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The ones with a \u201ctape\u201d or flat line inside are safer, but there is still no good way to shorten the leash quickly if the dog is pulling away, only if he comes back toward you or if you can catch quickly up to him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whole-dog-journal.com\/blog\/pitfalls-of-retractable-leashes\/?MailingID=1218&amp;st=email&amp;sc=BL20210610-WalkingYourDog&amp;utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=Pitfalls+of+Retractable+Leashes&amp;utm_campaign=BL20210610-WalkingYourDog\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest problem is that there is not a good way to reel the dog back in, if he\u2019s already out at the end of the leash. The models that have a cord inside can get wrapped around dog or people legs and can cut deeply; if you grab one, trying to control the dog, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pitfalls of Retractable Leashes | The Animal Health Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2021\/06\/pitfalls-of-retractable-leashes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pitfalls of Retractable Leashes | The Animal Health Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The biggest problem is that there is not a good way to reel the dog back in, if he\u2019s already out at the end of the leash. 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