Key Features
- Works with any leash
- Amish hand-crafted with latigo leather
- High-quality stainless steel snaps
- Snaps are sewn and riveted for extra security
- Long portion: 8” long, short portion: 4” long
- Leerburg's leather leashes, collars, and harnesses are handmade
Product Description
This Amish-made latigo leather leash adapter has solid stainless steel hardware. This leash adapter is made so that a prong collar is attached to one clip and dominant dog collar™ (or backup collar) is attached to a second clip and a regular leash attaches to the adapter. When or if the prong collar fails and comes off the dog, the second collar is already attached without interfering with the prong collar corrections. Dominant dog collars™ and prong collars sold separately.
The long portion is 8”, the short portion 4”. Both use clasps that are 2.5" long.
MADE IN THE USA
Leerburg leather products are works of art.
The cow hides used to make all of Leerburg's leather are hand selected for Leerburg before tanning. We need and use the thickest hides available. Our hides go through over 85 steps in a tanning process that takes over a month. There are many types of Latigo leather that are made in Mexico, India, or Pakistan, but none can compare to the quality of Leerburg’s Latigo leather.
Once tanned, our Leerburg Leather is delivered to the Amish family that crafts our leather products right here in Wisconsin. Our 4 Amish craftsmen have been making Leerburg leather products since 1990.
These 5 Amish craftsmen hand cut, sew, pop-rivet, and tailor all of our leather products. We have yet to come across another leather product that measures up to our products' quality.
In 2015, we switched from using brass or bronze hardware to stainless steel. Stainless Steel is stronger and lasts a lifetime. You can go and find a cheaper leather product somewhere else, but the quality will not measure up to our products.
100% of Leerburg leather products are made in Wisconsin. We don't use leather from India, Pakistan, or Mexico.
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Write a ReviewInstead of a slip collar, you can use a highly visible flat collar or harness. This adapter works with both. I regularly use the Ruffwear Flagline harness with this adapter and it works well, length isn't a problem. I use it daily with a heavy duty flat collar with a handle. No issues. The other big benefit is you can use this with any leash you own. Daily walk leashes, or hands-free leashes I use for running or hiking. That's the big advantage this has over the leather and biothane prong collar leashes offered by Leerburg. I bought the biothane version, and returned it after a week. It was not nearly as good as this adapter for this use case. When you attach your own leash to this adapter, you get the advantage of 360-swivel from your leash. With the prong leashes, you don't. Mine got twisted constantly on walks and it was really annoying. This adapter is much better than a dedicated prong collar leash.
I do have two suggestions for Leerburg to make this product even better. Some people have complained about the weight. It is heavy, but I got used to it quickly. But there is no reason for the shorter prong collar section to have the bulkier leather and bolt snap. A prong collar deters your dog from putting too much force into a lunge. Why does the prong collar section of this adapter have bulkier materials than the backup section? The longer backup section has thinner leather and a smaller bolt snap, but that section is supposed to hold your dog in case the prong collar fails. Which has happened to me multiple times, and it holds up. Use the small bolt snap on both sections, it'll reduce the weight and still work great.
The second is consider a scissor/lobster snap for the prong collar section. The one consistent issue I have with Herm Sprenger prongs is the flat D-ring. With jiggling and force, that D-ring has slipped out of bolt snaps. In fact, almost every time my prong collar has failed, it was because the D-ring slipped out of a bolt snap, and not the prongs coming apart. A different snap would fix this design flaw of Herm Sprenger prongs.
*** thank you for the feedback, I've passed it along to Ed and the team