Medium Black Anti Pull Mesh Dog Harness Neck Sizes 10"-16"

Got our first puppy about a month ago (I say puppy, but we rescued him when he was about 11 months old). Shepard/Lab mix, he is small though, only about 45 pounds. The rescue gave us one of these to take home. Because Ryan (our dog) wasn't familiar with us, it was a huge pain in the butt getting him to relax long enough to get this harness on. So when we finally got in on, we decided to leave it on him. Bad move on our part. The first night we had him he was in his crate, and I thought he was chewing on the toy we got him. I was wrong. He spent the whole night tearing through the heavy nylon part of the harness. When did I notice it? When I took him out on the harness in the morning, and after about 5 minutes outside, I saw the damage. I tell you this story because even with one of the sides completely disconnected, my dog was still secured in the harness.There are many great parts about this harness. First is the padding for under the dogs legs (armpits, however you want to describe it). It doesn't "cut" into the dog or irritate the area. Second, the only adjusting you need to do is on the piece that goes over the dogs head. It's only 2 adjustments, as opposed to most other harnesses, where you need to adjust at least 4 areas to make sure it is securely tightened (which could make you take it on and off many more times than you care to do). Once its on, its as simple as sliding the tightener down which secures the harness around the dogs entire body (a fit that is MUCH better than the more expensive harnesses). And because of the way that it "hugs" the dog, its almost impossible for the dog to "back out" of it. Trust me, at first, Ryan wanted NOTHING to do with coming into my car, into my house, into his crate. You get the picture. He would buck pretty aggressively and I was never worried that he was getting out. And this harness is much less bulky than others. I know because I had bought a harness from the brand that starts with a "K" before we picked Ryan up, and it proved to be triple the price, and inferior in quality and functionality.I was very happy that Amazon had these. They were not sold in the major stores anymore. I really don't know why, because for $10 bucks they really can't be beat. Obviously leaving the harness on overnight was just a rookie mistake on our part, so don't let my story in the beginning of this review scare you away. If anything, it should make you more confident in your decision to purchase this. I bought two so I could keep one in the house and one in the car. Prime shipped and arrived in 2 days.

I got this for my Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, who weighs about 19 pounds. I did not get this to prevent pulling -- for that, you need a front clipping harness. I got it because although she normally walks on a loose leash, she will sometimes lunge after things, and I didn't want her to hurt herself. Furthermore, I wanted to be able to pull her away from things both without hurting her and without further stimulating her (pulling on a dog's neck will make them more stimulated, not less, so it's a terrible way to try to make your dog stop barking, for example). My Cavalier is about 3.5 years old and a rescue dog, and she was pretty confused when I first put this on her. She wanted to chew it when I took it out of the box. Within about ten minutes of having it on, however, she loved it. It gives her much more freedom of movement, keeps the leash out of her face, and is comfortable. Now, when I pull it out, she runs over, puts her head through the loop, and steps in, looking pleased as Punch.I keep it snug but not painfully tight when walking her, so it doesn't shift, and she has never had any problems. It does tend to shift the direction of her hair a bit where the plate falls, but brushing can right that. I also use this in the car in conjunction with a dog seat belt. I have it a little looser and clip the dog seat belt directly behind the metal plate. (Fastening it to the loop makes the seat belt too long.) She finds it quite comfortable, and will curl up and go to sleep.I've now been using this harness for about six weeks. It shows no signs of wear.UPDATE: I've now been using this harness for about eleven months. I've recently begun using a SleepyPod harness for the car (the only harness that passed a crash test), but I still use this one on walks. I've found that as my dog's hair grows longer, it's more likely to catch when I cinch the harness, so I have to be careful. The harness also now has definite signs of wear, especially where it cinches. That being said, it probably has another year in it anyway. I put this on and off my dog a lot -- I don't have a yard, which means it goes on every four hours plus for her walk and, until recently, in the car. When it's time to get a new harness, I think I'll look at my options to see if there's one that fastens in a way less likely to catch her hair. However, I still do like this harness very much, and my dog continues to find it very comfortable.UPDATE #2: I decided to buy a backup harness for this one, and so ordered one through Amazon. The secondary seller sent me a cheap Walmart (literally shipped from Walmart) harness in the wrong color and in the wrong brand (and looked completely different), so I returned it. I then took a closer look at my harness. It appears to be the ASPCA harness, not a Yuppie Puppy harness, although the two appear to be the same. So consider just searching for an ASPCA harness, which I've found more cheaply anyway.

Yuppie Puppy's mesh style harnesses are versatile, durable, reasonably priced, easy to clean, and most importantly our dogs seem to like them. We've had one for five years that was STILL running strong after daily use, puddle jumping, beach and ocean frolics, etc. After routine washing by hand and setting out to dry, it may have lost it's shimmer and sparkle, but it's truly no worse for wear.Once you get the sizing adjusted, which is easy enough, using a little common sense or by reading the enclosed instructions, you're all set - the harness thereafter goes on and comes off in a matter of seconds, depending on you and/or your dog.Size-wise, our dogs are on the medium side. They are mixed breeds from a rescue shelter, a beagle/basset hound and a small part-retriever mutt, weighing approx 38 and 24 lbs respectively.It's a matter of taste, but we also like the simple, solid black color of the harnesses. They easily fold/collapse for travel, packing, etc. And, while many sturdy dog harnesses feature leather, vinyl, colored nylon, puffy, foamy and/or fluffy and furry coat-like features, those products cost anywhere from a little to a LOT more than these basic Yuppie Puppy harnesses, which, for us and our dogs, get the job done just as well, perhaps even better.On the other side of the spectrum, through the years we've also purchased and tried some very inexpensive, simple, allegedly choke-free dog harness products, but none of them "worked" for us or our dogs.