HELP-Remove harness in photo

I have a favor to ask anyone who is good at this! I always try my best to remove harness and leash areas from my pets pics when I want them to look more "natural". However...I'm kinda bad at it so you can always usually still see SOMETHING there.
I really really want to try to get this picture to look perfect (minus the STUPID harness), so if anyone is bored...? Can you try to remove the blue harness sticking out around his neck...and the little section on his back?

Also...can someone maybe explain to me the best way of going about doing this? I have Adobe Photoshop Elements and PhotoStudio 5.5 like what tools should I be using? Because I have other pics I'd like to practice with and get better at it.

GRRR I apparently can't attach it because its too big...would anyone be willing to have me email it to you to edit it for me? I don't want to reduce the number of pixels because I want to keep it large.
Thanks! If not, any suggestions would just appreciated then...

In Elements you need to use the "Clone" tool. (looks like an old-fashioned "date-stamp")

Then hold down the "Alt" key (assuming you're using Windows) and click on the animals fur (near the harness), then click along the object you want to remove.

Dont forget to try this on a COPY of your original image

I'm more than happy to have a go, but try it first yourself, you might be surprised at the results!

TJ
TJ

TeeJay wrote in post #4094807
In Elements you need to use the "Clone" tool. (looks like an old-fashioned "date-stamp")

Then hold down the "Alt" key (assuming you're using Windows) and click on the animals fur (near the harness), then click along the object you want to remove.

Dont forget to try this on a COPY of your original image

I'm more than happy to have a go, but try it first yourself, you might be surprised at the results!

TJ
TJ

Thats..........AMAZING​!!!! OMG I wish I had asked this along time ago. I never knew what the Clone tool did. I had always used the eyedropper and brush tool...and it looked POOEY. This isn't 100% but it does look 10x better than the other method I was using. It wasn't too difficult becase I just needed to color it white, and then brown in the other spot. If I hadn't known there was a harness showing before, I probably wouldn't even be able to tell. Thanks a million! Here I will show the smaller before and after pics then, to show you atleast.

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Only too glad to help.

You've done an excellent job - well done!!

TJ