Comments on: 10 reasons not to buy a Flexi leash

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:49:33 +0000

Thanks for your opinion. They can be a great tool in the right hands!

By: Black Lab

Black Lab — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:41:39 +0000

The flexi leash has, and will continue to be a very important tool in my dog’s ongoing recovery from TPLO

The leash allows me to give Lars some freedom, but also allows me to have control over him if he decides to test his limits. +1, in my opinion.

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:15:25 +0000

Agreed

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:15:12 +0000

Alyssa, we are totally on the same page I’ve gotten a little more tolerant of the Flexi retractable leash because I do see a FEW people who actually train their dogs to walk nicely on them. I just don’t see a reason for them except maybe, as you said, to train a recall. A long rope still works better for that, in my opinion.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:42:51 +0000

Bill,
Of all the people who tried to defend their take on the Flexi leads, yours is by far the most legitimate. You not only sound like you use it responsibly, and have weighed the options by going to training school, but you put it in a thoughtful, intelligent light. Not just “well /I/ don’t do that! Huff huff huff!”
I appreciate your input and conversation. Like Lindsay I am sorry to hear of the loss your little one. But I am at least glad that you are using this opportunity to be the responsible owner of another dog. Lucky girl.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:37:37 +0000

I just think you’re delusional or outright blind if you don’t see the numerous people out there who do not know how to use FlexiLeads. I work at a dog spa where we have a sign on the door saying dogs must be on leashes, and Flexis kept short. I can’t tell you how many people disregard this rule and let their dogs free from them when they are in the store.
We tell people that it is for the dogs’ safety because you never know when an unfriendly dog could walk in the door. It’s true! And it just so happens that people who have FlexiLeads have the least behaved dogs. I can’t say whether or not there is a correlation between an owner’s willingness to train a dog and their choice of leads, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there were one.
Also, in the case of a large dog being hard to handle on a Flexi, it is very true. They are not meant for durability, and a big, ill-trained dog with the right amount of momentum could definitely get away easier than a dog of smaller stature.
I agree with Lindsay that people who do not know how to properly use a Flexi, or train their dog for that matter, are OF THE MAJORITY. I would only use it if I were training my dog return commands or something similar.

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By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:38:50 +0000

You’re obviously able to make the Flexi leashes work for you and your dogs. I’m sure you’re able to recognize the difference between yourself and most of the other people who use retractable leashes.

By: stratobill

stratobill — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:30:06 +0000

This wasn’t a very fair-minded post. It was very sarcastic, negative, and full of hyperbole.

Commenter, “Brook”, did a pretty good job of refuting most of your list point by point, so I won’t do the same, but I don’t understand why you assume that people who use Flexi’s are lazy. I walk my two 75 pound labs with Flexi’s every day. In a typical week we walk at least 20 miles together, though some of that is off-leash. We also play hours of fetch. I really doubt that there is any correlation between leash preference and laziness!

My dogs are very safe on their Flexi’s because they respond to my verbal commands. So you’re wrong about dogs not being safe on them.

The problem with a regular 6 foot leash is that every time the dog wants to stop and sniff the human either has to stop as well, or the human forces the dog to keep moving, which deprives the dog of a chance to do much sniffing. With a Flexi, however, a dog gets much
more opportunity to explore and sniff without forcing me
to be right on top of him. I can keep walking at a fairly normal pace while the dog gets the opportunity to stop and investigate interesting smells for a few seconds.

I suggest that you save your negativeness for people who don’t bother to walk their dogs at all. Those are the ones that really bug me! Much better to walk your dog with any kind of leash than to sit at home watching TV!