[alaskayorkie]

Originally Posted by yorkiemom76

I'm sorry this happened to your sweet girl. It makes me furious. He should have to pay every Penny of Lucy's vet bills and then some. Working in a vet clinic, I see so many of these retractable leashes and I cringe every time I see one. They are completely worthless and dangerous to the dog, its owner and the poor people and dogs that happen to be standing in the way of them. On another message board I'm on someone posted about a relative that had had her finger severed by one. They need to be banned and this idiot needs to be held accountable for his vicious dog and what happened to Lucy.

I agree 100 percent. You have to have control of your dog. It's as simple as that. Retractables don't give you that control.

I actually tried them out when Eddie was young and thought they'd be good for practicing recalls. I only used them when were isolated. But even then, I was always fidgeting with the lock mechanism. It either worked when I didn't want to or didn't work. I ended up using long leashes -- 20 or 30 feet -- when we had the privacy to allow them that freedom. They were much more reliable and safer.