35 Cent Leash
Many people are asking about Cesar Millan’s 35 cent leash. The questions are things like where you’ll get one, how to make one, how to use one. So, here’s another post about the thirty-five cent leash.
First off, the thirty-five cent leash is not really the top canine training tool there is. If you can find them in stores (I can’t) they do have the following advantages:
- Cheap
- Complete – the collar and leash are one piece.
- Compact – each leash are often tied up in a tight coil so that it doesn’t occupy much room in the goody box.
Points against the 35 cent leash:
- No style
- Hard on the hands in the event the dog pulls.
- Can’t be used with a collar (no snap).
People have asked me how they can make one when they don’t haven’t learned to splice rope, especially braided rope. Well, you can’t. You can make a fair approximation though, particularly if you aren’t focused on looks. All you have to do is secure the loops with some plastic cable ties each. Cut the ties off short and wrap with duct tape or electrical tape. That is actually a really great way of converting an odd bit of rope which you have lying around into a leash. Make the hand loop about eight inches long to get a basic walking leash. If you want an obedience leash make the loop about half the length of the leash. I’d really recommend a snap at the business end, but use a ring to make an exact duplicate of Cesar’s leashes. The thing you will have to watch when using a ring is to slide the ring onto the rope before you attach the end of the rope to it. The reason being this way of making loops in rope is bulkier than the usual spliced loop and you can’t simply feed the rope through the ring after the leash is completed because you don’t have a real splice. Utilize any good rope to produce the leash, but remember the fact that bigger rope is easier to hold onto than small stuff, and braided rope is softer than twisted or laid rope.
