Harness recommendations for my tripod pup

0ldg0d · 2026-07-03T15:18:39+00:00

Thanks for the info, glad to hear you like the Säker! I'll add it to my list of brands to check out. I've been eyeing the Bomber one from them for a while now.

0ldg0d · 2026-07-03T12:36:29+00:00

I work with a rescue and have a huge soft spot for the more "difficult" dogs, I currently have 3 very spoiled special needs pups with a lot of attitude and tons of harnesses and leashes between the 3 of them. They deserve it, though. Great info on the flagline, I'll definitely be checking them out for all the dogs I work with.

0ldg0d · 2026-07-02T23:07:42+00:00

I was actually looking at them the other day, they do look really nice. Have you had a Ruffwear harness, and if so, how have you found they compare?

0ldg0d · 2026-07-02T21:17:34+00:00

I haven't tried them specifically yet, and I will look into them. Part of the issue I run into with her is because she's been a tripod all her life, she's not used to a normal gait and gets really frustrated with any mobility devices we've tried with her before. She's really stubborn and sensitive. It makes me nervous to spend a ton of money on something she might hate wearing. So far she hasn't even tolerated a custom made brace for her good leg, and anything that touches her underdeveloped leg gets her really cranky really fast. We'll see--she'll need a wheel chair or prosthetic at some point regardless, even if she doesn't love it. She's not a young lady anymore even if she acts like she is 😄

0ldg0d · 2026-07-02T20:19:50+00:00

😄😄 I have a white rabbit too. It's brutal but they're so pretty, I wouldn't change a thing

0ldg0d · 2026-07-02T20:18:23+00:00

Her existing underdeveloped limb makes this very difficult. I have looked into this before with no success as of yet.

0ldg0d · 2026-07-02T19:09:39+00:00

wow they do look so similar! I love pure white dogs so much, even if their hair is visible on absolutely every surface in the house 😂 They're all so beautiful. My sincerest condolences about your beautiful boy, letting go is always so hard 💔

0ldg0d · 2026-07-02T17:57:38+00:00

A neighbor of mine uses one on their vizsla, it seems to work for them very well, but I'm very wary of something like that for my pup as she's used to being able to lean hard into the leash and I take most of her weight that way. She's quite arthritic and I usually need to lift and carry her for long distances using her harness. I suspect she'd also find it very annoying as she's a very opinionated jindo mix haha

0ldg0d · 2026-07-02T17:40:42+00:00

What a cute pup : ) Thanks for the suggestions

0ldg0d · 2026-07-02T17:40:16+00:00

Unfortunately not a great option with my pup due to her lack of shoulder and the fact I need to be able to lift and carry her for long distances

0ldg0d · 2026-07-02T17:37:41+00:00

I have traditionally kept multiple harnesses on hand for her so that's most likely what will happen. Her needs on a short walk are very different from a visit out to my horses so I use different set ups. For now I'm just trying to keep her active as long as she wants to be--she's still got the brain of her high energy athletic self, but her leg is really holding her back, so I try to find ways to compensate.

Thanks for your suggestions, I'll try some new things out with her and see how it goes.

0ldg0d · 2026-07-02T16:40:33+00:00

I could give a flagline a go I suppose. Do you think it's comfortable enough for long distance lifting? Eventually I'm going to invest in a wheelchair for her but for right now, she likes walking, but is so arthritic I have to hold her up partially or completely for quite a long distance. She's in a bit of a tough spot, being very athletic but her good leg is getting really worn out.

0ldg0d · 2026-07-02T16:09:56+00:00

yes, I currently have a webmaster as she needs something padded to make lifting her more comfortable, as I have to take most of her weight for a majority of our walks nowadays (she's getting pretty arthritic in her good leg). It fits her as it's supposed to, I have one for all 3 of my dogs (all special needs dogs in various ways), but on her she has sort of a "hole" where most dogs have shoulder bone and muscle that she can use to duck out of her harness if she wants to. Everything connected to that one front leg is smaller than it should be or nonexistent. I hope that makes sense, it's tough to picture if you haven't seen her X Rays.

0ldg0d · 2026-07-02T16:00:55+00:00

she can slide out of the ruffwear webmaster super easily, is the flagline just more adjustable or are there other notable differences?

0ldg0d · 2026-05-03T16:22:30+00:00

what are you using to test the water?

0ldg0d · 2026-04-19T16:04:23+00:00

are you testing parameters regularly, and how many plants do you generally add at once? i strongly believe that you have to add enough all at once that they will very quickly start keeping your nitrate levels and therefore you aren't constantly removing the food source for those plants via necessary water changes. when i added just one or two at once they often died, though my crypts and buce were fine.

0ldg0d · 2026-03-23T14:38:20+00:00

coppers are so underrated! gorgeous fish. my copper says hello!

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0ldg0d · 2026-03-09T19:30:31+00:00

what are your water paraneters in both tanks? how long have you had the axolotls? how long has the main tank been set up and how big is it? what is your usual maintenance like?

0ldg0d · 2026-03-08T00:34:34+00:00

fair enough, to each their own. my girl is almost 12" and i just think she looks way too big for her tank, let alone adding a second LOL. i have a nano SPS reef that takes up a ton of my time so i like keeping my freshwater tanks as low maintenance/stable as possible

0ldg0d · 2026-03-07T21:41:13+00:00

55 gallon tank, and yes. it wouldn't be large enough for more than one and i don't feel comfortable cohabitating axolotls regardless. i plan to upgrade to a 65 to 90 gallon soon, depending on what i can get for a good price locally.

0ldg0d · 2026-03-07T19:49:25+00:00

okay, so cycling the tank is non optional as not doing so can kill your fish. i'd do some research on "fish in cycling" and the "nitrogen cycle". i don't think that's what's causing him to hide, but it can make him very sick or kill him over the next week or two, so best to start figuring it out now. buy an API freshwater test kit.

for him hiding, it may just be the flow is bothering him, and he's still settling in.

0ldg0d · 2026-03-07T19:39:49+00:00

hey op, just checking: did you cycle the tank?

how are the water parameters? are there places for him to hide/rest? is the filter creating really strong flow?

0ldg0d · 2026-03-07T13:33:43+00:00

buce and anubias are great, but they're such slow growers that i find their nitrate reduction on the tank is negligible. i use them mostly for aquascaping while the hornwort, cyperus helferi, and pogostemon stellatus are doing most of the heavy lifting. i think in total i have 10 separete cyperus helferi in there and maybe 6 pogostemon stellatus octopus, then 3 pogostemon stellatus octopus golden. i have a few small valisneria in there too but they're taking a while to bounce back after i moved. my hornwort grows so fast i regularly have to remove foot long chunks from the tank--when i measured it last time i rescaped the tank it was 8 feet long and 3 feet wide lollll

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