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How to properly adjust a harness on your dog:
If you are holding our product in your hands but don’t know how to tell if it fits your dog correctly, first of all, congratulations on your purchase, and second, here are some recommendations:
Follow the golden rule: a harness or collar should not be too tight, but it shouldn’t be loose either. You should be able to slide two fingers between the webbing and the dog. This is a timeless standard. In this case, the harness or collar usually fits snugly enough without pressing on the dog, keeping it comfortable.
The harness or collar should sit closer to the base of the neck. A bit more detail about the harness: the connecting steel triangle should be located on the protruding part of the shoulder bone (if you start feeling your dog’s neck where it ends and the chest section begins, you will easily find it), and the upper triangle connecting the straps should be at the base of the neck, where you can feel the beginning of the shoulder blade.
The chest straps of the harness should not sit tightly right behind the dog’s front legs; they should be about 5 cm deeper. This way you will avoid the risk of skin chafing.
The longitudinal straps on the back and chest may stick out a little when the dog is sitting, but this should not happen when the dog is standing or moving. If they are completely loose, they stop serving their function and no longer help with the correct distribution of pressure across the dog’s body. These straps on our harnesses are adjustable. Every dog is unique. Dogs have different back lengths and chest depths, so it’s great to be able to adjust these straps to make the harness as comfortable as possible.
Our harnesses have two buckles on the chest cross strap, as well as the ability to adjust the webbing separately on each side, so you can adjust the straps evenly and avoid misalignment.
If it’s still difficult to understand how it should be done, watch our video where we don’t just explain but also show you how to put on and adjust our harness.
Follow the golden rule: a harness or collar should not be too tight, but it shouldn’t be loose either. You should be able to slide two fingers between the webbing and the dog. This is a timeless standard. In this case, the harness or collar usually fits snugly enough without pressing on the dog, keeping it comfortable.
The harness or collar should sit closer to the base of the neck. A bit more detail about the harness: the connecting steel triangle should be located on the protruding part of the shoulder bone (if you start feeling your dog’s neck where it ends and the chest section begins, you will easily find it), and the upper triangle connecting the straps should be at the base of the neck, where you can feel the beginning of the shoulder blade.
The chest straps of the harness should not sit tightly right behind the dog’s front legs; they should be about 5 cm deeper. This way you will avoid the risk of skin chafing.
The longitudinal straps on the back and chest may stick out a little when the dog is sitting, but this should not happen when the dog is standing or moving. If they are completely loose, they stop serving their function and no longer help with the correct distribution of pressure across the dog’s body. These straps on our harnesses are adjustable. Every dog is unique. Dogs have different back lengths and chest depths, so it’s great to be able to adjust these straps to make the harness as comfortable as possible.
Our harnesses have two buckles on the chest cross strap, as well as the ability to adjust the webbing separately on each side, so you can adjust the straps evenly and avoid misalignment.
If it’s still difficult to understand how it should be done, watch our video where we don’t just explain but also show you how to put on and adjust our harness.
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