As she half-illustrates, Rita's experience is with ropes. Usually thin and rough ropes, but occasionally thin and smooth ropes, and rarely the big thick ropes that don't really care much about texture because they're big, thick, and ropy. There are only a few pictures. Used to be more, but only a few now.<br/><br/>Still, that's not to say that she has no experience with leashes, but usually it's the cheap shack version so that if the look or play she was going for ended up breaking them. Also because they were easy to melt together. Her knot tying wasn't the best but it was all for peace of mind and not having to worry about almost losing a whole evening of work.<br/><br/>As for the search, there's an exotic pet store nearby. Probably has leashes, certainly has you paying too much for them. There's also a slightly further, but still in walking distance store open called Aqua Pets. It's not just fish, it also claims to have everything you'd want to let your pet swim with you in the pool.