[guidedogchat] Re: Spending harness
- From: Pam <pamyoung80@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 12:32:36 +0000
ya i can see how they might b handy especially in the snow.
Sent from my iPhone
> On 3 Nov 2014, at 12:00, Caitlyn Furness <caitlyn.furness@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> No, I currently don’t use one as I have a female dog now and I find it more
> inconvenient to use one as you have to wait for the dog to pee, then put it
> on for the number two.
>
> If I had access to the silicon beads or whatever the Aussies use with the
> harness for female dogs, I might start using one again. We have hard winters
> here and using the harness for pottying the dog in the snow would be very
> useful!
>
> Also, my current girl is a great spender, and she will go pretty quickly most
> of the time. The boys I used the harness on liked to walk and spendat the
> same time! This made picking it up difficult sometimes!
>
> hth,
> Caitlyn and Maggie
>
>> On Nov 3, 2014, at 6:46 AM, Pam <pamyoung80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> thanks for that kate. do u not use 1 any more then?
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On 3 Nov 2014, at 11:19, Caitlyn Furness <caitlyn.furness@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> A toiletting harness is a starp that goes around your dog’s body just in
>>> front of the hind legs. It has two clips on top and either one of two
>>> clips underneath. you attach a plastic bag with handles to the clip or
>>> clips on the dog’s underside, bring the bag up between the dog’s hind legs,
>>> pull the tail through, and then attach the bag to the clips on top of the
>>> dog’s back.
>>>
>>> When the dog spends, it goes directly into the bag. I gather that in
>>> Australia, they also put some kind of silicon beads into the bag to absorb
>>> urine if you are using the harness with a female dog. After the dog goes,
>>> you remove the bag, tie the bag, and toss it into the trash. The
>>> toiletting harness is removed at all times when the dog is not potting.
>>>
>>> It didn’t take long to get my dogs used to it when I was using one of these.
>>>
>>> I hope this helps. Good luck in trying to get one of these if you want
>>> one, because the schools in Australia apparently think it’s rocket science
>>> to use one or something. I had a friend from Aus. send me one, then I had
>>> it copied.
>>>
>>> Cait from Canada
>>>
>>>> On Nov 2, 2014, at 3:55 PM, Pam <pamyoung80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> hi nadine. i also did a google search lol. i did see a couple of posts on
>>>> another list though. 1 in the US. from what i can gather it's a harness
>>>> with a pooh bag attached to it or something. but that's all i know. am
>>>> interested to find out exactly what it is and how it works too.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> On 2 Nov 2014, at 20:36, Nadine Lattimore <nadine.lattimore@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone able to throw any light on what this is? Did an ould google search
>>>>> but no joy.
>>>>> Thanks
>
>
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