Veterinarian Recommends a Harness for Walking Dogs

Harnesses have a number of benefits that often make them preferable to collars.
Veterinarian Recommends a Harness for Walking Dogs
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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.”

Helen Billings
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Helen Billings is a Certified Western Herbalist, and has studied Holistic Nutrition and Homeopathy. She is a reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and she covers California news.