# Springer dog leash gizmo - any experience

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springer-dog-leash-gizmo-any-experience/163898>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 24, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springer-dog-leash-gizmo-any-experience/163898 "2003-03-24T23:06:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeevmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@jeevmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevmon)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springer-dog-leash-gizmo-any-experience/163898/1 "2003-03-24T23:06:22Z")

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Has anyone used the Springer, i.e. the gizmo that supposedly allows a dog to run alongside a bike without pulling the rider down? I have serious skepticism that this thing actually works, but I’d love to be proven wrong.