What gear do you use to walk your dogs and why? What have you used before that has failed or that your dog has escaped from?
For regular walks, I put a flat collar (because pretty) with her ID tags attached on her, but I attach the leash to a thinner martingale from Earth Dog. Fable has the strangest neck in that it has a lot of extra skin and extra thick fur, so regular flat collars have to be really tight and scrunch all that in in order to not slip over her head. I found that out the hard way when one day she just decided to slip out of her collar and run after a squirrel. And I don't like to put collars that tight on her (even though they're technically not choking her), so now I only attach the leash to a martingale or, if I'm being particularly lazy, I just use a regular slip leash.
As far as leashes go, I use either my leather leash or my climbing rope leash, depending on what we're doing and how muddy and wet it will get. I don't like to use leashes with the traditional bolt snaps because I have had many of those just fall off what they were attached to while I was walking a dog (never Fable). I think it's because the spring inside gets worn down after so many uses or something like that. Instead, I prefer to use leashes with a trigger snap or a locking carabiner.
For regular walks, I put a flat collar (because pretty) with her ID tags attached on her, but I attach the leash to a thinner martingale from Earth Dog. Fable has the strangest neck in that it has a lot of extra skin and extra thick fur, so regular flat collars have to be really tight and scrunch all that in in order to not slip over her head. I found that out the hard way when one day she just decided to slip out of her collar and run after a squirrel. And I don't like to put collars that tight on her (even though they're technically not choking her), so now I only attach the leash to a martingale or, if I'm being particularly lazy, I just use a regular slip leash.
As far as leashes go, I use either my leather leash or my climbing rope leash, depending on what we're doing and how muddy and wet it will get. I don't like to use leashes with the traditional bolt snaps because I have had many of those just fall off what they were attached to while I was walking a dog (never Fable). I think it's because the spring inside gets worn down after so many uses or something like that. Instead, I prefer to use leashes with a trigger snap or a locking carabiner.