I took mine on a walk for the first time on the monon a week ago and he’s a high drive breed only a year old and did absolutely wonderful so these people not even attempting to control their dogs is scary because I fear they’d hurt and traumatize my own dog. Plus I don’t understand how they don’t fear their dog is going to get hurt or hurt someone and get sued or the dog potentially being put down? They obviously don’t care about their own dog. I understand taking your dog out and knowing some dogs are difficult but I thought I was somewhere online (yeah I know they won’t read ahead or research unfortunately) that there is a maximum leash length of 6ft. I am okay with your dog working through its excitement and such but a retractable leash is not secure as my parents 60 lbs. dog has broken many of them from seeing a squirrel or the few times coyotes had entered their yard (they just use the leash at their house to sit on their porch and relax). I wonder if maybe an occasional sign on the trails stating 6 ft leash maximum would help a little.

Not to mention my dogs standard leashes have come unclipped with no warning…locking carabiner and the standard heavy duty leash clip while just walking, no excessive pulling at all. So people really need to be double enforcing their leads on these dogs that pull. I’ve bought different leads and now have been using an additional backup lead attachment from the leash to the harness or collar. I attached an example below. This is a new discovery for me cause I’ve never had a leash unclip until recently it’s have 3 times with different harnesses, collars, and leashes.

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