Four Paws Medium Comfort Control Harness For Dogs Review

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(More customer reviews)16 april 2011: I've added an update today. If your dog likes to chew on anything he/she can get to, it might be valuable inforamtion. The update is at the end,... scroll down to read it.
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6 FEB 2011:
Not an actual review but... how do I choose/select the right size when ordering????
I don't see the size anywhere on this item.
I found another listing of the same product on Amazon, where you can actually select the size and color.
I believe it's this oneComfort Control Harness, X-Large, Black.
As for the size,... Apparently there's a size chart, with the picture,... most of them I've seen on-line are barely readable,... but here's short version of what I've seen on one of these charts. I've only put the size and typical breed that it would fit. I left out the weight, and neck and chest size. I believe this gives a good indication of what size you need.
Size-XS: Puppy Yorkie, puppy Maltese, Chihuahua
Size-S : Yorkie, Maltese, Toy Poodel, Pomeranina
Size-M : Japanese Chin, Miniature Pincher, French Bulldog, Boston Terrier
Size-L : Shih Tzu, Pekingese, Mini Schnauzer
Size-XL: Beagle, Cocker Spaniel, Pug, Fox Terrier
Measure neck and body of your dog, and google the measurement chart, see what fits your dog best. If I get time, I'll add the size in inches here later. But for now you can probably best google it.
Good thing I checked the chart, because at first I taught I needed the small or extra small size for our miniature pincher. When I checked the chart I noticed I actaully needed a medium size. To be sure I did measure the neck and chest of our min. pin. and it did correspond with what's on the chart.
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UPDATE - 19 MARCH 2011:
Ok, I receivd mine,... and here's the actaul review.
Our miniature pincher seemed very happy with it. I could swear she taught/knew she was getting a new fashion item. She was sitting there, watching me unpacking, ... the moment I took the harness out of the package, she got al exited, started jumping around, standing and jumping on her back feet.... I had a hard time putting it on her, with her jumping all over the place. I wished I had my camera rolling.
We're happy with this harness. She had a standard harness before, but we had to take it off because after wearing it for a while, it started to irritate her skin just under her chest and front legs. I saw an ad for comfort harness and decided to try them.
These are indeed better. The design is such that it's not sharp under the dog's body, especially under the `armpits'. It's round and soft. The mesh design forms well around her front body and looks really good.
I was able to google a picture of the label to see the sizes and measurements. Measured the chest and neck and compared it to the chart. Based on the measurements and the chart I decided to get the medium size. The fit is ok, ... it seems a just a tiny-bit large around the front of her body, but not so large that it's too large for her. You can adjust the fit around the body to an extent. It seems you have quite some space to adjust. So medium would fit I suspect quite a range of different size dogs. The neck and front, where the most of the mesh is, is a fixed size. So that part you can't adjust. But it was probably kept to such a size that it can fit different medium size dogs. I suspect that's why it seems just a bit large for our miniature pincher. I'm thinking perhaps the small size would have fitted her even better. Especially since you can adjust it round the body.
Here's a tip. Make sure you adjust the harness well around her body. Don't make it too tight, but don't leave it to loose either. Here's why. Initially I let it just a little loose around her body. But our little pincher likes to chew on anything that's plastic. And she'll chew it up till there's nothing left. After three days she had it on, I noticed she had start chewing on the buckle where you close the harness. I realize she was able to do this because I left it a bit loose. Thankfully I noticed it on time. I adjust it, made it tighter, not too tight, but just so it fits well around her. That way she could not get to it. I was concerned perhaps it was bothering her, but after observing her for a few days I could reassure my self she was ok, and it was not bothering her at all.
The only regret I have is that I ordered the black color. I was a bit weary of getting red, purple or blue. But now I think one of the colors would probably looked even better on her. I'm thinking red. The black is nice, but looks so,..... well,... colorless. I'm thinking I might get a red one, but then size small.
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UPDATE - 16 APRIL 2011:
Today I find my self adding an update to this review. Our min.pincher just chewed through the buckle last night! I think the size of the harness was just a tiny-bit loose for her. She was able to turn and get to the buckle. Perhaps I should have gotten the small size after all. But I'm only bringing the number of stars from 5 to 4. I still think this is a good harness. The buckle got chewed, because that's the character of the min.pincher. Just read that today online. They like to chew, and will chew on anything they can get their teeth on. Of course if the buckle was on top of his back, then I don't think any min.pincher can get to it (that's why I'm bringing it down to 4 stars). But then again, I'm not sure,... since I've just read that the min.pincher is also called "the Houdini of dogs" because of it's ability to escape,... and that does seem to match our. min.pincher.
In any case, if your getting this harness,... you need to be aware if your dog likes to chew on anything he can get to, and take that into consideration.
By the way, I also just found out that these are actually not the ones from the ad I saw on TV. Those were the Comfy Harness Control ones. I can't find them here on A. But I think, for the next one I'm going to get (since this one is all chewed up now) I will look for the actual Comfy Control Harness and try one of those. I think those actually has the buckle on top of the back, ... I'm hoping our min. pincher can get to it in that position. I might update this post once I have that one.
Thanks for reading.
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