For anyone waiting to hear how the Superleash worked, the news is not good. I think they should have called it the Stupidleash. It's a six foot lead with a rubberized D-handle on one end and (connected by about 12 pounds of brass swivel hooks and a ring) three 18-inch straps on the other which have an additional 3 pounds of hooks to connect to the dogs' collars. Actually, it's very well made and would probably work fine for Cesar Millan or Victoria Stilwell who's dogs never do anything wrong. For me and my dogs, the thing was a nightmare. Right off the bat, I thought Mocha was going to lose her tail as she was in the middle and the other two dogs tried to trade sides and their 18'' leads each took a wrap around Mocha's tail and pulled in opposite directions. We weren't even off the driveway yet. No matter how I arranged them, the one in the middle wanted to go to the outside. It's short lead would end up under the tail of the "new" middle dog who was then being shoved forward as the other dog tried to get up even with her. If any of them tried to stop and "do their duty", well, just imagine sitting down on the pot and just as you start to go being yanked off of it by a rope around your neck.
My dogs were used to a 25 foot retractable leash that worked great for one dog at a time. Even two dogs on two 25 foot leashes didn't go too badly, and I got rather adept at doing a quick crossover with the handles as the dogs occasionally changed sides. Three of those were nearly impossible, though, hence the idea my wife had of the Superleash as a Valentine's Day present. I had pretty much resigned myself to walking them one at a time until then. The good news is we'll only have to pay a 15% restocking fee and about $20 in postage to send the thing back (which is probably more than it cost in the first place). I'm still thinking of building some kind of small wagon/sled that I can harness them to so they can drag me around all they want. I'll let you know how that goes.
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