10/28/2026
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RETRACTABLE OR YOUR STANDARD LEASH
This is often brought up mainly when dogs go missing and are still connected to their leash.
Which do you prefer, pros/cons... ??
STIXX IS HOME!!💕
We received a call last night from Lori, her dogs had been missing for over 3 hours , one had come home but Stixx was still nowhere to be found.
Lori's friend was walking the dogs when they managed to bust loose, Stixx unfortunately had a retractable leash still attached and was dragging.
We got out a litte after 11:00p last night and conducted a pretty thorough search of the area for over 3 hours with no luck.
After talking over things with Lori at nearly 2a this morning and getting more information on her dogs past behavior we decided to head back out this morning, this gave me time to study the area a little more and come up with a plan to search a specific area.
Well it worked , within 30 min of air time I was able to locate Stixx bedded down deep in the woods, at 1st i thought just another deer as it is still kind of hard to completely see down through the trees . Stixx coloring closely resembles deer so this made it even harder. I was able to see the head of whatever it was moving back and forth fairly fast. Uncharacteristic of a deer, and after zooming in more I was able to see the yellow coloring of his leash wrapped around trees.
Calling Lori, as you can imagine she was hysterical and had to get herself together, very common. Your loved one has been found and you want to get to him as quickly as possible.
Not so easy on this one, complete woods in all directions. Dealing with distance and my drone losing reception and even the lack of being able to follow them through the woods to there pup. I decided to use a feature that is pretty handy on the drone. Simply drop a pin on Stixx, send this to Lori and Google maps directs her right to him. Without this , recovery on Stixx would have taken alot longer.
In my opinion, there is no preferred leash when dogs go missing , we have done tests with our dogs, in the right scenario a dog can get wrapped up on a corn stalk with a 6 ft standard leash .
Stixx is doing good, a few burrs but is home safe with his family 💕💕💕
