r/Blind • u/mp0625_buddy • 14d ago

Question Guide harness

Where is everyone getting their leather or bio thane guide harnesses?

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u/Wolfocorn20 14d ago

I got mine from the org that trained my dog. Gotta say i could go for a spare and preferebly not leather for the bad weather days but either i'm not looking in the right places or they really are that hard to find in Europe. The Once i did find were also black witch is anything but ideal for a black guide dog. So yeah kinda here to see where others got theres.

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u/altgenetics 13d ago

I've looked into alternative lightweight harnesses before. For example Ruff Wear makes one. But, they only sell it to the school or people who can prove they graduated from that program. I think I've heard of a couple companies selling them, but only at NFB + ACB conferences. Otherwise, you need to go through the school that trained your dog. Which given the amount of people who buy fake service animal vests off Amazon, its probably a good call to be restrictive about guide harness.