You wouldnt believe how many "I want to kill you and eat you"types of dog attitude we have on our walks 95% are on flexis. its disturbing. one day i will (not on purpose) run on over. missed a toy poodle the other day lol
Ugh, I know! Drives me up the wall. That's why I keep pepper spray on me, I am so sick of dogs that are out of control and a danger to Kaylee and myself on those retractable leashes. Then to top it off the owners always seem to forget that whole retractable part and I have to swerve off the path to avoid their dog.
We were riding on our normal path and these people where walking this huge golden ( I swear, looked like a over weight Mastiff size Golden) on a flexi. Kaylee and I are coming up facing them and I get to the side.
They don't reel him in, the guy can't hold on to the leash and the dog lunges snarling and growling at me. Thank god Kaylee was on the other side of me. So she spooks and jumps away, I swerve so I don't get bitten and Kaylee ends up running around a tree and I've got to let go of the leash.
Luckily the dog didn't get free and Kaylee knows to stay with me. We kept going for another good 50 yards her running dragging the leash till I was far enough away to stop and get us regrouped. I was so mad.
I hate those leashes and I hate the fact that dogs that are going to bite someone always seem to be owned by someone who loves them.
I don't know what it is about those dog biking aids that freak me out but I really don't like them and never see me using one. When I was first planning on biking with Kaylee last summer I wanted one really bad. This was before I started biking but was just entertaining the idea. I actually started skating with Kaylee first and got used to the flexibility of being able to move her where I want her on either side. But then I hurt my ankle and skating got put on the back burner and biking took it's place and the whole idea of not having the leash in my hand with the ability to have Kaylee move farther in front, to the side, closer to the bike, back farther made me way to nervous. Then I had times when I needed to be able to let go of her immediately and other times where if I had one the safety release would have let off and I was near a busy street.
I've actually started training her to go behind the bike and switch sides on command while riding, something that would never be possible with one of those. I've also gone down small paths where people are coming both ways and Kaylee and I need to take up the smallest foot print we can, and having a contraption on the bike limits how small you can get and on those paths it would not only be a hindrance it could be potentially very dangerous. I guess I just like that everything is in my control. I'm currently using just a 4 foot leather leash but will be getting a bungie leash soon.
My opinion, if you have a dog that there is a strong possibility of them lunging. Don't take them biking and start training. There might always be a possibility of something happening but you can lesson that chance considerably.
Out of all those bike add on though, I would say I like the Walkydog the best. I like how fast it can be removed if need be.