A leash-controllable dog harness and leash assembly adapted to inhibit a dog from straining against a leash held by an individual walking the dog. The harness includes a shoulder junction having a pair of slide openings therein overlying the dog's shoulder intermediate its left and right forelegs, each having a crotch leading to a sensitive pit, a chest junction lying adjacent the dog's chest intermediate its left and right forelegs, and a pair of harness straps extending between the shoulder and chest junctions on opposite sides of the dog to conform the harness to the body of the dog. Left and right restraint straps extending from the chest junction pass through the corresponding foreleg crotches and then through the opening in the shoulder junctions to terminate in a link coupling the harness to the leash. When the leash is strained, the restraint straps linked thereto are caused to ride up the crotches to engage the sensitive foreleg pits and impose pressure thereon inducing the dog to relieve this pressure by slowing down or coming to a halt to loosen the cables.
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This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 222,034 filed Apr. 4, 1994 which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,485,810 on Jan. 23, 1996, which in turn is a continuation of Ser. No. 194,720 filed Feb. 10, 1994 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,359,964), this being a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 023,638, filed Feb. 26, 1993 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,329,885).
A weight bearing and weight pulling muzzled harnessing apparatus with an easily shortened lead for training and conditioning animals and preventing unwanted biting.
A pet collar device (100) incorporates a body (117) and a reciprocating plunger (109) extending through the body. A flexible band (101), attached to one end of the plunger, extends from the body when a knob (111) of the plunger is depressed by a palm or thumb of a hand and the fingers of the same hand engage finger grips (123) on the body. The extended band allows placement over the head of a pet. Release of the plunger by the hand allows a bias spring (127) to bias the plunger in the opposite direction, retracting the flexible band into the body and securing the collar device about the neck of the animal. The collar device allows quick and simple one-handed engagement of the collar device on the animal.
The present invention provides a leash for controlling an animal. The leash of the invention includes a sleeve portion having a loop portion that can form a cuff around a user's wrist, and a gripping portion that is held in the palm of the user's hand. Both the loop portion and the gripping portion are formed at least partially of a soft fabric-like material to prevent abrasion of the user's skin.
A dog harness including a non-sliding neck and body strap joined at location on the back of the dog when worn by a dog. A slider is also affixed at this location. A stop strap extends through the slider, through a first fader loop on the body strap, through a second slider on the front of the neck strap, through a second fader loop on the body strap, and back through the first slider. When the dog pulls such that the stop strap is not slack, the stop strap tightens against the dog's body when the ends of the stop strap are held by a handler.
A method for installing a harness on a four-legged animal, wherein the harness includes a first loop, a second loop, and a first connecting portion. The first and second loops are connected to the first connecting portion. The method includes at least placing the first and second loops substantially around the left and right rear legs, respectively, placing the first connecting portion adjacent the rear back of the animal such that the first and second loops are below the left and right hind leg pits, respectively, and attaching the first connecting portion directly or indirectly to a leash. By pulling the first connecting portion in a forward direction, this causes the first and second loops to come into contact with the left and right rear leg pits and impose pressure thereon urging the animal to take action to release the pressure by sitting up and or moving forward.
