Yes, I agree that Flexi leads are horrid.

How large is the dog? For a small dog, have no trouble attaching an ordinary lead to a belt or fanny pack. If it's a large dog, I worry about the person being injured. This is easy enough to try out just around the house before you go out running. If you want to make a lead, get smooth tubular nylon flat climbing cord at REI and tie on a brass snap at each end.

I remember when I came up with the idea of attaching my 2 year old Golden's leash to my belt. He had me down on the ground in no time. Granted, I am small and he was strong. But I was reasonably able to control him when holding the leash. Good luck!

Ok it was the preponderance of flexi leads that were confusing me. Good to hear you all nix them.

She is medium size, she runs fairly well on a loose lead.

Well, I’m the dissenter, we love the flexi (retractable) lead, and use it for our beagle mutt, the lab mutt doesn’t need to be leashed, he is very well behaved, and we live in a rural area. Why are people against them? I think they make walking with the canines so much easier.

I'm against them because many dog owners are quite stupid about them. People don't watch/train their dogs, and there are too many dog-dog aggressive encounters because of those ;eashes. Our obedience club doesn't allow them on the premises and you'll never see them used at a dog show, either. So, while some people can use Flexis effectively, most cannot.

@ lakeaffect,
https://dogtime.com/uncategorized/33069-retractable-leashes-dangerous-deadly-dogs-humans

Oh dear, that is not what I thought was meant by flexi lead. I am not considering a retractable leash. That’s way too much thinking for during a run. When running it’s just me, the dog, the woods. Occasional porcupine, deer, chippy make their appearances as do other dogs so my girl has to be on a leash or she will hurt her injured leg. She can run, she can’t swerve and race.

There are waist worn leashes with bungees which is what I thought was meant by “flexi”.

Just use a regular leash and attach the loop to your belt or pack using a small bungee or rig something.

Thank you for the info, sushipup1 and mdln, and localeater, our retractable is a "Flexi" brand, that's what I thought you meant. Honestly, we love the retractable leash for our current dog, and will likely continue to to use it, we adopt senior pets, and they aren't known for taking off at high speeds.

We have Flexis and use them, too. But only in certain places and situations.

Local, try a double ended brass snap, available at the hardware store. One end in the leash loop and one on your belt. Cheapest solution. Don't buy anything fancy until you know it works for you and your dog.