As a Military Police(wo)man, but not a MWD handler, I think the gist is so your dog is teathered to you via the shoulder strap, leaving your hands free to access your firearm.
Damned if I know how you'd get off a straight shot with the dog lunging and pulling you around, but that's the best guess I can come up with for the idea behind the leash.
Not necessary to bind it around your shoulders. Tha advantage is that with one product you have, depending the way you atach them, different lengths of leash
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I'm almost embarrassed to say this but just going by the picture I always thought one of these would be really handy during onlead heeling work...especially for someone like me who is uncoordinated and can't juggle too many things at the same time.
Hands are free and it *appears* the dog would be kept in the proper place at your side.
Since I've yet to see any photo anywhere with the leash used in this manner there must be something I'm missing.
The police leash is wrapped around the torso just to get it out of the way while the dog is off lead.
It should never be used to secure the dog to the handler. It ruins the shooting platform, it creates the same thing that is known in the business as a suicide strap. It also makes a lot of noise.
The use of these sort of leashes is best in a training scenario where you may need a quickly adjustable lead length or to attach your dog to a fence etc.
I coach my students to use a simple leash that has a ring in the handle to stow out of sight around them and to use a light weight lead for detector work without any extra hardware. For tracking a comfortable 12-20 foot leash is practical for deployment.
The "police" leash is maintained for training purposes.
I was given the impression from the product page that this was a 'reverse harness' for people to attach the dog to them - but I see this is not the case.
Thank you to all those in the military/police profession who responded to tell me that this is not an appropriate use of this lead. I can see now, how dangerous it would be to have a dog (esp big strong ones) attached to you, so high on your body. It would be very easy for a dog to pull you right over onto your face if it decided to take off.
Still, what are the opinions on the one respondent's comments about using this as a hands-free heeling leash for training? If you're like most of us (esp those of us in Canada ) who won't be carrying a gun and thus worried about a stable platform to shoot from, would this be a viable option for a hands-free way to keep the dog on a lead while doing heel training/etc?
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