![]() But one of my clients with a bad back and a big Rhodesian Ridgeback found the hands-free leash much kinder to her back. Dog walkers with such a condition should consult with their physician before using this product. I was concerned initially that the concept of a waist-leash might be contraindicated for someone with back problems. I found the hands-free leash just as effective with several other pullers, from Pete the black Lab-mix to Jeep, the Boston Terrier. With the waist-belt it was much easier for me to effectively prevent him from moving forward at all, thereby preventing him from getting any reward for pulling. I can only surmise that despite my best efforts, when he pulled on the regular leash there was a certain amount of give in my arm. I had tried the same routine earlier that day with this 80-pound bulldozer on a traditional leash, with no improvement whatsoever in the pulling behavior. It took just a few repetitions of the stop-start routine for MacDuff to realize that if he wanted to get to the grass to relieve his bladder he had to stop pulling. MacDuff, feeling no give in the leash at all, quickly backed off the end of the leash a foot or so. ![]() It was surprisingly easy to let my hips and lower back absorb the mild impact. When MacDuff reached the end of the leash and began to pull, I stopped. I smiled boldly, waved, and continued on. Just as I stepped out the daycare door with MacDuff attached to my body, my landlord stepped out of his office across the blacktop parking lot, and broke into uproarious laughter. Be prepared to fend off guffaws and wisecracks. Warning: If you decide to use one of these products, the greatest danger is rampant ridicule. I buckled one of the hands-free gadgets around my waist and set out across the parking lot. The first candidate was a large, rambunctious Old English Sheepdog with poor leash manners. With some trepidation, I decided to test the hands-free leash products on my daycare dogs. Thanks to my new doggie daycare center, I now find myself in the position of walking untrained dogs far more frequently than before. What a delight, then, to test hands-free leashes for Whole Dog Journal and discover that the best of these products, which started making their appearance in the pet supply retail market in recent years, offer far more than just a convenient way to free up your hands while walking your dog on leash.įew things irritate me more than having a dog constantly tugging on the leash. With more than 25 years of working with animals professionally under my belt, I don’t find many new product concepts that come as a total and pleasant surprise to me.
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