Tracy Collins Webboard User Reg: 10-09-2008
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I use Flexis as a barometer of how much I need to be concerned about the dog/handler team approaching my pack on the sidewalk. If they are using a Flexi, I'm pretty sure the dog is an idiot and the owner has no clue how to control it. But since you can see them from quite a distance, it gives me time to avoid them.
Wendy Lefebvre Webboard User Reg: 12-08-2005
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I use a long line on Tucker.
I don't mind Flexi leads as long as the dog attached to it has a responsible & considerate owner at the other end.
If your 90lb rotweiller has a tendency to lunge and attack other dogs and you can't control him, he shouldn't be on a flexi..no matter what weight category the flexi has, it's just not safe.
Neither is thinking the flexi is a pass for you to let your little dog wander willy nilly 25 feet in front of you when you see someone approaching with their dog.
The right thing to do is pull the dog back in when you see someone else coming. Not stand there yelling that your dog is friendly.
sorry...end of Rant!! (can you tell i've had a couple issues?)
I have had a flexi line break and snap back on me.But the deal breaker for me was an article about a dog owner who had her finger cut off after the line twisted around it.
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I have the 100 pound rated flexi and have never used it. For the same reason as Cheryl. But it wasn't an article, a dog trainer friend of mine knows another trainer that amputated his finger with a flexi. He was some how using it to increase the speed of a recall.
Will Rambeau Moderator Reg: 01-25-2003
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Quote: Cheryl Gee
I have had a flexi line break and snap back on me.But the deal breaker for me was an article about a dog owner who had her finger cut off after the line twisted around it.
Cheryl,
I remember posting about that two years ago - the woman had an untrained Golden Retreiver and had it on a flexi while trying to take it out of the car.
She did *everything* wrong, and lost a finger due to it - i just don't see that happening to someone with even a little common sense, but that's just me....
Wendy Lefebvre Webboard User Reg: 12-08-2005
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When I first got Tucker I tried the flexi to train the recall.
I stopped using it when 2 things happened,
I had unknowingly placed my hand in the path of where the line recoils back into the unit, Tucker ran to the end of the flexi length thus breaking the clasp thus the rope started to recoil back into the assembly at a fast rate giving me a very painful & pretty deep rope burn on the flesh between my thumb & index finger.
I did a few things wrong, including not having the flexi locked and not paying attention to what he was doing.
In my defense, it was my first attempt at using a flexi.
but the lesson was definately learned.
and no, im not a pea brain! (well, maybe at that moment)
I have a 23 ft. flexi I sometimes use with my Aussie. I only use it when I take him somewhere that I know with 99.9% certainty that we won't run into other dogs (he's reactive). However, after I got a 6 ft. leash from Leerburg I loved it so much I bought the 10ft leather leash and that's been great. I feel I have plenty of control but he still gets a good amount of freedom. I use the flexi less and less, with my leashes, e-collar, and drag lines.
SamanthaTopper Webboard User Reg: 03-24-2011
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I love my flexi leads because it's minimal work for me while I stand around waiting for the dog to pee so we can hurry back inside. I never really used one until I started living in an apartment with a mandatory leash rule.
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