[NAGDU] hands free leashes

[Rox Homstad]

Hello,
There are two types of hands free leashes that are most frequently used. One style wraps around your waist, and attaches to the dog.  You see these types in stores for dogs who do urban mushing or other sports like Canicross.  Most service dog hands free leashes to over the shoulder and cross the body, like a messenger bag.  So if the dog works on the left, the leash goes over your right shoulder, diagonal across your body to clip on the dogs collar on your left.   
I am Deaf and use ASL for communication so I find that if I'm going to be speaking a lot or having interpreters with me while we walk and they need to communicate I will use a cross body leash.  
I believe Julie Johnson from on the go sells both styles in nylon.  You can get one in leather from either activedogs or bridgeport equipment if thats more your style.


Rox'E and the Kitchen Bitches
Soleil, Rowan, Phoenix
pawpower4me at gmail.com

> On Jan 24, 2020, at 9:42 AM, Gretchen Brown via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello, I am a student who will be interning in a healthcare setting
> soon. I was wondering if any of you had ideas for hands free leashes.
> I will sometimes need both hands for certain tasks, such as
> transfering a patient. I realize that I could put my dog on tiedown,
> but I don't want to risk someone uncliping her. Someone might assume
> she is a therapy dog, and unclip her without me knowing. I still want
> her to be attached to me in some way, as she is a curious dog, I have
> only had her for about 6 months. I have worked with her on stay, and
> she does decent with this, but struggles when she is in distracting
> invironments. Plus, there is the fact that if she doesn't stay, since
> I would not be holding the leash, I would not be able to give her a
> correction unless I caught her. I know they make hands free leashes,
> but I need something that can still be used in conjuncion with her
> working leash, as I might not always have the time to change leashes.
> Any ideas? Thank you in advance, Gretchen Brown
> 
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