Experience with couplers… Is it easier to walk two dogs with two leashes? Or just one leash and a coupler?
I have two small dogs, one is a teeny puppy and the other is 1.5 years… They’re “the same dog” (same parents had two litters over the past years), the full grown is 7 lbs and the baby is about 3or4 lbs!
I’m just curious what people’s experiences are with couplers, if they’re easier or more cumbersome than just getting two separate small retractable leashes?
The problem I have had with couplers is if your dogs aren’t the same weight and don’t pull at the same strength, one tends to drag the other along.
I would wait until your puppy is full grown before considering a coupler. It also helps if they both have leash manners. I made the mistake of buying a coupler and my 16 lb Pug just dragged my 7 lb Chihuahua around the living room. I’m glad I tried it out at home first and not on the actual walk.
And two retractables can be annoying if they’re both running in different directions. I don’t enjoy walking my two dogs with the retractable leashes unless my boyfriend holds one and I the other. But then, my dogs don’t have any leash manners. :^)
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