DoggyStyle: Leash Walking Style and Safety Closures

With all the time we spend with our pooches, it's a wonder it took me so long to discover this. It wasn't until I saw this photo, after taking Miss M to the St. Patrick's Day parade, that I realized how garish her flaming red leash looked in all of our photos.

And after doing some investigating, I came up with this:

I didn't think something like a leash would make a difference, but I actually find myself smiling each time I take them off the hook. And I think I even caught Miss M walking with an extra spring in her step.
 The leash is from Sirius Republic which not only hand makes each individual leash and collar, but they donate 20% of leash and collar proceeds towards rescue groups each month,and they're huge supporters of Our Pack pit bull rescue in California. So we feel really good about buying from them. And even though we had just bought this tie-striped leash for Mr. B:

We felt justified in also buying this spring gingham martingale and leash set. The gingham looked eerily familiar, but I think Mr. B was proud of his new duds:

We had written before about leash clip safety issues, and below is a more detailed view of how we make sure our latch doesn't accidentally come unclipped. Plus, it makes it so much easier to switch out leashes:
Figure A shows the key chain coupler with key rings on both ends, available at any hardware store that cuts keys. The quick release mechanism half of the key chain coupler is attached to the leash with a key ring (Figure B) and the other end is attached with a key ring to our different collars (Figure C). Figures D & E shows how easily it is to switch out collar and still  maintain a second level of security.