Retractable leads going in the bin

[Pawsitive Thinking]

I guess its something that neither dog went for me in the chaos! They both walked back home very subdued too

[king2005]

I only put Bear on one when I'm sitting in the backyard so she can roam a little further.. but for anything else shes on her thick black leash, as shes 160lb & the retractible is for a 60lb dog lol

[luvofallhorses]

I don't really care for retractable leashes. they can snap easily especially if you walk big dogs like mine. we just use the nylon ones or the chain ones no, its not a chain its hard to explain it has a handle at the end and it's chain but it clips on the collar. if that makes sense.

[elizabethann]

Fenway has a retractable leash and he forgets all of his manners when he is on it. Retractable's are not the best leash. If I had a bigger dog, I would use a "normal" leash. Lupine is a good product (made in NH). Fenway has several of their collars & leashes (when we actually use a "normal" leash). To get complete control over your dog, a "normal" leash is the best. IMO.

[Jadapit]

I was out walking the dogs one Sunday. This was before we got Ebony. Anyway, we were coming up the road and an older gentlemen was walking with his cocker spaniel with a retractable lead tied to his walker.

Jada and Daimond were being good. I thought I could get turned around before the cocker saw us. Wrong. The cocker came running at us. It pulled the poor mans walker out from under him. He went rolling down a hill. This poor man was probably in his late 70's, early 80's. The dog was coming at us full steam ahead, running across the road, pulling the walker with him. The dog wanted to tear my dogs up, I knew he couldn't handle fighting Jada or Diamond. I couldn't let my dogs go to help the poor man, I was busy trying to get his dog away from my dogs.

I yelled at the guy and asked him if he was ok. He had gotten up by then. He said he was. He was yelling at his dog to come, he would not listen. People were driving by, no one was stopping to help.

Finally a lady stopped and got the dog, took the dog and walker back to the man and helped him home. It was awful. I started crying when it was all over. I wonder if that poor man put that lead away after that?

You are not the dog owner from hell. The terrier breed can have a high prey drive, I see it in Ebony at times. You are a GREAT dog owner!