chrisnpat
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Me too Deb, don't really care what others think, I'm responsible and I happen to use a Flexi lease on both of My cocker spaniels. Too me that's what matters.
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tsh
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I have never used on for our dogs but have had a close call with one. I was on the bike path pedelling pretty fast (I'm doing it for fitness after all). There was a women standing on the side of the path with a camera. when I got close I saw that she had a dog on a flex lead and it was on the other side of the path in the tall weeds. I had to slam the brakes very hard and stopped just short of the lead. If I had not been able to stop I would have either ended up over the handle bars or injured the poor dog. Some people just don't have good sense.
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lasparrot
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That was a close call on your bike! Did you use your bell when you saw her to alert her to your approach? We've nearly been taken out a few times with bikes wizzing by on rarely used bike paths. A little ring of the bell would have avoided such near misses. Of course we should have been paying better attention and stayed single file on the very edge of the path... but being human we sometimes forget ;-)
p.s. we don't use flexi leads either and see far too many people letting their dogs walk all over the campground
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tsh
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I don't have a bell but I always warn verbally which side I'm passing on. I also slow down when I see people with dogs since you never know where the dog is going to go. Unfortunately in this case the dog wasn't visible in the weeds. Oh, well-lesson learned.
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rockhillmanor
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Quote:When you have the lead extended how do you regain control of the dog and get back to 6 feet?....
You can't.
When the dog has it taught in a confrontation or whatever it does not retract. Force exuded out exceeds the ability of the mechanism to reel in. Which leaves the owner trying to reel in hand over hand a 'string' with a dog lunging, being eaten, or eating another at the other end.
Drop one of the flexi's and it becomes a guided missile at your dog.
Friend of mine just had to pull his top 10 show dog, because the owner accidentally dropped the handle and it hit the dog in the tendon. Thousands of dollars later for specialists to try and repair the leg, the dog was fine but his show career was in the toilet left him with a permanent limp. I see the dropped handle far too many times where it hits and beats the dog and the dog freaks out trying to get away from it.
Flexi's are banned at dog show's. And most of the CG's I have been at have a 6 ft lead rule......because of the dangers of flexi's. I'd like to see them banned at all CG's.
It has nothing to do with how good the holder of a flexi thinks they are the design itself of the product that renders them unsafe for the dog and other people's dogs from lack of being able to control the lead once its extended. And a child to that mix and my god run for the hills if you are walking your dog in the same CG.
Any dog would appreciate a pleasurable walk on a 6 ft lead in heel position with a well deserved slack collar.
With a 6 foot lead you can take a 180 lb dog off it's feet in seconds with one good yank and a rapid turn around to avoid a disaster. Can't be said with a flexi at any weight dog.
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vern751
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I use a flexi at home when I take the dog out for his natures call. When putting him in the car sometimes the way he jumps in the car it wraps around his back legs, when I unhook it it has recoiled and hit me in the face. Kinda of smarts.
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Go Dogs
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rockhillmanor wrote:Quote:When you have the lead extended how do you regain control of the dog and get back to 6 feet?....
You can't.
When the dog has it taught in a confrontation or whatever it does not retract. Force exuded out exceeds the ability of the mechanism to reel in. Which leaves the owner trying to reel in hand over hand a 'string' with a dog lunging, being eaten, or eating another at the other end.
Drop one of the flexi's and it becomes a guided missile at your dog.
Friend of mine just had to pull his top 10 show dog, because the owner accidentally dropped the handle and it hit the dog in the tendon. Thousands of dollars later for specialists to try and repair the leg, the dog was fine but his show career was in the toilet left him with a permanent limp. I see the dropped handle far too many times where it hits and beats the dog and the dog freaks out trying to get away from it.
Flexi's are banned at dog show's. And most of the CG's I have been at have a 6 ft lead rule......because of the dangers of flexi's. I'd like to see them banned at all CG's.
It has nothing to do with how good the holder of a flexi thinks they are the design itself of the product that renders them unsafe for the dog and other people's dogs from lack of being able to control the lead once its extended. And a child to that mix and my god run for the hills if you are walking your dog in the same CG.
Any dog would appreciate a pleasurable walk on a 6 ft lead in heel position with a well deserved slack collar.
With a 6 foot lead you can take a 180 lb dog off it's feet in seconds with one good yank and a rapid turn around to avoid a disaster. Can't be said with a flexi at any weight dog.
rockhillmanor: that's a very good post. I hope it will help prevent an accident.
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xteacher
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rockhillmanor wrote:Quote:When you have the lead extended how do you regain control of the dog and get back to 6 feet?....
You can't.
When the dog has it taught in a confrontation or whatever it does not retract. Force exuded out exceeds the ability of the mechanism to reel in. Which leaves the owner trying to reel in hand over hand a 'string' with a dog lunging, being eaten, or eating another at the other end.
Drop one of the flexi's and it becomes a guided missile at your dog.
Friend of mine just had to pull his top 10 show dog, because the owner accidentally dropped the handle and it hit the dog in the tendon. Thousands of dollars later for specialists to try and repair the leg, the dog was fine but his show career was in the toilet left him with a permanent limp. I see the dropped handle far too many times where it hits and beats the dog and the dog freaks out trying to get away from it.
Flexi's are banned at dog show's. And most of the CG's I have been at have a 6 ft lead rule......because of the dangers of flexi's. I'd like to see them banned at all CG's.
It has nothing to do with how good the holder of a flexi thinks they are the design itself of the product that renders them unsafe for the dog and other people's dogs from lack of being able to control the lead once its extended. And a child to that mix and my god run for the hills if you are walking your dog in the same CG.
Any dog would appreciate a pleasurable walk on a 6 ft lead in heel position with a well deserved slack collar.
With a 6 foot lead you can take a 180 lb dog off it's feet in seconds with one good yank and a rapid turn around to avoid a disaster. Can't be said with a flexi at any weight dog.
Amen! Excellent documentation as for why flexis shouldn't be used!
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chrisnpat
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It was a very good post (rockhillmanor). Buttt some of us are responsible period.
Accidents happen everyday unfortunately in all walks of life.
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BCSnob
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I was at the Vet yesterday with Peg (3 fractured bones in her paw) and in walks a man with a toy breed dog on a flexi. The dog is all over the waiting room, wrapping the lead around my leg. When they come out of the office the dog is around the corner through the door at the end of the flexi. It runs right up into Peg's face while shes laying on the floor with her leg in a splint. The man eventually gets into the room with the dog and then pulls it back away from Peg. Then he lets loose of the stop on the flexi and the dog is back to wrapping up my leg.
Flexis, got to love em when in the hands of inattentive owners who account for what percentage of dog owners?
Mark
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