distractions. He stayed in a heel past a small dog that was barking like a maniac and spinning on the end of its leash, past other barking dogs, past humans. It only took a light tug, once, to remind him where to remain. When released from the heel, he seldom ever touched the end of the leash, and if he did, he immediately self-corrected, returned to an area closer to his human and made eye contact. I cannot explain why this harness has made such a difference for him, but the difference is immence. This works for this dog and flat collars and slip leads do not.We've been watching carefully for any rubbing in the armpits, and so far this has not been an issue. I would guess that it depends on how the harness fits the individual dog, and I'm thankful that it seems to work well for him. He excitedly stuck his head in it for me today, so it's obviously not causing discomfort. This isn't going to train your dog for you, although it may well significantly reduce pulling for many of them. However, along with the training that he has already had and will continue to receive, this has made a world of difference for this dog and his people. Next time, I'll reach for the harness quite a bit faster if a dog isn't progressing as I would expect them to.Updated: Several weeks in and I can confirm that it wasn't just an initial response to the change in equipment. This pup continues to impress us. Everyone is back to looking forward to walks, and we're getting to focus on the "fun things" in training!

I have a very excitable 70 lb boxer/catahoula mix dog that absolutely loves people. Add that to living in an upstairs apartment and you've got trouble. My boy can, and will, pull me along behind him whether I like it or not should he see anyone downstairs that he wants to go greet, and couldn't care less that he's pulling me down a flight of stairs in the process. Normally, that scenario led to one or more of the following happening: a) he got choked on a normal collar and leash, b) he managed to put all his weight behind a normal harness and get downstairs through brute strength, or c) I get pulled along behind him, suffering bumps, bruises, and sprains.This got to be very problematic for me as I always had to "screen" the conditions outside before taking a pup that badly needed to go. If there was someone outside, I couldn't trust my dog to remember his manners well enough to not try bolting downstairs with me being dragged behind, and there was always the possibility of it being clear when I stepped out, but someone coming out seconds later, and it was bye-bye Brindle.This harness, however, put a stop to all that. He can still pull, but the way this is designed creates the ability for you, the owner, to pull back far easier without risk of choking or hurting your dog. Now, when I take my dog out, if he sees a person he just has to say hello to, I can hit the button on his retractable leash (a definite recommend as the perfect partner to this harness,) and he gets stopped, forced into turning towards me so he remembers I'm there, and I can control him from then on. He might still be excitable, but the leash prevents him, so long as you're quick on the uptake and paying attention to your dog and what HE'S paying attention to, it prevents him from being able to bolt very far before being turned around and stopped on the spot before he gets too far and trouble ensues.Now, as I said before, a strong dog can, and a determined dog will, still pull to get to his or her destination, but this harness is well designed, strong, and I have very little trouble keeping my dog under control until the crisis is adverted, (i.e. cat leaves the vicinity or a person stops petting and goes inside.) I have also been able, with 100% success, to pull my pup away from people that just won't get out of the way on the steps (sitting there indefinitely) or who are so amused by my dog that they won't leave and keep egging on his behavior. This harness does help with that as well because, as stated above, it does still pull the dog to the side, forcing their attention back to you, and within a few seconds you can have your dog back to the task at hand rather than on the distractions. As a further plus in the harness' favor, whenever we run across a young child who wants to pet the 'big puppy,' this harness has kept my dog in control so well I never doubted the child would get knocked over by a jumping boxer mix. (And if any of you have ever had a boxer, you know they love jumping on every person they meet, even if jumping isn't required to get within face-licking range.) I've even been able to keep Brindle under control so well that I could give brief dog lessons to the kids, teaching them general demeanor cues to the ones scared my pup wanted to hurt them so they know how a dog looks when he's angry and when he's happy, and let the younger ones that run up and immediately try petting know that's a bad idea unless the owner says it's okay.So, to recap the pluses for why you should get this harness if you've got a big dog that forgets all decorum when people are around:1) Keeps him/her from pulling you down a dangerous flight of stairs. Even been able to go down safely in rain, snow, and ice conditions.2) Keeps dog under control and out of trouble (i.e. dog fights, running into street, ect.)3) Protects other people and animals from your pet's exuberance4) Well made, tough, hasn't ripped or had any damage at all in over a year's worth of walkings5) Most importantly, you can correct your pet and pull him back to you without choking or hurting him with this harness.The bad, because you need to know:1) The dog CAN still pull in this, and like all harnesses, they can put a lot more of their weight and strength behind a harness, though this one does cut down a bit due to it's design that causes their legs to cross and turn them. I have been able to hold him back when he was pulling as hard as he could, from a sitting position without being moved an inch.2) If you have a retractable leash and something catches your pup's attention, when they bolt, even if you hit the button, you're still going to get jerked a couple steps, and if you don't have a good grip on the leash, there goes your dog.3) In a situation like above, should they get going fast enough to jerk you, when you hit the button or pull back on the leash, rather than a gentle turn around, the dog will get jerked around, fly in the air a bit, and kind of do an involuntary back-flip. My pup's never been hurt by this, (at least nothing worse than his ego,) but it might be frightening for people not used to seeing this. I still highly recommend checking your dog out, however, when this happens just to be safe, especially if he vaulted on something other than soft grass, like gravel or pavement.4) The front of the harness needs to be checked regularly. As I said, they can pull in this if they really want what they were going after, and it causes the front to loosen periodically, making it easy for the dog to step out of the harness without meaning to. For their safety, as well as all animals' and people's in the vicinity, you need to check and re-adjust every so often, so there's no accidental slip-outs and escapes.I really do recommend this harness for anyone with an excitable dog if they are prone to bolting, even just to greet people, no matter how great their manners might be otherwise. It will save you a lot of heartache and just aches in general to both of you.Oh, and for anyone who needs a bit of help figuring this thing out, snap the clasp that isn't the grey on the black version, or dark red on the red version. Slip that over the dog's head with the ring for attaching the leash facing you, and the different colored part facing down. Then just snap the remaining clasp across the dog's chest, behind their front legs. when you take it off, just undo the different colored part and slip the harness off, leaving the other clasp fastened. Makes it much easier, and the whole put-on/take-off only takes a couple seconds, which for a squirming dog can mean the difference between accident or no accident.Hope this helped.

We have a lab. She is 75% american, 25% english, so she has a sleek body, but her chest is full english with the big neck roll and barrel chest. She weighs 62 pounds. I originally bought a medium, but it just didn't look right or fit right and you could tell she wasn't comfortable in it so I exchanged it for a large and the large fits like a glove! Walking with her before this was horrible, it was frustrating for everyone and she would just gag and choke herself. From the moment we put this on walking her has been an absolute dream. She knows she can't pull and listens so much better, I recommend this to anyone and everyone because it has been an absolute game changer. I now feel like anyone, including kids, can walk our dog without getting dragged all over the place. Still find it hilarious trying to watch my husband figure out how to get the harness on the dog though.Our dog also used to lose her mind at rabbits (there are tons in our neighbourhood). The first time she had the harness on she darted for the rabbit and did a totally front flip. Now she sees a rabbit, gets all perky, and we tell her to leave it, and she comes right back to our side and we continue on our walk. Game changer I tell ya!

The dog in question is a Spaniel and it belongs to an elderly relative. I'd tired of seeing the dog walk the man so looked into different harness options and plumped for this one.I was the first person to try the harness on the Spaniel and the effect was immediate. You start walking, the dog goes ahead, you stop and hold on. As soon as the lead is taut the chest position of the lead causes the dog to spin 60-90 back towards you and look very confused. What just happened?Walking is then a pleasure and its only when the dog is in reach of known locations (100 yards from the park, 50 yards from home) that it will pull. Even then, the pulling isn't to the same degree that would occur when led from the collar.This harness has changed the life of the Spaniel's owner; they now walk together. But, when put back on the collar, the dog pulls from the off. So it isn't a training device, it's a permanent fixture.The downside of using one is twofold. First, it gets dirty unless you're going to use it to get to a destination (the park) and then remove it. Second, it is a little confusing to put on and adjust. It works even when it's quite loose on the dog, Too tight and you may be causing friction sores so be careful. Sores are the lesser of two evils by comparison to your dog damaging it's neck and windpipe by pulling from the collar.

I was somewhat dubious that any lead or harness would be able to stop my 11 month old Dalmatian pulling me or more importantly my little wife to wherever our dog wanted to go.Well I couldn't have been more wrong, I had expected that a certain amount of training or familiarisation would be necessary but it wasn't.The moment I put the harness on her, and we went for a walk, it worked, my dog no longer pulled, but walked by my side.By placing the D ring at a low front chest level I noticed that any pulling in one direction is counteracted by pulling the dog back into line, so the more a dog pulls away from you the more force is automatically applied to correct its walking.I bought the large size, but had to adjust the straps to their smallest or tightest setting for our dog, but it was still a little loose, but as she will be growing for a few more months I'm sure it will fit her perfectly very soon.Dog walking is now a pleasure and no longer an ordeal.Thoroughly recommended.

This was recommended to me for being really good for stopping dogs from pulling. I was a bit sceptical, as I own a huge variety of harnesses and halters, all of which claim to stop dogs from pulling, but mostly don't. I bought this one, tried it on one dog and was so pleased with how it worked that I bought another for the other dog. My small godson was able to walk a large, strong dog with no problems. It seems counter-intuitive to have the lead at the front of the dog's chest, but it seems to decrease their need to pull.As some people have commented, there is a risk that it will cut into the dog, but I have found that it is best to leave the straps a bit slack, rather than trying to pull the harness tight.As a minor criticism, there doesn't really seem to be any need to provide a lead with the harness. Like most owners, I have leads already, and the one that comes with this is terribly long - the dogs keep tripping over it. I would rather pay slightly less for the harness and not have a lead included.

Just received this harness in time for training school day. I am very pleased with it. It's far far better than the halti version. The D ring on the chest does not stick to one side like the halti one does. It moves side to side on its own loop but still tighten up on chest for better control. In fact I have already put another one in my shopping list on Amazon. My retreiver loves muddy puddles, So I need a clean one ready for next walk. Would recommend this one and not the halti. Oh and thank you for the surprise dog biscuits in the package.