While traditional dog collars are the standard option for walking your dog, many experts are recommending using a harness instead.
“[A] harness is ideal,” Carol Jean Tillman, a holistic veterinarian who has practiced in California and Nevada, told The Epoch Times in an email. “A collar around the neck with a leash, can cause neck problems, cause more anxiety, and dogs can slip out of a collar and escape, and run into the street.”