You might have to switch to leather, although that's no guarantee either. I've got one 1/4" leather lead that's about bitten halfway through, but the cut hasn't opened up in years.

 

I also have a ball with a length of mountaineering rope tied through it for a handle. That thing has lasted for a couple of years.

 

It doesn't matter what it is, my dog can saw his way through any type of leash in a couple of seconds if I let him get it back in his big molars. I can't tell you how many short leads I have thanks to him.

 

The question is: Why is the lead in the dog's mouth?
A leash is not for play, or to tug or to chew on. It is only for correction. The dog should not be permitted to put it's mouth on the leash.

 

Maybe it's not a tug for your dog, but it can be for mine. If I don't have a ball or tug handy and I need to either work him up or reward him, he gets the leash. The trick is to make sure I make him drop it when I'm done tugging otherwise he chews it. It's my choice.

 

Just as white board markers are for white boards .....doesn't mean she doesn't sometimes use them on walls !!

 

This may be true...once. Just as a child must learn that it is unacceptable to color the walls with the marker, so too must the dog learn that it is unacceptable to have the leash in their mouth.

 

I saw a post a while ago about leads and collars woven out of that survival cord, I can't remember what it's called though. If I find it I'll send it to you. Looks like it's pretty indestructible since it's woven out of about 35 ft of cord

 

550 cord woven and braided is amazing considering each strand can hold ~550lbs per strand. This is the same cord used for parachute rigging and various survival tasks due to its durability and strength.

 

I've never had my dogs chew up lines, or even try to. Unless they are tethered out, there should be no opportunity to chew. If that is the case, then a chain or coated cable is better suited for tying out, but I am against tying out a dog,too-luckily I don't have to.

 

Many people who do agility or competitive obedience training will use a leash as a tug to get the dog engaged.
There are leashes made for this.Mighty Mite Dog Gear - Tug Leash

 

Interesting. Why? Why not a toy rather than the leash

 

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When she was a puppy, my Malinois bit clean through a leather leash in one bite. It was a new leash, too. I have used nylon with puppies ever since. The leather leads are only for shows.

 

Before you go into the ring, you tug a bit with the dog with the leash, you can't bring a toy in, so the leash works to get the dog going. It isn't 'cheating' because you are doing it before competing.

 

Ahh. Didn't know this was before

 

Stosh the survival cord is called paracord. This is a good blogspot for learning how to make things with it. Stromdrane.blogspot.com

 

www.ellaslead.com makes leads out of the same rope mountian climbers use, and you can get different snaps or make a slip lead. I got dodgers camping leash from there and I love it even though I haven't used it for camping yet. I don't know how easy it is to chew through because I don't let my dog chew on anything but toys. I'm assuming that it won't be easy because it's mountain climbing rope.

 

I don't like nylon leashes very much, I mostly use leather or Biothane or sometimes woven type leashes.

If you want to use the leash for a tug, I'd get a tugging leash:
Clean Run: Leashes - Tugging

 

It takes my dog about an additional second or two to chew through those than a leather leash. I have a thicker slip lead made out of twisted cord now. He chewed through the last one in about five seconds. There is no chew proof leash. At least for my dog, it's all about making sure he's tugging or holding it and not chewing.

 

The only thing Mac cannot chew through is metal.

 

Well, I haven't read the whole thread, but I think it is getting a bit silly. I let my dogs tug with their leashes - leather ones at that!!! Good quality, solid leashes, years of playing tug with different dogs, and all the leashes have to show for it is a few scratches and nicks. I keep them oiled and dry, and they are staying in excellent shape.

Perhaps you should play tug with dollar bills, it would probably be cheaper in the long run.

It certainly would! One excellent way to stretch a dollar!!!

Not up to other people to decide or lecture on what I should or should not do with my dogs or my leashes, LOL! My dogs can play tug with anything I allow them to play tug with - and playing with the leash is a good way to always ensure that they see interactions with me as fun. Now, on walks, no issues, they walk nice - same leashes as used in training and play, but they know the difference and my expectations. Just because one person does not like the idea of their dog using the leash as a tug toy, does not make another person who does "wrong" (and how do you know that is the person who is wrong? Maybe the non-tug party is wrong? It is just silly. It is YOUR leash, you decide how it is to be used.

 

I agree this is silly. I must be doing something right as my dog keeps racking up titles in three different sports besides being my almost constant companion that goes everywhere but work with me - even if he does destroy his leash from time to time.

 

It is your dog and your leash, I really do not care what you do with either. It is a bit of a pet peeve of mine and something that I absolutely loathe (dogs biting their leashes) but if it works for you, more power to you.

 

OK so the net net result of my ?? is that I am eventually going to have a lot of short leashes in the house ! LOL Karma is not a leash biter. She does not turn on it when she is walking or chew it our of boredom when lying in front of me at the bar nor does she chew on her tether system in the back of the truck. She simply had a moment and if there is a few more.......not the end of the world.

What a about a Kevlar strip sandwiched on to a nylon strip?

 

Back to the OP's original question: the moral of the story is that if you let your dog chew the leash, there is no type of leash - outside of a chain one, ugh - that is chew proof.

 

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