Dogs wearing harnesses can pull with a force exceeding their body weight CBCK-Christine/Alamy
Dogs generally pull about 60 per cent harder on a leash when wearing a padded harness compared with a collar, even when the equipment is marketed as 鈥渁nti pull鈥 鈥 putting the people walking them at risk of injury.
Some dogs 鈥 especially smaller breeds 鈥 pull with a force more than twice their body weight on the collar, potentially damaging their throats, says at Southern Illinois University.
鈥淚t鈥檚 really very shocking,鈥 she says.…
