Kurgo Quantum 6-in-1 Dog Leash, Multi-Use Dog Lead for Walking & Running, Adjustable, Hands-Free Option, Coastal Blue

This leash has made walking with my beagle what’s your pleasure! Where are used to have to pull the leash were you would be pulling my arm out, and also trying to hold the leash while using a poop bag, and holding keys or phone is quite challenging. And walking in stores that allow dogs on a standard leash was difficult to control him if you were to see another dog or if I wanted to look at something and had to hold his leash as well.This allows me to put the leash around my hips and free up my hands so that I can walk with him and easily pick up things or use my phone.I can also adjust the length so that while we are in stores I can keep them closer to me. When I was recently walking with him with her standard leash, I slipped on some ice and my only concern was not letting go of the leash and losing my dog. Now, if I should trip or slip, I have both arms free to help catch me or break my fall.When using it as a standard leash to hold in my hand, the padding portion is a little awkward as it slides around and is a little thicker than a regular leash handle.I do like the flexibility of using this leash as a double leash, single around my waist, standard varying lengths, as well as the other options that are available. My 40 pound dog does not chew it or I don’t worry about the strength of the leash. The fabric loops that the clip goes into I was initially concerned with hair, but that is not the case as it is a sturdy leash.

When I go for walks, it is often a chaotic event. I often hike on fairly crowded trails, so I have to have my dog leashed. For that, I used the Flexi retractable leash. For walks around the neighborhood, I'd just use a standard 4- or 6-foot lead. For walks with my infant son, I'd try to hold the 6-foot leash and steer the stroller. If my 40-lb herding dog saw a lizard dart under a shrub, he would lunge at it, and we would swerve (before the mama bears fire up the comment link: I held it loosely enough that it never pulled the stroller handle more than a couple inches before my hand came off the bar along with the leash). And sometimes I bike with my dog to help him get exercise, but I have to leave one hand off the handlebar to hold the leash, because I can't take the swerving risk at high speeds.This makes each of those tasks easier. The dog's end of the leash attaches to the collar's standard metal D-Ring the way most leashes do. It's a very secure sliding clasp that can't come loose. This is where I suspect negative reviews originate - people might be hooking the opposite end (with the carabiner) to the collar. The person-end of the leash has multiple options. You can wrap it around your waist and hook the carabiner to the leash, making it like a belt, with about four feet left over as a lead for your dog. This is great for two reasons - 1, your hands are free, which is great for hiking or pushing strollers. 2, the pull point is lower down on your body, making it much easier to resist the occasional enthusiastic lunge by your dog.You can also just hook the carabiner about 8-12 inches down from the end, making a short loop and creating a pretty standard-looking leash, at about 8 feet long. You also have the ability to wrap it around other things and latch it to itself - think park benches, outdoor cafe chair legs, bike seatposts. This gives you a full 8 feet, so your dog can get up and reposition himself while you help your toddler on the swing, for example. I used to do a similar thing with my standard 6-foot leash, but I had to take the leash off my dog, hold him with one hand, feed the end around the bench and back through the leash handle, and reconnect it. This is so much easier.And if you need to shorten it (which I've done a number of times at outdoor cafes to keep him from wandering over to other tables), it's easy to do just by unclipping the carabiner and moving it to another section along the leash.I honestly can't figure out how this could possibly be a safety concern, unless your dog is strong enough to break the carabiner. And if you're concerned about that, go to an outdoor equipment store and buy a climbing carabiner (like this one Omega Standard Oval Carabiner) rated to hold a lot more weight. This was one of my best pet-related purchases.

Our dog pulls like a mule. Trainer recommended a waist leash to be more hands free (less pulling back on my part) and so I'd have better control to plant myself and stop him. This one was pricier that the others she recommended but was easier to put on/take off and importantly wasn't bungee. Plus I trusted the Kurgo brand.And... it's okay. Not great. We've had it a few months and use it pretty regularly a handful of times a week for short walks. I'm 5'2 and a size 4, he gets about 3-4 feet of length on it by the time I wrap it around my waist. Which is plenty for our purposes but might not be enough if you're bigger depending on what you're doing (when my husband wears it the dog gets nearly no leash, and he not like linebacker-sized).It's kind of fussy with the clip to put on, I wish it was just a waist buckle I could leave set all the time. But it's nice to have the easy adjustability, I guess.My main gripe is the quality doesn't seem great. The clip to buckle it around my waist, the carabiner type part, has somehow turned itself inside out a few times, I'll be walking and the leash just falls off into my control hand as if it was never wrapped around me. Thank goodness dog has never bolted. I can probably replace it with a locking carabiner at some point, but I shouldn't have to.And the fabric is already fraying in a concerning number of places. I don't think the loops I use most often are going to hold much longer, which is going to be a pain; I'll either have to wear it too high or too low or find a reliable way to reattach them.We have other Kurgo stuff and it's durable as could be, I'm not sure what happened with this leash in particular, but reading reviews that seems to be a common gripe.So my take: it's great for light training in a controlled setting, or for a dog who is a reliable walker and doesn't bolt or pull too hard. It's fantastic for dogs who don't like feeling leash pressure (it's very light; our other leash is much heavier and I think our dog doesn't like that feeling). I wouldn't trust it to help with a very strong dog who's prone to taking off just because the clip is so unreliable. And I'm less than impressed with the general durability.