I keep telling myself I need to take a picture of me using it, but I am too focused on walking the dogs than trying to take pictures. But this is going to be long because I have a lot to say and your mileage may very! This is an excellent leash when you have two dogs on it, but as soon as I pick one dog up or take them off the lead, I'm almost left wishing I had brought an additional single leash retractor rather than using this with one dog. I am new to having two dogs and holding two leashes looked like too much work and moving hands. Using a single leash with a bungee connector didn't work as my 13lb dog completely overruled my 2.5 dog. But this allows me to hold one retractable leash but control each dog individually. It took only a few walks to memorize which button was for which dog, even when I switch hands. There have been reviews of the lines getting crossed and this does happen. But this is not a "walk two dogs and look at your phone" leash. If I am present and walking my dogs, I work with them to keep it untangled, mostly just putting the leash in the correct direction to allow it to spin. I think, for the price, the quality is excellent, but would I pay more for better quality? However, I think this takes less brain power than two separate leashes, and if they do get tangled, the hardest part is figuring out in which direction, after that, just spin the leash till they are un-twisted. I do get twisted up by the dogs, especially because the smallest likes to run circles with me, but my modifications below with the carabiners help to detangle. I have two dogs, a 13lb MaltiPoo and a 2.5lb Puppy Teacup Poodle. When we first got the leash, the Teacup wasn't strong enough to gain length, and the MaltiPoo (who I had always used looooong leashes) felt it was too short. Firstly, while we felt it was too short, I wouldn't want it to be any longer because the two dogs can get quite far from one another and I don't think I could manage much more distance, so we got used to it. My Teacup has been a struggle in all ways as he is just too small for... well, everything. We found a cat harness that came with a 4' elastic leash, so I took a carabiner and attached the elastic leash to the end of the black cord using the first "loop" of tape and the elastic leash's hand loop. I loved this modification so much that I made the change permanent and actually cut off the tape portion of his side. The addition of the elastic leash and a poo bag holder made it so he could finally pull against the spring. 1 poo from my bigger dog is helpful, a 2nd poo and the spring has trouble retracting, so I think a 4-6 lb dog will have no issues. As for us, my littlest appreciates the extra assistance with the spring. After a few weeks of testing, I copied this set up of carabiner and elastic leash to the other side as my Maltipoo was getting jealous the puppy had more length!. An added benefit of this change was that now I can detach the leash should a dog go around the wrong side of a pole, which was super frustrating because both my dogs are mule headed and don't want to admit they went the wrong way =oP Conclusion: I liked it as sold. I love it with my modifications. If they take my advise to add a little bit of bungie and a quick release, I would pay another $10-$15 for this leash. If they upgraded the spinner between the handle and the leash (maybe a metal track with stricter tolerances) I would pay another $20-$30 for this leash (and then make my bungie and carabiner adjustments). And while not needed, some tactile feedback between the two leash control buttons rather than just colour designation, would be a nice addition. Thank you! Love this leash and wouldn't replace it with anything else but an upgraded version.
