Lani
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I wasn’t even sure if I should post because I feel so stupid but we had a REAL scare this weekend. I’m happy to report that Lucky is okay, BUT …
My sister was walking Lucky and her dog and she dropped Lucky’s leash and he got loose and ran into the street. He seriously was inches from getting hit by a car. The car had to brake to a screeching halt and my sister screamed at the top of her lungs. :yikes :yikes :yikes
Obviously we’re so grateful Lucky is okay and at the same time traumatized and playing it back trying to figure out how to absolutely positively prevent something like this in the future.
One thing that I know, that I suspected before and should have addressed – my sister likes to walk the dogs on their flexi-leashes. We have the kind that are all webbing, so they are secure enough in that respect, except the handle is hard to grasp and easy to drop. You can’t loop it around your wrist to securely hold it, and the plastic handle is heavy, and loud when it drops. I’m sure that is what scared Lucky and why he ran. And then when he was running he probably kept hearing it (because it was attached to him!) and then kept running because he was trying to escape that scary sound.
So no more flexi-leashes on the bathroom walks. We’re 100% agreed on that. My sister is even thinking of throwing them out. I’m thinking they may be okay for outings in the park – but first I’d need attach some webbing or something around that plastic handle first so I could secure it around my wrist and not have to worry about it dropping.
We’ve even thought of not walking the two dogs together – but in reality I’m not sure that will always be a viable option.
So, I wanted to post about this first to say how deliriously happy and grateful I am that Lucky escaped unscathed and warn about using flexi-leashes in populated areas.
I’d also value any advise and opinions on:
1) walking two dogs together – is a coupler the answer? How have you had success in getting them to behave and do their business? Lucky and Razz love to wrestle and play. We try to prevent it when they are outside, but I’m sure she must have been untangling the leashes from this spontaneous playtime when the leash dropped. Any advice would be appreciated
2) any other safety tips – we were lucky this time and I’m not sure a reflective jacket / collar would have made any difference since it all happened so fast – but I am thinking I really should get one of the new puppias with the reflective stripe. Just as an added safety measure.
My sister is still so upset and blaming herself. She says she doesn’t want to be responsible for “killing my dog” but we both walk the two dogs together when we are dog-sitting. I wouldn’t have blamed her, but I want to make sure we’re both taking every safety precaution possible.
My sister was walking Lucky and her dog and she dropped Lucky’s leash and he got loose and ran into the street. He seriously was inches from getting hit by a car. The car had to brake to a screeching halt and my sister screamed at the top of her lungs. :yikes :yikes :yikes
Obviously we’re so grateful Lucky is okay and at the same time traumatized and playing it back trying to figure out how to absolutely positively prevent something like this in the future.
One thing that I know, that I suspected before and should have addressed – my sister likes to walk the dogs on their flexi-leashes. We have the kind that are all webbing, so they are secure enough in that respect, except the handle is hard to grasp and easy to drop. You can’t loop it around your wrist to securely hold it, and the plastic handle is heavy, and loud when it drops. I’m sure that is what scared Lucky and why he ran. And then when he was running he probably kept hearing it (because it was attached to him!) and then kept running because he was trying to escape that scary sound.
So no more flexi-leashes on the bathroom walks. We’re 100% agreed on that. My sister is even thinking of throwing them out. I’m thinking they may be okay for outings in the park – but first I’d need attach some webbing or something around that plastic handle first so I could secure it around my wrist and not have to worry about it dropping.
We’ve even thought of not walking the two dogs together – but in reality I’m not sure that will always be a viable option.
So, I wanted to post about this first to say how deliriously happy and grateful I am that Lucky escaped unscathed and warn about using flexi-leashes in populated areas.
I’d also value any advise and opinions on:
1) walking two dogs together – is a coupler the answer? How have you had success in getting them to behave and do their business? Lucky and Razz love to wrestle and play. We try to prevent it when they are outside, but I’m sure she must have been untangling the leashes from this spontaneous playtime when the leash dropped. Any advice would be appreciated
2) any other safety tips – we were lucky this time and I’m not sure a reflective jacket / collar would have made any difference since it all happened so fast – but I am thinking I really should get one of the new puppias with the reflective stripe. Just as an added safety measure.
My sister is still so upset and blaming herself. She says she doesn’t want to be responsible for “killing my dog” but we both walk the two dogs together when we are dog-sitting. I wouldn’t have blamed her, but I want to make sure we’re both taking every safety precaution possible.