(upbeat music)
- Hi, I'm Greg, and this is Artie,
and we're from Ruffwear and we wanted to share with you
a few quick tips on how to hit the trail
with the Ruffwear Omnijore™ Joring System.
The system consists of three elements.
We've got the dog harness,
we've got the human harness
and the towline that connects the two.
After watching the video, when you hit the trail
if you forget what we've told you here
we've actually sewn the instructions inside the mesh bag,
so make sure you hang onto the bag
and you've got those instructions for the future.
So let's go ahead and put the harness on Artie.
The first thing you're going to want to do
after removing the harness from the bag
is unclip the belly strap.
You'll notice that this harness
is a single piece construction
which means there's no buckles to unbuckle
to be able to put it on the dog.
So what we're going to have to do
is slide it over Artie's head.
The easiest way to do that
is to gather the rib strap and the shoulder strap
in each hand,
and just slide the harness over the dog's head.
Now that you've got it on there,
simply just pull each leg.
Through the chest strap
and you're good to go.
The final step
is to attach the belly strap.
This belly strap's optional.
It's a feature we built into the harness,
cause a lot of times when dogs are getting used to joring
they'll actually try and reverse out of the harness.
So we've included this,
this strap to keep that from happening.
So again, once your dog becomes familiar with joring
you can easily remove the belly strap.
Again, it's totally optional.
Now that you've got the harness on,
let's adjust it properly.
There's five points of adjustment on this harness.
We've got an adjustment point here
and then an adjustment point for the rib strap.
Those are the two key things
you wanna have in the proper position.
The ultimate goal is to have the chest plate
centered right over the chest.
So we've already adjusted these properly.
Now, all you'll do,
is pull this strap snug,
and again you don't want to restrict any breathing.
You want it snug but you don't want it too tight.
You'll also adjust this adjuster on both sides
and the other strap on the other side for a proper fit.
Now that we've got Artie set up in his dog pulling harness
let's go ahead and take a look at the human hip belt.
After removing it from the bag,
really the simplest thing to do
is disconnect the main buckle, waist buckle
and then you're also going to want to undo the cam buckle
to release the towline release strap.
The last thing you're going to want to do
is adjust the leg loops out all the way in the rear
and disconnect them in the front.
This will enable you
to simply put the belt around your waist.
For proper fit and adjustment,
we've got additional webbing here.
These can be adjusted in and out accordingly.
Once you get it to the right set,
we'll go ahead and use the strap keepers
to clean those straps up.
If you're using the optional leg loops,
you'll place them through your legs
and bring them up to the buckles on either side
and again, adjust them accordingly.
These are actually going to help the belt
stay low on your waist,
which is the proper position for pulling.
The third element of the system is the towline.
This is the main connection point
between the human and the dog.
We've included Ruffwear's Talon clip in this system
for ease of connection to the dog.
We've also color-coded each end of the towline
to assure proper orientation
between the human and the dog.
The yellow end will correspond with the dog
and the towline connection toe loop,
the red end will actually be fed through
the toe line release strap.
Now it's time to hook Artie up.
Again, yellow to yellow,
you connect the talon clip to the harness tow loop
and you're ready to go.
One of the most important safety features of this system
is the towline release.
If you ever get in a situation where you need
to release the dog from you, it's really simple.
Just pull the handle and away they go.
Now you've got the system fully rigged,
looks like Artie's ready to go,
let's hit the trail.
Winter or summer from skis to mountain boards,
if it rolls or slides, it's fair game for joring.
The Omnijore™ Joring System is a great way
to get out and have some high-speed fun with your dog.