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Extending leads are a great way of giving your dog a little bit of freedom without having them running away or causing trouble when there are other dogs, people or farm animals around. However, I have found on more than one occasion that when the dog suddenly pulls or bounds-off without warning, this can lead to my loosing grip on the canister body of the extending lead (or leash.) On a couple of occasions, this nearly lead to disaster... (Once, I had one of my Huskies running out of control down the road with the canister body of the lead clattering along behind her. The faster she ran, the more noise the canister made - and the more frightened she got - and the faster she ran...!!
Another time, I had both Huskies and my Pit-bull attacking a big old billy goat like a pack of wolves in the dark. I managed to get the dogs off the goat before either it, me or my dogs suffered any serious injury - but that was a close shave! It was very dark and the goat had damn great horns...)The solution? Pass one hand through the loop of the handle of an ultra short leash. Clip the short leash (or lead) to the cord of the extending lead, which you hold in the other hand. This will allow the extending lead to extend and retract but if you loose your grip on the thing when your impulsive dog suddenly catches you by surprise, the clip of the short lead will eventually come-up against the body of the extending lead and, hopefully, all will not be totally lost! (It depends on how long the extending lead extends - and what disasters the dog can create before the short lead catches the body of the extending lead...)
Oh, the joys of caring for two Huskies and a Pit-Bull Terrier in a built-up area in the Philippines!
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