Quote Originally Posted by caseysmom
Actually I think its pretty presumptuous to lump all retractable leash users into the same heap.
I wholeheartedly agree.

Also, Greyhounddad, what *exactly* do people who use retractible leashes presume? How does that make you hate those people, in any case?

The cases that you pointed out may have inadvertently led to a mishap with the lead but that can happen with anything. It seemed to be several cases of faults on the leash handlers part and not the leash itself. I had regular leashes that broke in several spots due to my GS and Rottie/GS breaking them.