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Never seen one before, have no idea therefore if there are 'knock offs'. But interesting, got me thinking...

I'm thinking in order to be worth it, reliable, esp when the dog might go swimming or clogging it with mud, it would want to be super strong & extremely well engineered. I'd want a full warranty for it at that price, and I'd guess that cheap substitutes probably wouldn't be up to much.

And if you were going to buy it & have it on your dog all the time, why just save it for 'emergencies', why not use all the time?
 
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I'm going to throw some cold water on this one.

First the cord is strong, I work with Kevlar so I know what it it and can do.

I'd sure hate to get tangled in the cord and have a 100 pound dog go reactive on me.
Read trip to ER. Ever had stitches between fingers or across the back of your hand?

What happens if this gets tangled around your dogs neck or foot? $$$ at the vet.

So please tell me how you are going to bend down and grab this thing with two fingers on a smaller dog gone crazy or reactive? Are you going to reach under an excited German Shepherd or big Rottie? Then hang on with two fingers? Can you lift or hold back better than 75 pounds of bouncing weight .....with two fingers? I have very strong hands and arms. I can wrist curl 50 bar bell with each hand and I'm 75 yr old. Two fingers? I don't think so. I wouldn't even consider picking this thing up to look at it.

I just use a suitable leash and traffic tab. I pay attention to our surroundings and avoid explosive encounters. Yes, even so they happen. My hands and fingers are far faster reacting than bending my back down to try and grab this thing.

Save your money and buy a nice leash and traffic tab.

Byron
 
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I'd sure hate to get tangled in the cord and have a 100 pound dog go reactive on me.
That was one of my concerns, how thin(& so sharp, cutting) the cord. Even a 40lb dog if he lunged... even a thick lead can hurt when a bigger dog tangles & yanks!

So please tell me how you are going to bend down and grab this thing with two fingers on a smaller dog gone crazy or reactive?
The 'emergency' part... I didn't even consider that sort of situation - I was just thinking of 'oh no, emergency - I've arrived down the park to walk my dog & left his lead at home'!:D

The 2 finger hold thing doesn't bother me really, because well, how do you hold any lead? But even so, if it were only used on small/medium dogs, that wouldn't be an issue anyway.
 
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Slip leads are good emergency leashes. you open it up into a big noose & drop it over a dogs head, no bending over required. You can make one with a rope and ring. I use them in agility or other off-lead activities, easy on, easy of. mine is homemade and pretty.
 
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My long lead handle is made into a slip loop which goes around my wrist. I wear a glove on that hand. It's nearly impossible to drop or let go of the lead even if I fall down. When we are heeling or in traffic I just fold the lead in half and use fingers on the traffic tab. The lead is connected to the harness ring. Then the harness ring is connected to the flat collar with a short connector. The lead also goes through the traffic tab. I have full control of the dog yet she can walk loose lead easily.

The only time the lead comes off my wrist is in training or when competition requires it. Recall for example. Because it is on top and well behind her front feet it doesn't get tangled. I even do this with the 30 foot long line in the field.


Forgetting a leash is about like forgetting a jacket and going out in a blizzard. My belt will work very well for a leash too.

Byron
 
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Forgetting a leash is about like forgetting a jacket and going out in a blizzard. My belt will work very well for a leash too.
When you think you have them in the car... but you last went out in the other car... or your kids have been walking the dogs from home & don't put the leads back... trust me, it's not that hard! :p Thankfully I'm a horse person too, so I usually have something handy, even if it's a bit of baler's twine. The amount of times I've used a rope halter tied to their collar...
 
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Guessing that this is more for the "dog bolts out the door and you catch them but don't have a leash to walk them back with", or "oops- took the dog for a ride in the car with no leash and now we have to get out" type moments, rather than everyday sort of walking. I keep a few kennel leads in the car for cases like the latter, and would either pick my dog up, or just hold their collar to walk them if they happened to need guidance while off leash.

I agree that it looks a little dangerous, though it's sort of a cool idea. It seems like they try to avoid you grabbing the cord by letting you release line, then lock it at that length, but I'm not a big fan of any sort of cord leash (that said, I often bike two dogs at once, on a flexi leash- so obviously I fail at taking my own advice!). I also think that in the situations where I might need it (situations in which, for whatever reason, my dog would not be listening well enough to be off leash), I probably would need more than 2 fingers to hold it, and my dog is small.
 
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What we made for walking the dogs off leash and yet not having to carry a lead. We took a short leash, put some Velcro on it and then the other part of the Velcro on their collar. It just wraps around the collar and is held on by the Velcro. Have never had it come off unless taken off and it is right there when you need it. Never forget a leash as it is always on their collar when you are walking them.
 
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Too easy! Or you could use press studs(leatherworker here...). I usually walk my dogs in a harness rather than just leash on collar, and I 'tidy up' the excess lead if I want to leave it on the dog for 'quick grab' by... I know it as a safe way of tying a horse, so you can pull the end & it's a 'quick release' - makes the rope look like a short 'chain'.
 
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Hmmmm...closest thing I am aware of is probably tab leads.
I have a several leather and nylon tabs in different lengths. Also a couple of these. https://www.cleanrun.com/index.cfm/product/1344/dog-agility-leash-tab.htm
I find tabs useful in sport/off lead training settings with my dogs. Could be useful in everyday situations, but these coil tabs are not likely to hold up to extreme pulling/lunging.
 
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