Rottweilers are big, excited dogs who are quite hard to control. They are very intelligent and can smell danger from quite some paces apart. Despite that, you never really know when calamity can strike- so it is best to use a Rottweiler harness. The advantages of a harness are manifold- it allows the owner to control the movement of the dog, whilst not hurting the dog at all. The Rottweiler too would understand what the owner wanted at the slightest tug of the leash. And finally, the harness is strong enough to not snap under pressure.
The best Rottweiler harness is the front-facing harness which provides total protection without harming your Rottweiler.
Advantage Of A Rottweiler Harness In Allowing Them To Breathe
A Rottweiler can often struggle to breathe when there is a collar around their neck. Sometimes, they might also be gasping for it, as the leash tightens around their neck. This can result in a collapsed trachea and other respiratory problems. A Rottweiler harness prevents all that, for the clutch is attached lower than the throat. This allows the Rottweiler to breathe freely, and absorb the pressure of the pull more on their body than their throat.
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Advantage Of A Rottweiler Harness To Walk Side By Side
A Rottweiler’s leash is always tightened behind the body, which makes the Rottweiler pull you around rather than the other way. In a front-facing harness, the leash is clutched around the chest. This makes it easier for the owner to lead from the front, or at least walk side by side. All this allows you to establish your dominance over your Rottweiler.
More Control
A harness, of course, allows you more control, due to the low center of gravity of the Rottweiler. When a Rottweiler pulls you towards them whilst on a collar, your lack of center of gravity makes you an easy target. You’ll easily be stringing behind them! On a harness the owner gets more courage and is able to steer the Rottweiler. This is because the clutch is attached very low.
No Behavioral Problems
Interestingly, the presence of a back attaching collar or harness is going to mentally harm your Rottweiler. Every time they are about to move towards something they are interested in, the collar is going to tug at their neck and cause them pain. This would result in the dog registering the pull as something that would occur when they do something ‘bad’, and this is going to be detrimental to their growth. Also, a front-facing Rottweiler harness is simply more conducive to a healthy Rottweiler-owner relationship.
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Comfort/Aesthetics
A front-facing harness is simply very comfortable, which doesn’t put any stress on the Rottweiler or the owner handling the Rottweiler.
Walking with your Rottweiler should be a joyful exercise, not one that is going to make you keep looking for incoming cars and trees. The advantage of a Rottweiler harness, primarily, is that it allows a dog to understand what the owner wants. The Rottweiler will listen to you.
