Waist Leashes

$35.00

Choose your length, thickness and width from the drop-down menu on this page.

Once you add leash to your cart, you will choose: color, leash end treatment, and standard clip options. You may also choose “Upgrade your clip” from the order page.

Something you might want to consider is a waist-leash. This is a leash for your dog, that will also fit around your waist like a belt when it is not on your dog. It is should be your waist measurement (plus 4-6 inches) and it has a ring in the handle. When your dog is working off lead, you clip your leash around your waist. When you need to put your dog back on-lead, your leash is always handy. No fumbling and "where did I put my leash? Is it in my pack? Is it in my pocket? Did I drop it on the ground when I was putting my dog’s harness on?"

A waist-leash is made to fit your waist (waist measurement plus 4-6 inches to fit over jacket, clothing, pack straps, etc.) without being so large that it will drop over your butt. If I make it at exactly your waist measurement, it will be too short to use as a waist-leash. If we add 4-6 inches to your waist size it will be too long to use as a waist-leash. To get the proper size of waist leash, measure your waist, then add 4 to 6 inches to that number. As a check, now measure your hips. The waist leash +4 – 6 inches should be a somewhat smaller number than your hip measurement. Fair enough?

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Choose your length, thickness and width from the drop-down menu on this page.

Once you add leash to your cart, you will choose: color, leash end treatment, and standard clip options. You may also choose “Upgrade your clip” from the order page.

Something you might want to consider is a waist-leash. This is a leash for your dog, that will also fit around your waist like a belt when it is not on your dog. It is should be your waist measurement (plus 4-6 inches) and it has a ring in the handle. When your dog is working off lead, you clip your leash around your waist. When you need to put your dog back on-lead, your leash is always handy. No fumbling and "where did I put my leash? Is it in my pack? Is it in my pocket? Did I drop it on the ground when I was putting my dog’s harness on?"

A waist-leash is made to fit your waist (waist measurement plus 4-6 inches to fit over jacket, clothing, pack straps, etc.) without being so large that it will drop over your butt. If I make it at exactly your waist measurement, it will be too short to use as a waist-leash. If we add 4-6 inches to your waist size it will be too long to use as a waist-leash. To get the proper size of waist leash, measure your waist, then add 4 to 6 inches to that number. As a check, now measure your hips. The waist leash +4 – 6 inches should be a somewhat smaller number than your hip measurement. Fair enough?

That is to say, it is not a way of attaching your dog to your body.

Tethering is inherently dangerous to you, or your dog, or both.

If you have a 3 lb. Papillion or Yorkie there is very little that dog can do to pull you off your feet, but they can cause you to trip or fall and then they are tethered to your body and you can fall ON them. This is a dangerous situation for both you and your dog!

Even a very well-trained dog can get carried away by something that over-excites him. In my case a coyote broke cover and dashed past us and my –usually obedient, calm, and well controlled- 90 pound Malinois took me off my feet and dragged me on my face and stomach. Because he was not tethered to me, I had the option of turning loose of the leash. If I had been tethered to the dog I would not have had that option. Anyway, we were both fine except for some scratches and chigger bites in delicate places on me and he was more than somewhat distracted for the next twenty minutes hoping for a glimpse of his escaped prey, so obviously it could have been worse.  If there had been pavement or rocks or a steep slope there could have been a great deal of skin damage or even broken bones. To make a long story short, we do not suggest tethering your dog to anything, especially not your body.