Please Ban Flexi leashes for pets
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Flexi leashes have become very popular in the past few years.
We want them banned!
We have seen both dogs and people injured while using a Flexi leash on their pet. Owners have had their hands badly lacerated as the leash retracts and the owner has grabbed the line trying to control a dog. Technicians in veterinary hospitals have been cut by the Flexi line trying to control dogs when the Flexi leash handle has not been locked by the owner prior to handing the dog over to the veterinary staff. One dog had her hock smashed when the owner tripped, dropped the leash and the flexi leash retracted rapidly, breaking the bones almost beyond repair.
We feel these leashes do not give the owner enough or complete control over their pet. When a dog lunges at another dog who is across a street, the owner can lose control. If a dog is attacked by another the owner using the Flexi leash cannot "haul" the dog in on the line fast enough to gain control. A dog could be hit by a car and possibly killed before the owner has time to reel the dog in.
There are other types of leashes that give your dog freedom, keep the dog safe and allow better control than any Flexi. Flexi leashes are so dangerous!! Please help stop our companion animals and people from being hurt.
Please sign this petition.
We want them banned!
We have seen both dogs and people injured while using a Flexi leash on their pet. Owners have had their hands badly lacerated as the leash retracts and the owner has grabbed the line trying to control a dog. Technicians in veterinary hospitals have been cut by the Flexi line trying to control dogs when the Flexi leash handle has not been locked by the owner prior to handing the dog over to the veterinary staff. One dog had her hock smashed when the owner tripped, dropped the leash and the flexi leash retracted rapidly, breaking the bones almost beyond repair.
We feel these leashes do not give the owner enough or complete control over their pet. When a dog lunges at another dog who is across a street, the owner can lose control. If a dog is attacked by another the owner using the Flexi leash cannot "haul" the dog in on the line fast enough to gain control. A dog could be hit by a car and possibly killed before the owner has time to reel the dog in.
There are other types of leashes that give your dog freedom, keep the dog safe and allow better control than any Flexi. Flexi leashes are so dangerous!! Please help stop our companion animals and people from being hurt.
Please sign this petition.
8 Signatures
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Elizabeth
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- I really think these leashes are not in the best interest of the dog!
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Dumb ASS!
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Get a Life!!
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- You have WAY too much time on your hands.... These leashes are FANTASTIC!!!
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Carol Ridley
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- I was rope burned behind the back of my knees from someone's flexi leash when their dog ran around me.
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Ban People Who Want To Ban Everything
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- Gimme a break. Nothing is perfectly safe in this world. Ban cars, ban aspirin, ban rope, ban walking across the street, but most importantly: ban personal responsibility.
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Joyce Bertsch
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- A person in my neighborhood has been walking 3 pitbulls on flexi leashes. He lets them go to the end of the lines which are very long and appears to have very little control over them. My dog is kept in my yard by invisible fence. This man's dogs are coming in my driveway past my dogs fence line. Luckily he has not been out there yet when they are walking but I am terrified of what might happen if he is!
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eileen castro
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- do you know if john travolta's dogs were walked with flexileashes when they were killed at the airport????
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Jamie Ianello
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- PLEASE BAN THEM! I am a dog trainer and dog walker and these are the worst !!
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