Leerburgs Amish Leather Products

Leerburg's Amish Leather Products

Leashes, Leather Collars, Harnesses

Amish Horse

Amos' horse and buggy

Over the past 25 years we here at Leerburg have built a reputation for selling the finest leather dog leashes, the finest leather harnesses, and the finest leather dog collars in the world.

Our Leerburg leather products are strong enough to last a lifetime, but soft enough to be comfortable right out of the box. If you go to Petsmart or one of the dog food warehouses and feel their leather products you will find that their leather is thin and stiff. The leather in our dog leashes is thick, pliable and soft. It’s comfortable on your hands and results in better training for your dog.

There are two reasons that our leather dog training products are as good as they are:

1- The leather we use
2- The Amish harness makers who put our products together

Where we get our leather and how it is tanned is our trade secret.

We order 60 to 70 sides of beef leather at one time. These sides comes out of Canada where some of the beef hides are thicker. We need this thicker leather for our 6 ft dog leashes.

The leather is shipped to the tanning company here in the United States where it’s processed. The reason our leather is so soft is because of the way it is tanned. Our tanner uses a mixture of tallow and oils that other tanners don’t use. While this is important the key to why the leather is soft is how the hides are dried.

Once the hides have been oiled they are stretched on frames and put in a large room to air dry. This process takes up to 3 weeks. Other tanners run their hides through big heated dryers where their hides dry in a day or two.

This is the reason the leather is as soft as it is. When leather goes through the commercial dryers it gets too dry which results in the leather getting stiff. That’s why the Petsmart leather leashes are brittle or stiff.

Leather Drag Leash

The Amish

Certain areas of Wisconsin have large Amish communities. Over the past 25 years I have developed a relationship with an Amish harness maker (Amos) who builds all of my leather products.

Amos and his sons are perfectionists. They take pride in what they do and appreciate the fact that I give them all of my leather business. While they are farmers and they work the land they use the my Leerburg leather work to help with their cash flow.

In the beginning they used to make horse harnesses and raise chickens that were sold in Chicago. As time passed and our business grew they stopped building these horse harnesses and they sold their chicken business to a neighbor. Now they only farm and make Leerburg dog training products.

The quality of Amos’s workmanship has resulted in our reputation for the finest leather leashes in the world. When I got to Europe to film some of my training DVDs my dog training friends over there always ask me to bring them a supply of our Leerburg Leashes.

I have a couple of Amos’s leashes that are over 20 years old. They are as strong as the day I got them and as pliable as a wet noodle. If you buy a Leerburg leash and take care of it (don’t leave it out in the rain) it will last for many years.

I would include a photo of myself and Amos but the Amish do not allow posed photos. Amos and I have discussed this. He knows people snap photos of them without asking and there is nothing they can do about this but he asked that I not take his picture.

Amish Leather

The Amish sewing machine that's used to make ALL the Leerburg Leashes

Amish Leather

We use every part of our hides. The leashes come out of the thicker part near the top of the back while the pull tabs and smaller leather collars come off the thinner belly leather.

Amish Leather

All the Leerburg hides are cut by hand. There are no automated machines here.

Amish Leather

Notice that Amos's sewing machine is run with a foot peddle and not an electric motor.

The Leather Tanning Company

Leather Tanning Company

Hides waiting for processing

Leather Tanning Company

Hides waiting to be tanned

Leather Tanning Company

At this point we only use black leather

Leather Tanning Company

Hides after coming out off the stretcher in the drying room

Leather Tanning Company

Leerburg Harnesses

Padded Leather Agitation Harness

Leather Tracking Harness

Leerburg Training Leashes & Tabs

Leather Leashes

6 ft. x 3/4" Handmade Leather Leash
4 ft. x 3/4" Handmade Leather Leash
6 ft. x 1/2" Handmade Leather Leash
Leather Pull Tab

Puppy Leash

6 ft. x 3/8" Puppy Leash

Drag Leashes (Training Leashes)

3 ft. Drag Leash - No Loop Handle
5 ft. Drag Leash - No Loop Handle

Police Leashes

Police Leash - Product # 714
Large Belt Leash - 40" x 1/2" - Product # 717
Medium Belt Leash - 38" x 1/2" - Product # 717-1

Traffic Leashes

Traffic Leashes 15" Product # 713
Traffic Leashes 18" Product # 715

Two Dog Lead

Two Dog Lead Product # 744-1

Leerburg® Dog

Training eBooks

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Dog Training Podcasts

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