Butchie, the large-sized Malt I rescued in February, needs some advice on wardrobe essentials such as harnesses and collars.
He's a pretty big guy--probably 12 pounds or more now. His fur is quite short.
He hasn't been going anywhere much except in our big back yard and to the vets, and just a few times we've gone one block up the street and back. But I'd like to take him out for more walks, now that I know he's healthy and fully immunized and fairly bonded to me.
My thumbs are kind of weak, so I don't like the collars that have a pinch-type release. I have tried a couple martingale type collars, but if they are left on him for even a little while when he's not leashed up, he chews on the loose loop part, whether it is metal or cloth.
I have several basic nylon mesh harnesses. I was fitting one on him today and he got very excited, like he knew it meant going out for some fun. I let him run around the back yard with it on for a while, and almost immediately he got his jaw underneath the chest part and was chewing on it.
Any suggestions about harnesses? I wonder if the vest type might be less annoying to him so that he wouldn't try chewing it?
Butchie thanks you in advance because, although he doesn't know it, if he's properly outfitted, we can have more fun taking walks around the neighborhood!
He's a pretty big guy--probably 12 pounds or more now. His fur is quite short.
He hasn't been going anywhere much except in our big back yard and to the vets, and just a few times we've gone one block up the street and back. But I'd like to take him out for more walks, now that I know he's healthy and fully immunized and fairly bonded to me.
My thumbs are kind of weak, so I don't like the collars that have a pinch-type release. I have tried a couple martingale type collars, but if they are left on him for even a little while when he's not leashed up, he chews on the loose loop part, whether it is metal or cloth.
I have several basic nylon mesh harnesses. I was fitting one on him today and he got very excited, like he knew it meant going out for some fun. I let him run around the back yard with it on for a while, and almost immediately he got his jaw underneath the chest part and was chewing on it.
Any suggestions about harnesses? I wonder if the vest type might be less annoying to him so that he wouldn't try chewing it?
Butchie thanks you in advance because, although he doesn't know it, if he's properly outfitted, we can have more fun taking walks around the neighborhood!