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Ouch! That's rough! That happened to my mother with our massive german shepherd. Except somehow it burned her leg. I think that might be easier. The cuts on your hand are the worst because its not like you can just not move your finger. Hope it heals soon, put some neosporin on it!
Our vet actually just game me a warning this morning about our retractable leash. Apparently someone had used the handle and tied it around the mirror of their car while washing it so the dog could hang out with them and not run away.... welll the dog attempted to go after a person to play and ran so fast that the leash stopped him and snapped him back. He was paralized for 3 weeks and has not fully recovered. I will never do that one (not that i intended to) always read precautions! ha i with you on that one.. neosporin should def help!
yeah hubby actually got me this special cream kind of like neosporin for burns.
wow i can't believe that happened! our vet sucks so we are trying to find a new one for her. i don't like the retractable leash actually so when i go to the store next i'm getting a new leash for her!!
Yup. One of those sliced open my leg down by my ankle almost 2 years ago. Still a scar that runs like 3 inches across my leg & about 1 inch wide!
Oh...my doctor said to wash it with sterile saline once per day & put polysporn/neosporin on it and cover it all day & do that for a week or so...but mine was pretty bad. I'm sure you could try that!
I had a retractable leash for my Rottie, but I always kept it one length, I didn't really use the retractable feature. Now with our GSD I refuse to buy one. #1 because I'm more of a Cesar Milan believer now, and I don't let him walk out in front of me anyway, he's next to me. #2 because you can't anchor your dog down with it (like tie it to a pole or step on it). I just find them inconvenient now!
Hope your finger gets better. FWIW, you still type great!
OUCHH I feel your pain. This happened to my stepmom, but around her ankle. The leash had somehow wrapped around her leg and the dog took off running, so it kept burning in a circle. It was groooos.
Those safety warning things do manke me laugh though lol
I volunetterfor a pug rescue and we don't allow them (technically- although some people still bring them, ugh) they can really wrap around a person's legs and hurt people! We never use ours anymore after seeing the dangers!
I've gotten leash burn TWICE! Have any of you bought the kind that comes with the safety collar-type thing? You snap the clip on the leash and the safety so if your dog takes off and manages to slip out of the collar, instead of the metal clip hurling back towrads the handle and slapping you in the face, it stays attached. After reading the warning about that, I have fear every time I use it!!
Awww!! Thanks!! I am feeling better but super paranoid now when using that stupid leash haha We had a busy day and night so didn't get to the pet store to purchase a new leash...that's the first thing on tomorrow's agenda! lol
Hah, it's actually not great for a dog to have the retractable leash! They get "rewarded" for pulling on the leash, so they pull more often. Of course, my dog ate his leather leash, so I'm not sure which is worse...
Sorry about your finger! I definitely HATE retractable leashes and avoid them. Hubby works at an animal shelter and they don't use them at all there either. Hope your finger heels quickly!
Good to know!! We def wont be using it anymore!! We watch It's Me or the Dog a lot so we get tips from there and I've noticed they don't ever use retractable leashes.
I have done this, and OMG it hurts SO BAD, so I'm so sorry that you're going through this. I did it to both hands, and pretty much for the same reason you did.
I put neosporin on mine regularly, and it didn't scar, but it hurt for quite awhile.
I have heard of several of these leashes breaking. I remember hearing about one dog who was even killed by a car after his leash broke. We had one that we rarely used but our newest family "adoptee" chewed it to pieces...which is probably for the best. I hope your finger feels better soon :-)
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Ok soo ya know how when you purchase something you would never imagine in a million years could actually injure you and there comes a little pamphlet inside the package describing the intended uses and the cautions or hazards? You think "Omg really? HAHA Who could die from a battery falling on their toe?" or "Could this little candle seriously catch my house on my fire with a little bit of a breeze? Psht!" orrrr in my case "It's a retractable leash, you'd have to be an idiot to get burned by it!" Or so I thought.
Last night hubby and I had the puppy out for a walk and we were running around with her. Well FH was like 100ft or so away from me maybe not even maybe like 25 feet, idk I'm not good with math ok, and he had the main handle part of the retractable leash in his hand. I called our puppy's name to come running towards me and somehow the leash went flying out of his hand like the entire handle and all...so as she's running she darts towards the right, close to a really dangerous ditch annnd the road so my first instinct was "GRAB THE LEASH!" BAAAAD IDEA because when I grabbed it, I had no other option but to grab the actual rope/leash part and when I did, OUCH! It burned the hell out of my finger..Let me explain...it burned the CREASE of my finger so I can't even bend it down without it hurting really bad. Within like 5 minutes it was raw and red, burning up, blistering. :(
Soooo the moral of the story is, follow the precautions on all the items you buy!! lol