Harness for spaniel

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I know harnesses are controversial

I know we need to teach to walk to heel… we practise every day and she’s fine at home of course without distractions

But I cannot face taking her out listening to her choke herself for another walk

She is fine when running around but if she knows we are going home or back to the car she just becomes a steam train, she can’t focus on anything. Occasionally I can hold the focus to do a sit or recall but for the most part she just wants to get home. She’s quite nervous by nature which we are working on slowly but I just don’t know what to do

Any harness that's X or Y shaped is fine - we use Eagloo but there are so many brands to choose from!

I used a harness with two D-rings (one on the chest and one on the back) coupled with a double-ended lead for teaching nice walking with my beagle. It took a few weeks of solid training but it did pay off in the end

Thank you, we will definitely carry on with training

Try PerfectFit - (young) spaniels can have quite narrow chests compared to the other measurements so having a harness where you can choose the individual pieces helps get a better fit, ime.

A harness with a front loop transformed walking my spaniel. And now even on a gundog slip he walks much better. I got fed up with the constant hard pulling and strangling noises!

Glad it’s not just me @Spanielsarepainless
I’ll look into those

Perfect Fit - the best one and best customer service to help you get the right fit. I would start here - they are very happy to take it back if it does not work for you. Also get there double ended leads

Dog Copenhagen comfort walk pro may have too wide a front piece for some spaniels but may work

Trulove - probably the cheapest may not fit as well on all dog

ruff stuff front range but really expensive and not any better than the others!