Dangers of the Retractable Dog Leashes

Dangers of the Retractable Dog Leashes The new Life's Abundance Slow Pull Retractable Leashes are coming soon. Created by inventor Brian Smith. This has been created due to his own injuries received from a retractable dog leash. The Slow Pull Retractable Leashes

will be available for purchase from Doggies Unlimited @ www.doggiesunlimited.com, Life's Healthy Pet Food @ www.lifeshealthypetfood.com and Slow Pull Retractable Leashes @ www.slowpullretractableleashes.com.Email us at slowpullretractablesleashes@aol.com to receive updates as we receive them. Most people are not aware of the dangers of retractable leashes, until they suffer an injury to themselves or their pet. Retractable leashes are great if you have an extremely well trained dog that does not want to take off on you. Usually it works well on an older dog who has no need to make sudden unpredictable lunges in different directions. It is fine for dogs that just want to meander around at a distance for it’s own business. Of course owners that use these leashes need to be careful.. Many owners think that their puppy needs a retractable so it can run more and get more energy out, but puppies have high energy and they want to run circles around other dogs on meeting or chase after birds and rabbits. Retractables teach puppies that they can do what they want and eventually when the puppy is full grown the retractable has trained him to be wild and out of control; now you have a problem because it was fine when the puppy weighed 10 pounds but now you have a 70-80 pound dog that has learned it can run full speed ahead of you on a long retractable leash. These leashes can cause major injuries. Here is a real life scenario; A child is standing on a hill playing a little way from her mom… she is playing with her own dog when suddenly another dog who is walking with his owner sees that dog and is on a retractable leash. The dog is very friendly and loves everyone, so the owner lets the dog go a long distance on the leash to say hello to the other little dog. Suddenly he gets really excited and begins to run around. Now the child is caught in the middle and the owner has no control. He can see the child is now wrapped in this leash and has no way to stop his dog from this play so he lets go of the leash , but the leash with it’s hard handle snaps around the child causing major rope burns to the child’s legs. The child then falls and rolls down the hill and breaks her arm. Sure if you are walking on a retractable you can lock the leash, but I myself have had the lock not work just at a time when I needed it to. These leashes can also cause major injury to your dog if your dog runs full speed to the end of the retractable; he can break or injure his neck, and perhaps yank you off your feet while his at it.In many cases retractable leashes are a danger. For example dogs can run so far ahead they wind up turning a corner out of sight.. They can run into the street and get hit by a car because your leash didn’t lock when you wanted it to.The rope on the retractable can amputate an adults fingers or seriously hurt a child’s neck if they are caught in the middle. Of course there are people that use them wisely but most responsible dog owners do not use retractables as they are aware of the the dangers and choose to use a safer leash. Speaking from my own experience on many occasions I myself have been injured by retractables and have seen others have many problems, as well as the stories that have come to me from other dog owners. So I say, If you are going to use them, then make sure you are using them wisely. All retractable leashes come with a long list of warnings. Below are just a few of the top brands warnings that are posted on their websites: • Risk of eye or face injury, cuts, burns, and amputations to your body or the body of another person from these leashes.. • Do not use this leash with a disobedient or uncontrollable dog, since they are more likely to wrap the cord/tape/belt around people or to run off at high speeds. • Only use this leash with a dog that does not exceed the weight limit listed on the leash. • Leashes for larger dogs have a tape or belt instead of a cord to reduce the risk of amputations and cuts. • Even small dogs can pull hard enough to injure you, particularly because the length of the leash allows dogs to run and build up speed. Follow all of these precautions even with a small dog. The list goes on and on……….. by Sheri Grant Editor of The OC Dog Magazine. To be released sometime early 2013. Doggies Unlimited @ www.doggiesunlimited.com Life's Healthy Pet Food @ www.lifeshealthypetfood.com Slow Pull Retractable Leashes @ www.slowpullretractableleashes.com

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Who is Brian Smith? What is the Slow Pull Retractable Leash?

Brian Smith Slow Pull Retractable Dog Leashes | Orlando, Florida Growing up in Rockledge, Florida, Brian Smith knew at a very early age that he had a love for inventing. “When I was four, I wanted to invent a device that could be attached to our rocking chair so it could rock by itself,” Brian said. Graduating from the University of Central Florida with a B.A. in Legal Studies, Brian went on to launch a career in real estate sales, not knowing that an unexpected chain of events would hoist him back into the love of inventing he enjoyed as a child. Just a few days before his wedding, Brian was walking his dog while talking on his cell phone. Distracted by the phone call, he’d hardly noticed when his pet spotted another dog in the distance and took off running after it. With Brian hanging on to his pup’s retractable leash, the dog reached the end of the lead, sending a harsh tug through Brian’s already injured shoulder. While, fortunately, his shoulder was not dislocated, Brian continued to experience pain throughout his wedding and honeymoon. He quickly realized how dangerous retractable leashes could be and decided to seek out a solution. He began researching both online and in pet stores where he learned that not only had over 16,000 people been hospitalized the previous year from retractable leashes, but that there weren’t currently any solutions on the market; that’s when he decided to create one himself. Brian had seen Everyday Edisons in the past, so he jumped at the chance to audition, seeing it as an opportunity to get his product to market without the obstacles that come with trying to do it alone. Brian currently resides in Orlando, Fla. with his wife and the two dogs to whom he credits his invention. When he’s not inventing, he enjoys reading, traveling and watching educational TV programs. “Do your homework thoroughly before pursuing an idea you may have and be very patient.” Slow Pull Retractable Leashes will be sold thru Doggies Unlimited @ www.doggiesunlimited.com, Life's Healthy Pet Food @ www.lifeshealthypetfood.com and Slow Pull Retractable Leashes @ www.slowpullretractableleashes.com. Visit us on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/DoggiesUnlimited and Pinterest @ www.pinterest.com/lnaipo

Slow Pull Retractable Leash by Life's Abundance

Coming Soon - Safer Alternative - Slow Pull Retractable Leashes Retractable leashes pose problems for people and their pets Mar 5, 2009 4:56 PM Leash Heather Todd didn’t bring a leash with her the day she took her pooch Penny to a pond near Boston in 2005. So she borrowed a retractable dog leash to help keep her Labrador retriever in check. But it didn’t. The 90-pound dog suddenly took off running and dragged Todd across the sand. When she came to a stop and recovered her wits, she spotted something lying on the sand. With horror, she realized it was a human index finger; with greater horror, she realized it was her own. The cord of the retractable leash had looped around her finger and pulled taut when Penny bolted. “It just cut it off like a sharp knife,” Todd says. She wrapped her hand in a towel, grabbed the finger, and headed to the hospital, but doctors were unable to reattach it. Todd, who’s now in nursing school, says there are times when her missing finger causes problems. “I get by. You just adjust,” she says. Todd’s story may sound like a freak accident, but retractable leashes are responsible for a surprising number of injuries each year, including amputations. In 2007 there were 16,564 hospital-treated injuries associated with leashes, according to Consumer Union's analysis of statistics collected by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Of those, about 10.5 percent involved children 10 and younger; 23.5 percent involved injuries to the finger. The CPSC's data does not parse the leashes into types but it's likely that the amputations were caused by retractable leashes. The most common injuries reported were burns and cuts, usually sustained when the cord came in contact with skin as it rapidly paid out from the handle of a leash. Others occurred when the cord got wrapped around part of the owner or the dog. Todd sued the maker of the leash as well as the distributor, as have others who have been injured by retractable leashes. Todd told us that the company settled her case for an undisclosed amount. Retractable-leash makers do put some pretty stark warnings about their products on their Web sites and on the packaging. Germany-based Flexi, one of the largest manufacturers of the leashes, has a long page of warnings on it Web site. Here’s how it begins: “To avoid the risk of eye or face injury and cuts, burns, and amputations to your body or the body of another person from the leash cord/tape or all belt and hook, (sic) read and follow these Warnings and Directions for Use before using your Flexi leash.” Leash Recall The CPSC has announced only one recall of retractable leashes in recent years. Last September 223,000 “Slydog” brand retractable leashes (at right) were recalled after several complaints were received by the agency about the metal clip breaking and flying off. The company subsequently changed to plastic clips. Karen Peak, a professional dog trainer in northern Virginia who runs a Web site called SafeKidsSafeDogs, says she often observes injuries from retractable leashes—and has experienced a couple herself. “One day a dog got away and I grabbed the cord to keep it from running into the street and it gave me a painful cut between my fingers,” she says. “And it was a little dog, a Maltese.” Peak says she doesn’t allow retractable leashes in her training classes and thinks they should only be used on well-behaved dogs that respond to voice commands. “They should never be used on neighborhood walks or in stores or other situations where there might be distractions that can make a dog suddenly bolt,” she says. In those types of situations, she advises owners to use a solid leash no longer than six feet long. Peak says dogs can suffer some of the same types of injuries from retractable dog leashes as people do. In addition, dogs suffer injury to their necks and backs when they are suddenly jerked to a stop when they run out the length of the leash. Life's Abundance Slow Pull Retractable Leash will be released this summer and will be sold thru: Doggies Unlimited @ www.doggiesunlimited.com Life's Healthy Pet Food @ www.lifeshealthypetfood.com Slow Pull Retractable Leashes @ slowpullretractableleashes.com