RE: retractable lunge lines

[Gail Russell]

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I would be worried about the dog leash being a hazard if things got out of 
hand.  I have a friend with a Corgi who will not even use the retractable 
leashes on a dog, due to getting hurt with it.

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Re: retractable lunge lines

[Carol Makosky]

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To me the typical lunge line was more of a hazard when my feet got 
tangled in it.  I don't see how the retractable one could be any more 
kind of a hazard than that.  Guess it depends upon the horse one is 
working with.  Heidi is what we call a Sunday horse.  You can use her 
one Sunday out of the month and she does not do anything stupid and 
knows her job.  If I dared to monkey with a green horse, I guess I would 
not use the retractable leash.


Gail Russell wrote:

This message is from: Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com


I would be worried about the dog leash being a hazard if things got out of 
hand.  I have a friend with a Corgi who will not even use the retractable 
leashes on a dog, due to getting hurt with it.

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Re: retractable lunge lines

[Sarah Clarke]

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The hazard with retractable lines is that if one end gets de-anchored (breaks,
or pulled away or just a butter finger accident) whoever has the remaining end
gets the retract mechanism flying at them.  Lunging correctly is a skill and
is better not done than done badly.
Sarah writing from very wet jamul - we just reached 14 inches for the season
this morning.
--- On Sun, 3/7/10, Carol Makosky cmako...@sirentel.net wrote:


To me the typical lunge line was more of a hazard when my feet got tangled in
it. 

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