Hands Free Leash Review + Giveaway

Tibby and I tried out a neat leash today.  It's a hands-free leash from lilydc.

Lily started making these leashes, because she jogs and hikes with her dog Dotty.

She also makes some beautiful tumbled glass pendants - check them out here!

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Tibby and I tried out the leash 2 different ways - first we took a long walk.  I wrapped the leash around my waist, snapped the buckle and we were off!  Easy! 

It was a very windy day and I was able to walk along with my hands in my pockets.  Tibby trotted along and I had warm hands - win win! Another benefit of this lilydc hands-free leash, I didn't have to worry about the leash slipping out of my hands, when Tibby got excited about someone walking toward us.  She was attached to me, so she wasn't going any where!  This was especially nice when Tibby decided to chase some leaves as we were crossing the highway.  She tried to dash off, but she didn't get too far!

Next, we used the leash for a training session.  This lilydc hands-free leash really simplified training.  It was easy to have my clicker in one hand and the treats in the other hand.  I didn't have to worry about the leash at all!  It was also easy to adjust the leash from a walking/hiking length to a shorter training length.

See!  It's great for training!

Here is a video to show you how easy it is to train with a hand-free leash.  It would be perfect for training loose leash walking. 

This lilydc hands-free leash is made out of a nylon strap measuring 8 feet 8 inches long. It has a swivel bolt snap hook and a durable plastic buckle.

Guess what?!? You can win this leash!

To win this leash you must leave a comment with 2 things:

1 - Go to lilydc's store.
 Look for the breed of dog she has modeling her leash. That's Lilly's cute dog Dotty!

2 - Then leave a comment on this post with your answer and your e-mail address.
I will have Tibby pick a winner on Monday!

International readers are welcome to enter!  We love ALL our readers!!

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For this giveaway I will allow entries from Tibby's facebook page.
However, in the future:
Tis' the season for giveaways and to simplify things as the year ends I will only count entries from the blog post page.


Disclosure: I did not receive any financial compensation for this post. All opinions are my own and uninfluenced by anyone else. I received a free product to facilitate my review, but that did not affect my opinion.

 

Stupid Snow

Class was canceled again tonight because of bad weather.  Bad weather = TON MORE SNOW.

I am so sick of snow.

Tibby had an interesting day even without class.  This morning at 5am, my Mom (Tibby's Grandma) picked Tibby up and took Tibby on a 5 mile run IN A BLIZZARD.

They say crazy is hereditary - I agree.

This was the report I received about Tibby's first run:

Mile 1 - Tibby was pulling on the leash, jumping, drift diving, sniffing, ect.

Mile 2 - Tibby started to look for her house.

Mile 3 - Tibby stopped once to pull snow out of her feet, but she was keeping up with my Mom and running beside her.

Mile 4- Running beside or a little behind my Mom.

Mile 5 - Running.  Running.  Running.

Last block - Stopped in an intersection to pull snow out of her feet.

My Mom was really happy with Tibby.  Yay!  She said she will pick Tibby up everyday when the weather is a little nicer and take her on a 5 mile run.

My Mom runs with a group of people, but today some people were out of town or working or didn't want to run in a blizzard.  My Mom thought this would be a good opportunity to test Tibby's running skills, because 2 large dogs usually run with the group and my Mom didn't want the work of introducing  running AND new dogs to Tibby.

So, then at 7am I went to work.  I'm guessing Tibby slept all day, because she was wound up all evening.  Busy, busy dog.

And I was thinking she would be tired from a 5 mile run.

Silly me.