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[Re: Mallory Kwiatkowski ]
#248455 - 07/29/2009 12:07 PM |
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Crawling would probably confuse him terribly.
I'd say a Bottcher harness, but I don't know if you can FIND them that small.
I'll have to chew on this one for a bit and get back to you.
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Re: Properly fitting harness
[Re: Mallory Kwiatkowski ]
#248461 - 07/29/2009 12:27 PM |
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alyssa, i am seriously starting tracking with my crested,i found an awesome breeder that titles her cresteds in tracking(along with her GWP's and weimies) who lives really close to me, she does hunting dog tracking, which as i understand it, involves air scenting as well as ground scenting, etc. i may be wrong. for a title just in tracking(not schutzhund,) does it matter?
are there different tracking competitions, asking for different styles?
anyways....
this is an odd question..
tripper is 12 inches at the withers,after i laid a track, would it be easier for me to crawl on my hands and knees and hold the leash under his leg?? bending over that far, for that long seems painful(i have a bad back already) since the leash at that point would be maybe 6-8 inches off the ground.
AKC tracking is FST the same as SCH. So from that stand point, it is the same and trained the same way. For hunting, and breed trials, things may be different... In AKC you can get a TD, TDX, and a VST. A CT is available if you achieve all three.
As for the lead handling, can you run a lead through a piece of PVC and hold it down to the proper position? I have never used the leash under the armpit, but if one needs to and with your dogs size, that is what I would do...
Jessica
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Re: Properly fitting harness
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#248462 - 07/29/2009 12:31 PM |
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you know, i also totally combined this and the other tracking question in my post, my bad, lol.
i figured crawling would be confusing, but i hope you see my problem, he is a very small dog, and i could not imagine the pain from practically touching my toes, while moving, for that long, lol. i love this dog(the whole breed), but man, itty bitty dogs, for me at least, can be pita to handle just because they are so low to the ground...
i have a slightly too big harness for him, its a puppy agitation harness, he won;t come out of it, though it is loose on him, and really wide in the chest...it is the only harness i have that is his size.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n203/majestikmoose_photos/DSCF0494.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n203/majestikmoose_photos/DSCF0503.jpg
i could get him a harness, would it matter what style? like a regular nylon harness that most people get to walk their dogs?
would a step in style work ok?
Edited by Mallory Kwiatkowski (07/29/2009 12:34 PM)
Edit reason: add harness pics
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Re: Properly fitting harness
[Re: Mallory Kwiatkowski ]
#248467 - 07/29/2009 12:38 PM |
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Those pics are too cute!!!
Any type of harness will work. For my pup I bought just a nylon pet harness until he is done growing. Soon he will get a pretty leather one!
The one your boy has on may be a little heavy and tire him out when on a long track...
Jessica
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Re: Properly fitting harness
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#248469 - 07/29/2009 12:43 PM |
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lol, it belonged to the bulldogge in my siggy pic when he was a wee pup in sch class.
it is surprisingly light, the heaviest thing on there is the hardware, but i can see that getting heavy after a while(though, the dog does carry a tiny little backback on shorter walks, he DOES NOT tire-out, little shit).but i wouldn't want that to be a negative factor while learning something new, like tracking.
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Re: Properly fitting harness
[Re: Mallory Kwiatkowski ]
#248472 - 07/29/2009 01:09 PM |
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I've got it!!!
Rig up a catch-pole style system.
Get some very narrow PVC tubing and run leash through that.
(You can also cheat and use the PVC tubing to drop the treats through, so you don't have to bend down and put a tidbit in each toeprint.
That way you can run the leash under the dog's arm, and keep the leash parallel to the ground, w/o having to move to Notre Dame.
See horrible drawing, attached.
Red is the leash, black is the PVC Pipe.
You're the uh, pink-ish stick figure.
http://images.upload2world.com/get-7-2009-upload2world_com_urqqsd.JPG
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Re: Properly fitting harness
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#248474 - 07/29/2009 01:17 PM |
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oh dear....i am crying im laughing so hard....
that seems like an equal amount of trouble. IF the dog were to wear a harness(though i know a collar is preferred), would i still need to bend over like that??
still laughing over that pic!!!
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#248475 - 07/29/2009 01:24 PM |
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Look! I DO fit in the bag. |
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Re: Properly fitting harness
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#248479 - 07/29/2009 02:10 PM |
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No, if you used a harness you would not have to bend over.
The bending over is only necessary with the leash under the arm, because you don't want to inadvertantly lift the dog away from the track.
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Re: Properly fitting harness
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#248483 - 07/29/2009 02:16 PM |
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well, so much for that.
poor dog got a mouth full of fire-ants!!
those suckers moved in FAST, by the time tripper started, they took over the bits of cheese on the first half of the track. we still went all the way through, he would't eat the cheese covered in ants(duh), and would jump back when he sniffed the ants, though he did keep going. the last half was ant free, thankfully!.
i wasn't sure whether to pull him away and forget it, or move on with the fireants, i didn't want him to get bit up so soon into learning.
i found a ITTY BITTY harness that came with the chihuahua i fostered a while back, it BARELY fit tripper, and i mean barely. so i used that, and i also used a second leash on his slip chain under his leg, and ran the leash through the harness.
he was sniffing hard, lol.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n203/majestikmoose_photos/DSCF1080.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n203/majestikmoose_photos/DSCF1081.jpghttp://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n203/majestikmoose_photos/DSCF1101.jpg
and yes, i plan on getting him a properly sized harness, and for sure not that style, i never used it for the chi, which is why i forgot i had it to begin with. it defeats the purpose of te harness when it pulls on the neck...
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