I fostered a rescue dog (Border Terrier) for a little while and he came with a Flexi. I wasn't told that he was aggressive towards other dogs either, so here we were, having a nice walk in the recreation ground, he sees a dog in the distance and does one of those "lunges" people have mentioned. I wasn't prepared for any of it and had gloves on as there was snow on the ground, so when he went for it, the handle of the Flexi just shot out of my hand and off he went and started a fight with the other dog in seconds, with me running to try and catch up. The whole thing was a nightmare and understandably the other dog's owner was furious. I wanted to say "He's not my dog and I'm not responsible for him being this way". Anyway, I did learn a lesson and there's a funny story associated with it - during the furore one of my lovely thermal gloves came off and I couldn''t find it in the snow. A few weeks later, when the snow had gone, I finally came across it by accident. I was so pleased, until I saw that something had bitten 4 fingers off!!

Oh, and you probably all know this but you can now buy a flexi lead that is tape rather than cord and therefore won't lacerate your finger if you try to grab the extended lead to control the dog.

I had just acquired a Lhasa Apso puppy and have already ordered a long lead for him but not a Flexi.

TBF they are a MANAGEMENT solution, they do not solve the problem of pulling they just make the pulling more manageable!

They do not teach the dog to walk on a loose lead and they do not stop the dog from pulling.......

And as I have already demonstrated with my own dog: Flexis don't necessarily teach a dog to pull either.

The Flexi for me is just another tool used when walking my dog, I'm not using it to manage anything - I just like the flexibility it gives me.

I think you already made this point, I, at least have moved on and the remarks you quote refer to my observations about head collars.

So there is nothing that you need to demonstrate (via the ether) to me again.

I am not deaf, blind or simple.

Just wanted to make sure, given that I am responding to your own post on the matter. Again.

And as I have already demonstrated with my own dog: Flexis don't necessarily teach a dog to pull either.

The Flexi for me is just another tool used when walking my dog, I'm not using it to manage anything - I just like the flexibility it gives me.

Ah bless you, I guess you are used to having to say things more than once to people.

Ok don't take this the wrong way but if you are not managing anything with it then why do you need the flexibility it offers?

Example; My dog can "go" when off lead and "come" when off or on. If I want to leave him on lead I just adjust his training lead to allow him on the grass next to me (does not mean I will be dragged all over the grass with him if I choose not to walk there) So why would I need the flexibility of a flexi? Unless managing a situation (I.e.re-call)