Dog Training
Easy Walk Harness Review: Months of Daily Walks With a 62-Pound Lab Mix
A retired school bus driver in Knoxville tests the PetSafe Easy Walk Harness on her 62-pound Lab mix through two years of twice-daily walks.
Ten months of being dragged around my own block, and the front-clip harness that ended it.
A retired school bus driver in Knoxville tests the PetSafe Easy Walk Harness on her 62-pound Lab mix through two years of twice-daily walks.
A plain-spoken comparison from a dog owner who tried the back-clip first and bought the front-clip after it failed.
Biscuit is 62 pounds of Labrador mix who used to walk me across parking lots. Two years and one front-clip harness later, here is what actually changed, in the order it changed.
Ten months of being dragged around my own block, and the front-clip harness that ended it.
My Lab mix towed me down the driveway for most of a year. Here is the five-step routine, from harness fit to greenway distractions, that finally got him walking beside me.
Two years of daily walks with a strong Labrador mix, and the parts of the Easy Walk Harness that helped, plus the parts it could not fix.
Twenty-two months, two walks a day, one magnetic lid. What held up, what did not, and the two small things I would change.
I used my coat pockets for training for the first year with Biscuit. Then I ruined two coats and bought a pouch. Here is where each one actually wins.
Twenty-two months of twice-daily use, ten specific things that got easier, and the one piece of gear I would buy before this pouch.
I spent a year fumbling in coat pockets before I bought a 5-inch bag with a magnet on it. Here is what actually changed.
The reward is not the hard part. Getting it to the dog within two seconds is the hard part, and a pouch on your belt solves more of it than any training video I have watched.
Twenty-two months of twice-daily wear on a pouch that fixed my coat pockets, and the three things about it I still grumble about.
Twenty months of daily clicking with a 62 pound Lab mix who heard a lot of words and followed almost none of them. What worked, what I got wrong, and the one habit that made the whole thing stick.
Twenty months of using both in the same back yard, on the same stubborn Labrador mix, with an honest look at which one does which job.
Biscuit was two years old and set in his ways. Here is why a small piece of plastic still got through to him.
A retired bus driver, one stubborn Labrador mix, and the 20-month habit that finally got him to understand me.
Five steps that worked on a 4-year-old Lab mix who had over a year of practice ignoring me.
Twenty months of daily use, one stubborn Lab mix, and the part of clicker training that the listing never mentions.
Eighteen months of twice-weekly recall work on 15 feet of nylon, including the bad month, the rope burn, and the rule about which ring the snap goes on.
One is a fixed fifteen feet of nylon. The other pays out on a spring. I used both with the same dog, and only one of them taught him to come back.
A retired bus driver in Knoxville on the 15 foot training lead that finally got her Lab mix to come back, and the ten things it changed.
Eighteen months ago my Lab mix dragged me across a greenway. Here is the 15-foot piece of nylon that changed our walks, and the eight weeks of work that made it matter.
A reward-based plan from a dog owner who is not a trainer, using a 15-foot line to practice recall without gambling on a loose dog.
Eighteen months, one Labrador mix, and a 15 foot nylon line. What helped, what burned my hands, and what I would tell a neighbor before they buy one.
Two years and four months with the first thing I bought for a 62-pound Lab mix, and an honest accounting of what it fixed and what it did not.
One is a settling toy and one is a thinking toy. I own both, and only one of them gets stuffed before I walk out the door.
A retired bus driver, one restless Lab mix, and the red rubber toy that bought back my quiet afternoons.
I did not want a better trained dog that week. I wanted twenty-five minutes without barking. Here is what actually delivered it, and what it never fixed.
A bored dog is not a bad dog. He is a dog with nothing to do. Here is the five-step routine I use with Biscuit, and the mistakes that made it take longer.
Two years and four months with a 62-pound Lab mix, one stuffed toy, and a lot of honest notes about what it can and cannot do.
A retired school bus driver in Knoxville tests the PetSafe Easy Walk Harness on her 62-pound Lab mix through two years of twice-daily walks.
Two years of daily walks with a strong Labrador mix, and the parts of the Easy Walk Harness that helped, plus the parts it could not fix.
Twenty-two months, two walks a day, one magnetic lid. What held up, what did not, and the two small things I would change.
Twenty-two months of twice-daily wear on a pouch that fixed my coat pockets, and the three things about it I still grumble about.
Twenty months of daily clicking with a 62 pound Lab mix who heard a lot of words and followed almost none of them. What worked, what I got wrong, and the one habit that made the whole thing stick.
Twenty months of daily use, one stubborn Lab mix, and the part of clicker training that the listing never mentions.
Eighteen months of twice-weekly recall work on 15 feet of nylon, including the bad month, the rope burn, and the rule about which ring the snap goes on.
Eighteen months, one Labrador mix, and a 15 foot nylon line. What helped, what burned my hands, and what I would tell a neighbor before they buy one.
Two years and four months with the first thing I bought for a 62-pound Lab mix, and an honest accounting of what it fixed and what it did not.
Two years and four months with a 62-pound Lab mix, one stuffed toy, and a lot of honest notes about what it can and cannot do.