MEASUREMENTS- everything you need to know
Thinking of ordering a Pre-Made or custom harness or collar here is a guide to taking measurements. There is some written information on how to take measurements. We also have an easy-to-follow short video bellow.
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Measuring for a collar
neck width
Measure using a flexible tape-measure around the base of your dogs neck, the whole way round. This is nasally the widest part of the dogs neck.
Alternatively you can measure the inside edge of your dogs buckled up collar.
Measuring For A Harness
Girth
Measurement
Measure using a flexible tape measure around the widest part of your dogs rib cage (this is the girth and should be just behind the shoulder blades).
Measure the whole way round.
Shoulder
measurement
Measure using a flexible tape measure. measure from shoulder blades the point that sits on girth to the very centre of their chest.
Sternum
Measurement
measure using a flexible tape measure from the centre of chest, in-between the dogs legs to the girth (widest part of ribs).
guide and CB
Attatchments
Measure using any tape measure> for Counter balance have your dog stand up in their heel position. measure from their back to your hand (which is stretched down) add on 1 inch so the handle is tall enough to wrap your hand round.
>for guide mobility. have your dog stood one step in front of you and measure from the dogs girth to where your hand is stretched comfortably. a good way to do this is to think the
