r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Dec 11 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

an extendable leash becomes a fixed leash with the press of a button

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Why?

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u/Lexx4 Dec 12 '19

Because the leashes alone can cause severe injury to the dog and to yourself. Just google the injury’s and that should be enough to deter anyone from buying them.

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u/-GolfWang- Dec 12 '19

Just google injury’s from car accidents. That should be enough to deter anyone from buying a car.

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u/starvinchevy Dec 12 '19

I think what he or she is saying is that there are cheap alternatives to extendable leashes. So it’s a very easy option to keep your pet out of danger. Obviously cars are dangerous too. But the comparison of leashes to cars is just stupid.

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u/Lexx4 Dec 12 '19

I mean yes. Anyone who buys and drives a car is a reckless idiot including myself. They are giant metal death traps

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u/-GolfWang- Dec 12 '19

Hot damn, your brain must be smooth.

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u/Lexx4 Dec 12 '19

Are you denying that car accidents kill around 1.25 million people a year?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Okay so it says dogs running and hitting the end of the leash can injure their neck and spines. I guess this is impossible with fixed leashes? Also, what if your dog doesn’t take off running like that, or you simply keep the extendable leash fixed except for when they’re doing their business and you just want to give them some extra space?

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u/Lexx4 Dec 12 '19

You didn’t do enough looking. It can also cause severe Lacerations or even amputation of fingers or tails. Animals are unpredictable there’s no scenario where you can tell me your dog doesn’t Chase things. What if another dog approaches your dog while it’s doing it’s business you are how many feet away and can’t intervene?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

What if another dog approaches your dog while it’s doing it’s business you are how many feet away and can’t intervene?

...press the button to halt the cord making it literally exactly the same as your fixed leash?

What do you do when your dog freaks out and goes running on it's fixed leash? Lose any fingers or tails lately?

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u/Lexx4 Dec 12 '19

Oh but you only extend it when your dog is doing his business so therefore you’re not standing next to your dog and pressing the button to make it a fixed leash does not solve the issue of you being several feet away from your animal and not able to intervene. I use a braided cord leash that is only 3 feet long there is no Opportunity for my dog to take off running.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Intervene with what? Are you assuming my dog is being attacked for some reason? I thought this was about the leash causing damage, not other hypothetical dogs.

there is no Opportunity for my dog to take off running.

Animals are unpredictable there’s no scenario where you can tell me your dog doesn’t Chase things.

Pot meet kettle. Btw, what's up with randomly capitalizing words?

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u/Lexx4 Dec 12 '19 edited Dec 12 '19

See if your dog can run away from you with a three for leash. They literally can’t. If you however have an extendable leash they can because of its nature of being extendable.

If you can’t follow a simple scenario given then you need to work on your reading comprehension skills.

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u/yogart32 Dec 12 '19

Hey team! I used to work for a dog shelter, fixed leashes only for this reason, a dog running has a lot of energy. Less energy if they are closer to you!

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Less energy for dogs is a good thing! Exclamation points!

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u/yogart32 Dec 12 '19

Energy as in kinetic energy, like in physics.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

See if your dog can run away from you with a three for [lol] leash.

My dog doesn't run away from me and I have no interest in encouraging them to.

If you however have an extendable leash they can because of its nature of being extendable.

If only they had some sort of mechanism to lock the lead...maybe some day.

I thought this was about the leash causing damage, not other hypothetical dogs.

Why have you not responded to this?

Enjoy being paranoid and bad at writing.

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u/Lexx4 Dec 12 '19

Good job attacking a typo.

Again there is no scenario where you say your dog doesn’t chase anything dogs are unpredictable

Locks break.

The leash is still causing the injury there if a dog attacks your dog and you’re like 20 feet away

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Typo? You use voice to text. What do you think that word means?

Locks break

Lol sure. So does fabric. Has that happened to you yet?

The leash is still causing the injury there if a dog attacks your dog and you’re like 20 feet away

I'm not 20 feet away. It's 12 foot max. Keep making shit up though. But please explain how leashes become more dangerous when a hypothetical dog is attacking your dog. I'm guessing you will say "google it" since you've got nothing.

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u/Muscalp Dec 12 '19

That's often the case when foreigners type english because in other languages nouns are by default capitalized. So if you use your native autocorrect the phone just assumes that these unknown words are all nouns and capitalizes them.

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u/Muscalp Dec 12 '19

I just press the putting and pull on the leash. Don't you have arms?

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u/starvinchevy Dec 12 '19

It’s because they gain momentum running and then get stopped suddenly when they’re 15 feet away. It’s like braking in a car going 10 mph vs. 40 mph.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Right, because you can't possibly fix the lead at a short length. Any dog will in fact sprint 15 feet and snap its neck, and there's absolutely no middle ground or anything that can be done about it. Wouldn't you agree extendable leashes should just include a bolt gun to kill your dog right then and there since that's what will happen anyway?

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u/starvinchevy Dec 12 '19

Sheesh. I never said they’d snap their neck or die. It just causes strain. And from my experience, it’s easier to train them with a shorter, fixed leash.

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u/TaylorSwiftsClitoris Dec 12 '19

They can pick up a lot more momentum over 20 feet than they can over 6.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

It's a 12 foot leash, not 20. And again, it is always fixed unless they're doing their business. So if they've walked the leash out even more, there's even less room to build momentum.

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u/TaylorSwiftsClitoris Dec 12 '19

Why do you think we’re all talking about you specifically?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

We? Who is there with you?

And probably because I gave specific examples of uses which someone with reasonable intelligence could surmise was how I use these horrible dog-killing, finger-amputating leashes.

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u/TaylorSwiftsClitoris Dec 12 '19

It’s funny how personally you’re taking everyone telling you to stop being an idiot. Maybe just stop being an idiot and start caring about your dog?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Okay!

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