Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Miracle worker for a sweet, 3-4yr old 66lb lab/shepherd mix rescue that thinks she's training for the Iditarod whenever she's on leash. She PULLS like a Clydesdale. It took less than half a street and maybe five corrections on the leash for her to walk in a perfect heel position with this harness on. It's AMAZING!!!! I got the L harness in the vibrant hot pink fuchsia shade, and it's gorgeous. Adjusting the straps took a bit of work---she's deep chested with a long torso, 30" girth, so I really had to open up the neck and girth straps for it to fit properly. The color shows up beautifully against her black coat, and the reflective threading DOES work (but it will probably be obscured if your dog has long fur). Some background on my dog: She's got high energy, a high prey drive, and she's dog reactive following being attacked twice by off-leash canines. If another dog is in sight or within earshot, she likes to postion herself in front of me, and she doesn't want to let up that protective stance until she's convinced the other dog isn't a threat. With standard collars, she'd sound like she was on the verge of choking herself out from pulling so hard. Back attachment harnesses were better for her health, but still allowed her to pull. Leash boss handled leashes spared my palms and rotator cuffs some agony, and made her pulling more controllable--but didn't stop the behavior. Unfortunately, I have medical conditions that prevent me from being able to safely use correction collars and halters like the Gentle Leader, martigale collars, prong collars, or slip leads, and I don't know enough about e-collars to feel comfortable with using my dog as a guinea pig until I figured it out. She had absolutely NO leash manners when I got her, and aside from the momentary relief provided by verbal corrections and/or a leash tug, I could always count on having a daily "battle of the block" before she calmed down enough to heel. She's very, very sweet, and eager to please---she just has tons of energy, I don't have a fenced in yard, and as much as I would love to take her for a run, I'm physically incapable of it. This harness succeeded in getting her into a perfect, persistent heel within a minute a half. She remained heeling during our maiden walk even when it started to rain, even when someone knocked over a 60lb trashcan on the curb in front of us, even when another dog decided to do some fence chasing and raise a ruckus howling and charging the wooden posts, and even when two other dogs across the street started lunging, snarling, and barking their heads off at her as their owner walked them. If your dog is a reactive 'puller' you have an idea of what a miracle that is.