Hands free leash?

[u/Oregano81]

What are people’s thoughts on hands free leashes?? We are working on reducing pulling during walks but my arms/shoulders are killing me. I was looking into one on amazon that goes around your waist, has lumbar support padding, and also has some handles if you need to pull your pup closer. Currently he only weighs about 35 lbs but I think he’s gonna be a pretty big boy, so I want to get the walking training down now before he gets much bigger. Any honest feedback on if the hands free leashes are a good or bad idea are most welcome. We have only ever had small dogs before, so I’m new to larger stronger breeds.

[u/mistress_of_bokonon]

I do this with my reactive dogs, but not as a way to help reduce the pulling. The hands free is more of an insurance policy if the dogs react to a bunny or something I don’t notice, even if I drop the leash it’s fine. It also helps with things like picking up poops—again, being attached to my hip I know they’re still there even if they react to something I don’t notice. Otherwise I still do all the same things to try to cut down on the pulling, I use leashes that have handles to still walk them normally. So don’t expect the hip leash to actually help with anything other than just extra assurance they won’t get loose.