The BEST re-tractable dog leash - 40 plus feet

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

I'm still not posting ..but I have to share this one ..... Max loves swimming ( see other posts ) but He tires easily ( 9 yr old BullDog ) so I keep Him on a Nylon lead ( 35ft long ) when in the water..... It worked but it was a real pain in the *ss having to gather all the lead when He was coming back... I checked out a lot of re-tractable dog leads , which were pretty short ( 26 ft max ) ...... Then I thought - what about a re-tractable ....CLOTHES LINE ..... ( short version ) I bought a 40 ft. one at Home Depot ( $ 19.99 ) .. It doesn't have a lock (and I'm glad ) just goes out and comes back via a wound Spring ...... It has only a slight pull to it , Max easily walks around and can even swim AWAY from me .... the amount of tension is perfect...... There are quite a few sellers of these, and maybe some will be too strong .... but the one at Home Depot is ....PERFECT ....... Mike ...PS, the reason I said PLUS feet ... is I think you could extend the length if you swapped the plastic rope (?) for something like a high lbs fishing line ..... I have some 300lb test line that they use for catching Great White's ....

[Bob Denman]

Gee...
If you had a good surfcasting rod & reel, and some REALLY heavy-duty line and leader: I can bet that Max would just LOVE that ride!!

(Although you'd need to do some serious work on your shoulders: if you want to get him out past the breakers! )

[canamjhb]

Mark Spitz and Michael Phelps should be nervous about losing their swimming crowns. Max rocks..... Unleashed.....? Who knows what the possibilities are.

[Chupaca]

Should work great on slow moving dogs... could get tricky with no lock on those faster hounds. But then should not be to hard to add a hand brake...

[Rogue Hawk]

I'm still not posting ..but I have to share this one ..... Max loves swimming ( see other posts ) but He tires easily ( 9 yr old BullDog ) so I keep Him on a Nylon lead ( 35ft long ) when in the water..... It worked but it was a real pain in the *ss having to gather all the lead when He was coming back... I checked out a lot of re-tractable dog leads , which were pretty short ( 26 ft max ) ...... Then I thought - what about a re-tractable ....CLOTHES LINE ..... ( short version ) I bought a 40 ft. one at Home Depot ( $ 19.99 ) .. It doesn't have a lock (and I'm glad ) just goes out and comes back via a wound Spring ...... It has only a slight pull to it , Max easily walks around and can even swim AWAY from me .... the amount of tension is perfect...... There are quite a few sellers of these, and maybe some will be too strong .... but the one at Home Depot is ....PERFECT ....... Mike ...PS, the reason I said PLUS feet ... is I think you could extend the length if you swapped the plastic rope (?) for something like a high lbs fishing line ..... I have some 300lb test line that they use for catching Great White's ....

Can you put a life preserver on him? Then connect the leash to the vest.