The Shabby Dog has taken this problem and turned it into a “why didn’t someone think of that sooner?” They’ve created a wrist cuff that turns a leash into a hands-free lead (and the cuffs are cute too)!

Simply attach one of the stylish cuffs to your wrist, attach the leash, and you’re good to go. Made from genuine Italian Leather with suede lining, the cuff design allows you to walk your dog hands and worry-free.

The leashes are designed to be used with the cuff, or you can simply attach the clip to the d-ring and it becomes a standard leash. The cuff can also be worn as a piece of jewlery!

Of course, there are also collars that match the leashes and the cuffs.

The cuffs can be picked up at TheShabbyDog.com for $40 each.

[image: theshabbydog.com]

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Hands-Free Dog Leashes

Just look at that face. That is Trotter, my beloved Chocolate Labrador. Doesn’t he look calm and relaxed? Actually he’s waiting for me to feed him.

I am always so amazed at how dogs seem to be able to provide us with a sense of peace.

Yesterday, I completely freaked myself out about something a client had said to me…which snowballed, internally, to my freaking out about every little nuance concerning my business and even my ability to be a small business owner.

Then it was that TIME. That time of day, when I get a look from Trotter whose expression seems to communicate: “Maaaaahm…I have to go! you never take me out, you never feed me you don’t love me, your terrible.”

Anyway, I took him for our morning walk, and when I do, I always feel that it’s important for the walk to be about him…what HE smells, what HE is seeing, what HE is hearing.

Sometimes, when I have a particularly difficult day, that’s easier said than done…you just want to get him out there, let him do his “artwork” and get him back home to the office.

I do have to force myself to get into his world — but I must tell you, especially you dog owners — I promise once you relinquish yourself to enter canine mentality, your troubles will fade away.

By the time we arrived home, the client who was troubling me, seemed like a silly, silly distraction.

Thanks Trotter, I love you.

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Canine Stress Relief.

As with so many creative endeavors, there is the conceptual phase, the fine-tuning phase and the endless revision phase (read self-torment).

All of you creatives out there know versions of this drill. (And that means moms and teachers too).

Sometimes it’s late-night scribblings on a bedside pad…sometimes it’s singing in the shower, and sometimes ideas materialize while walking the dog.

Am I right? Does this sound like any of you?

And then of course, there are the eccentric sources of inspiration — the supermarket. roadside signs…or, how about this one: housecleaning!?

And I’m not talking about the regulation dusting and vacuuming duties that spark ideas for me — I’m talking about truly wacky ones.

How’s this for weird?:

I have cleaned the light switch (not the switch plate, the switch) with a cotton swab and alchohol…today I cleaned the levers on the ice dispenser…dirt on the pipes under the sink, cobwebs on the mail box, dust on the little scew thingy at the top of a lamp shade.

At this moment,I’m not sure I can get down to work until I dust the buttons on my phone.

I know. Definitely procrastination. But what I think is going on here is fear. Fear that I won’t ever create another valuable (or SALEABLE) idea, fear that you only get one shot at The Big Idea and fear that, my current round of thoughts are simply drek.

Or…which is more likely the case…my house-cleaning responsibilities has hit critical mass.

Image: artchive.com

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Creative Cleanliness or Obsessive Compulsion?