Ancol Viva Padded Lead Red 1m x 12mm

Ancol Viva Padded Lead – Red, 1m x 12mm

The 12mm width carries Ancol's published rating of dogs up to 20kg, and that number is the one to buy on. It is not a guess or a retailer's estimate — Ancol print the same table on every page in this range: 12mm to 20kg, 19mm to 50kg, 25mm to 75kg. Twenty kilos covers a great many dogs, from a Cocker at 13kg to a mid-sized lurcher or a working Collie at the top end.

What the rating is really describing is peak load rather than standing weight. A well-mannered 25kg dog will not break a 12mm lead; a 15kg terrier that hits the end of it hard at the sight of a cat puts more through the stitching than the heavier dog ever does. If your dog lunges, size up rather than down, regardless of what it weighs on the scales.

Performance & Benefits

• Ancol rate the 12mm width for dogs up to 20kg.
• 1m of lead — short enough for genuine close control.
• Cushioned neoprene padded handle.
• Satin-finish snap hook for a collar ring or harness point.
• Lightweight, weatherproof poly-weave webbing.
• Washable at 30°C; plastic-free, widely recyclable packaging.

Suitable For

• Dogs up to 20kg that walk without lunging.
• Cockers, Terriers, Whippets, small Collies, mid-sized crossbreeds.
• Pavement and town walking rather than open ground.
• A second lead to keep in the car or by the back door.
• A dog that lunges, or one over 20kg, wants the Ancol Viva Padded Lead Red 1m x 19mm — rated to 50kg on the same Ancol table.

How to Use

• Clip on and confirm the gate has closed against the collar ring.
• Loop the padded handle over the wrist; do not wind the lead round your hand.
• Walk with a little slack rather than a taut line.
• Machine wash at 30°C, no bleach, no tumble drying, no direct heat, then air dry fully.

Specification

• 1m (100cm) long, 12mm (1.2cm) wide. Red.
• Ancol's weight guidance: 12mm to 20kg, 19mm to 50kg, 25mm to 75kg.
• Poly-weave webbing, cushioned neoprene padded handle, satin-finish snap hook.
• Ancol product code 135720.
• Ancol publish no fibre composition and no breaking strain for this lead. The 20kg figure is a suitability guide, not a strength rating, and Ancol publish nothing behind it.

Care & Caution

• Check the snap hook and the stitching beside it before every walk — that is the failure point on any clip lead.
• Never use this as a tie-out or leave a dog tethered by it.
• Keep it out of reach of a dog that chews; 12mm webbing does not survive much of that.
• No tumble drying and no radiator; heat stiffens both webbing and neoprene.