On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:46:20 -0400, Sharon Delarose
wrote:

In article ,
sighthounds & siberians wrote:

No, it's adjustable in 5 places. No, no lift handle. Other than
assistance harnesses (for dogs with difficulty standing and walking on
their own), I have no knowledge of harnesses with handles to lift a
dog. Most of my dogs are far too big to be lifted that way. I
thought that Sharon said Dakota was deep-chested. There are no dogs
deeper chested than sighthounds, and I've got a houseful of them.
I've also got a houseful of Premier Sure-Fit harnesses, which is the
type of harness my dogs wear when they wear harnesses. The exception
is the IG, for whom escapability was the primary concern when we took
him out and about. He has a harness designed for sighthounds with a
martingale closure at the shoulders, so it's virtually escape-proof,
though that's no longer a concern.

Maybe the Premier Sure-Fit isn't what Sharon's looking for, in which
case I have no other suggestions, since I don't use harnesses much.
But the Premier Sure-Fit is most certainly adjustable for deep-chested
breeds.

Okay, now you've got me curious! I've never heard of a "sighthound" so
I have to go look it up :-)

You've heard of greyhounds, whippets, Borzoi, maybe Salukis,
deerhounds? Those are sighthounds. As oppposed to Beagles, Bassets
hounds, Dachshunds, foxhounds, etc. which are scenthounds.

I'm beginning to think I should get both harnesses and cover every
possible need we could have with her. I fully expect to share another
dozen years with her.

In the early days she did attempt to back out of harnesses but I think
that's a thing of the past, and she never did succeed in it anyway as I
usually watch her pretty closely. Many of her bad habits of old are now
distant memories.

The only difficulty I have with her harness-wise is that she HATES the
harness and doesn't make it easy to get it on. I'm assuming that's
because it rubs her wrong and if we can get a comfy one, she won't mind
it.

Teach her to stand/stay. I've never had a dog object to a harness, so
I'm not sure why she would hate it, especially if having one put on
means she gets to go for adventures.

On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 20:04:16 -0400, "cshenk" wrote:

"Sharon Delarose" wrote
"cshenk" wrote:

But S&S, it's a 2 point adjustment right? No lift handle and not
designed
(he says more but I don't see how as it has only 3 straps).

Carol, I'm a she, not a he. You can believe me or not, the Premier
harnesses are adjustable in 5 places. I just pulled one out and
checked, and yes indeed, there are 5 places where the straps can be
tightened or loosened. That's what makes it adjustable; it doesn't
make any difference how many straps it has.

On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:02:06 -0400, Sharon Delarose
wrote:

In article ,
sighthounds & siberians wrote:

Most of my dogs are far too big to be lifted that way. I
thought that Sharon said Dakota was deep-chested. There are no dogs
deeper chested than sighthounds, and I've got a houseful of them.
I've also got a houseful of Premier Sure-Fit harnesses, which is the
type of harness my dogs wear when they wear harnesses.

Cool dogs! I see what you mean about sighthounds being deep chested.
I've been looking at photos of them. There's a really cool Italian
Greyhound, what a cutie pie! Borzois, Wolfhounds, Whippets,
Windhounds... I like the sound of that one, Windhound.

Are you referring to the Silken Windhound? It's more or less a
Borzoi/Whippet cross, not yet recognized by the AKC. I have
greyhounds, Whippets, Borzoi (it's Russian, and the plural is the same
as the singular) and one Biggie (an oversized Italian Greyhound.

I remember watching some sort of TV show about the history of Saluki's.
Maybe it was a Breed All About It episode. I remember their episode
about Rhodesian Ridgebacks, too and Australian Cattle Dogs (which is
what got us started watching).

Rhodesian Ridgebacks are sighthounds, too, though they don't look much
(if at all) like other sightounds.

Your postname is "Sighthounds & Siberians" so I'm assuming you have
Huskies as well. Do you breed them, rescue them, or just surround
yourself with them? Kinda coming in here as a noob so I don't know who
you all are :-)

I don't have Siberians any longer; the last one died a little over a
year ago. I don't breed. We run a greyhound rescue (and will take
any sighthound) and did a little unsuccessful Siberian rescue. I
volunteer with Borzoi rescue and 3 of my 4 Borzoi have been rescues.

"sighthounds & siberians" wrote
Sharon Delarose wrote:

No, it's adjustable in 5 places. No, no lift handle. Other than

Ok, my bad sorry! Picture I used didn't show it well probably.

Okay, now you've got me curious! I've never heard of a "sighthound" so
I have to go look it up :-)

You've heard of greyhounds, whippets, Borzoi, maybe Salukis,
deerhounds? Those are sighthounds. As oppposed to Beagles, Bassets
hounds, Dachshunds, foxhounds, etc. which are scenthounds.

Yup! I think of them by body construction being generally longer legged and
lighter built (not all, just a general idea of them). A sort of willowy
look almost?

I'm beginning to think I should get both harnesses and cover every
possible need we could have with her. I fully expect to share another
dozen years with her.

Hehe Cash has 3 main ones! Basically I added extras at finding it a good
idea (like his winter one and the special one for pulling his little cart).

The only difficulty I have with her harness-wise is that she HATES the
harness and doesn't make it easy to get it on. I'm assuming that's
because it rubs her wrong and if we can get a comfy one, she won't mind
it.

Teach her to stand/stay. I've never had a dog object to a harness, so
I'm not sure why she would hate it, especially if having one put on
means she gets to go for adventures.

Sammy was a little confused the first time but well behaved about it all.
He kept wanting to 'sit' as I put it on (how he's been trained for collar
use I guess). Now he's got it down pat.

We just got back in from the morning walk. I got Cash's harness and Sammy
went off and grabbed his off the chair and took it to Don then stood there
nicely. It's too soon for any of my broth feeding to have had any effect,
but he does *seem* to be moving a little easier today. Maybe just a good
day? Odd that as it's damp.

I'm peeking about for a good winter harness for Sammy. He doesn't need the
same level of 'thick' Cash's short fur is more comfortable with, but he does
need something water-proof for those sleety days, even if it's just to stay
dry in the backyard when he goes out to pee ;-)

"Phyrie" wrote
"cshenk" wrote

Hehe meantime, I unearthed some pics of Cash I was able to get on a CD. I
don't know how to get themn posted but if you emaul me (address not
masked) you can see the shape of Cash.

Photobucket is a good choice for non-technically minded folks to post
pics. Then you just post the links to your pics in a thread, and there ya
go!

Thanks! Lets see if I did this right.

http://s1134.photobucket.com/albums/m617/cshenk/Cash/

You've got a mixture of times from when he was very new and very underweight
(but only a head shot), to some when he was overweight at 63 whopping lbs.
The pics were not made to show weight though so you don't have that sort of
angle shot involved.

On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:02:02 -0400, sighthounds & siberians
wrote:

[...]
Are you referring to the Silken Windhound? It's more or less a
Borzoi/Whippet cross, not yet recognized by the AKC.

Man, I had to look that one up too. Never heard of it before.

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On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 10:11:21 -0400, "cshenk" wrote:

Yup! I think of them by body construction being generally longer legged and
lighter built (not all, just a general idea of them). A sort of willowy
look almost?

They are built for speed.

I'm peeking about for a good winter harness for Sammy. He doesn't need the
same level of 'thick' Cash's short fur is more comfortable with, but he does
need something water-proof for those sleety days, even if it's just to stay
dry in the backyard when he goes out to pee ;-)

Why does he need a harness to go out in the backyard to pee?

"sighthounds & siberians" wrote
"cshenk" wrote:

I'm peeking about for a good winter harness for Sammy. He doesn't need
the
same level of 'thick' Cash's short fur is more comfortable with, but he
does
need something water-proof for those sleety days, even if it's just to
stay
dry in the backyard when he goes out to pee ;-)

Why does he need a harness to go out in the backyard to pee?

He doesn't but he needs a rain coat sorta and if I get a winter sort that
works with his harness, it tends to be 'built in'. You just don't buckle it
up. Cash's winter set is basically a cape if I don't do the buckles up.

We don't get a lot of snow here (last year was an exception) but we normally
get a fair amount of freezing rain and sleet.

It's not expressly 'required' to dress a dog up for it for short trips but I
like coddling pets a bit and with Sammy's age and he and Cash both having
arthritis, it's a harmless little frill to toss something over them that
keeps them warm and dry. LOL, nutty but harmless.

In article ,
sighthounds & siberians wrote:

Teach her to stand/stay. I've never had a dog object to a harness, so
I'm not sure why she would hate it, especially if having one put on
means she gets to go for adventures.

Gypsy Rose used to love it, for that very reason. As we've tried two
different harnesses on Dakota and both rubbed her, I think that's why
she's not so keen regardless of the adventure.

We did figure out that one of the main problems was the length of the
bottom piece that connects the two loops of a standard harness. That
being too short seems to be what pulls it up to rub her. My husband
removed it from her current harness and that works well except that the
harness flops around so I'm still planning on a better harness.

Here's a photo of her and Gypsy Rose, probably a couple years old.
Okay, seeing that I dated the photo, try three years ago, LOL! Dakota
is the one with the curly tail, Gypsy Rose has the "loose" leash.

http://www.allfreespot.com/Dakota/do...07-400x290.jpg

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In article ,
sighthounds & siberians wrote:

I don't have Siberians any longer; the last one died a little over a
year ago. I don't breed. We run a greyhound rescue (and will take
any sighthound) and did a little unsuccessful Siberian rescue. I
volunteer with Borzoi rescue and 3 of my 4 Borzoi have been rescues.

Why was Siberian rescue not successful compared to the others?

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