In reply to Ridge:
Sorry about your buddy. I'm sure that he had a good and happy life but it's still a wrench.
We used to use some canicross stuff for the Huskies but gave it away some time ago. It was good stuff but I always considered it expensive for what it was. It was mostly used for forest trots as I'd pretty much packed in competitive running. If you want to be competitive however it would be the way to go.
Present Husky is on a harness attached to a Manmat walking belt with a short length of bungee and a long bit of climbing tape. Does fine but you do need the bungee to avoid the shock loading when pooch sees a deer, pheasant, rabbit etc.
SASS & Manmat make some nice belts and bungee leads if you want to go down that road. Failing that your old climbing belt would do to start off with. Attach the bungee and some old climbing tape and off you go. Get a good harness though for the pooch.
Best of luck with your new best pal.