Guide
The right way to measure your dog for a harness.
In progress
This essay is being finished. The opening below is the real draft; the full piece arrives soon.
About forty per cent of harness returns happen because the dog was measured wrong. Not because the harness was bad. Not because the sizing chart was misleading. Because someone — usually the owner, sometimes the manufacturer — skipped a measurement or took it while the dog was in the wrong position.
This is avoidable. A harness fitting takes three measurements, two minutes, and a soft tape. The rules are specific enough to be learned once and then applied to any brand you'll ever buy from. Here they are.
Fair warning: if you've been measuring only the chest girth, you have been measuring one of three numbers you needed, and you've been getting lucky when the harness fits.
What the rest of this piece will cover
- Measurement one: Chest girth
- Measurement two: Neck base
- Measurement three: Back length
- The position rule nobody mentions
- Reading sizing charts honestly