We took one of those screw in peg jobbies away with us when we took our mini Schnauzer on his first hols with the tin tent and got a covered wire type of leash that attached to it and his collar so that it was less likely for him to become entangled. But.....we only tried him with it twice. His face said it all
Soooo sad and dejected he looked tethered to it so we just decided to clip the wire thingy onto one of the hole thingies along the bottom of our awning with his outdoor mattress to sit on and he was much happier. Not that he even tried to get away apart from the time hubby was cooking toast and forgot to have the extractor fan on and kitchen window open so the smoke alarm went off and that scares the life out of him wherever he is. That morning he shot out of the tin tent and awning like a rocket and our son found him sitting shaking in some nice ladie's awning on the next field. Not that she minded but poor pooch was shaking like a leaf and his ticker was racing.
I have only used the corkscrew type but have found that if you can find decent ground to screw it into, even my German Shepard can not/ will not pull it out!!
------------- Steve
Look into my eyes, not around my eyes but into my eyes
We threw the corkscrew thing in the bin. A heavy duty awning peg through the chain works fine for our two. OH can knock it in with a hammer and you don't get a hernia trying to screw the corkscrew thing into hard ground.
IF dogs are going to pull it is usually laterally and with 6 inches of peg in the ground they'll be strong dogs to pull it out!
It will be the first time I will be taking my lurcher onto a proper site, so have bought 2 of those spiral screw in ones and a delta dog stake "plate" (seen and available on this site)
Quote: Originally posted by Poppys Dad on 19/7/2010
we used to use a screw in the ground type however our labradoodle was forever getting tangled round it and the guylines. So what I have done now is to run a length of rope safely anchored at both ends out from the awning. I have then used the ring from a key ring which can run up and down the rope. I then tie an old dogs lead to the ring and clip the other end to the dogs collar. This means that she can come in and out of the awning as she pleases and by adjusting the slackness of the rope and the length of the lead means that she does not get tangled up. Sounds complicated but it isn't really and worked reasonably well last time
We are also fans of the double stake with a line between to give maximum freedom with minimum tangle. Our old dog could never make up her mind whether she wanted to be inside or out, and managed to get in real tangle with the guy lines and around the table and chair legs. This solved the problem.
Quote: Originally posted by Poppys Dad on 19/7/2010
we used to use a screw in the ground type however our labradoodle was forever getting tangled round it and the guylines. So what I have done now is to run a length of rope safely anchored at both ends out from the awning. I have then used the ring from a key ring which can run up and down the rope. I then tie an old dogs lead to the ring and clip the other end to the dogs collar. This means that she can come in and out of the awning as she pleases and by adjusting the slackness of the rope and the length of the lead means that she does not get tangled up. Sounds complicated but it isn't really and worked reasonably well last time
I do similar for ours. I use 3 screw in stakes and run 2 lengths of rope from the central one, with a dog lead looped on the rope. The dogs can travel the full length of the rope and a few feet either side. They have to be on separate bits so that Django can get away from Lola when she's horrible to him!
They still manage to get tangled up sometimes though, they do it by going round and round the stake. I swear they do it on purpose.
I have a boxer who has managed to bend two screw in tethers to a 45 degree angle, due I may say to irresponsible dog owners who let their dogs run around not on a lead. I have just ordered a new style dog tether from deta pegs, this is flat and allows the dog to walk/run around the tether without getting tangled. Hope this helps.
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Topic: Dog Stake
