Patent ID: 6912976
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An exercise harness for an animal having (1) a pair of front legs and a pair of rear legs; (2) a body supported by said pairs of legs and forming (a) a chest in the region between said pair of front legs, (b) an abdomen with a back on top and a belly on the bottom between said front and rear legs and (c) a hip in the region of said rear legs; and (3) a neck and head arranged on the body adjacent said chest; said harness comprising, in combination: (a) a first web of flexible material adapted to at least partially cover the chest, said web comprising a pocket for removably holding at least one weight at a point on said chest substantially between said pair of front legs of the animal; and (b) at least three straps, connected to said web and adapted to retain said web on the chest of the animal, a first strap arranged to surround the neck of the animal, a second strap arranged to surround the back of the animal immediately behind its front legs, and a third strap arranged to surround the back of the animal substantially midway between its front legs and its rear legs.