Leads

Tommy has four leads. Too many? I think not!

Normal lead – its black and white. It’s made of rope. It does what it says on the tin.
Extension lead – a 5mtr tape extension lead. I’m not keen on this one, but use it for when we go round the small park in case there are picnickers there and Tommy can’t be let off. B/f uses it a lot and I just don’t think you have particularly good ‘control’ over the dog. We did use the cord ones for a while. Tommy’s lead rages as I like to call them soon destroyed them!
Pub lead – This has two clips on it – I think they are used if your dog has a head collar? Anyway, as this is doubled up, I can put the lead round my waist when having a beer and not have to hold it, or tie Tommy to the table. He has been know to pull tables over to try and get to another dog / wandering cat. Its also handy if I’m at an ‘outside’ event and have a burger to try to demolish! It can be very hard with a dog pulling to make the most of a burger!
Waggy Walkers lead – Tommy sometimes has to go into the back of the van when he’s with Emma. Now, because Tommy is quite a nervous dog, he will chew his lead when he’s in crates. I will take his lead off when he’s in the crate in my car, but Emma leaves it on. So, he has his special ‘ Waggy Walkers’ lead that is half chewed, but still safe enough for purpose.

On Friday when I went to pick Tommy up, Emma said that she had a present for me and produced a lead that she had found over the woods. She said that Tommy could do with a new lead. I didn’t have the heart to say he has three others and he only wears the nibbled one because you leave it on him! I took the lead gracefully, and threw his chewed one away when I got home. Five leads…now that is too many!