Best Practice to tie up dog?

korbe wrote:

toedtoes wrote:
The way I always look at it is no matter how GOOD my dog may be, I can't be sure of any other dog's behavior.

For that reason, pens and tie outs aren't effective. If I have my dog in a pen or on a tie out, and another dog comes out of nowhere, I now have to try to get to my dog and get a hold of him/her while a loose dog is attacking, trying to play with, or otherwise upsetting my dog. By the time I can get my dog away from the fracas, damage has been done.

With the 6 ft leash in my hand, I can quickly and easily get my dog inside the clipper and away from the other dog.

I have had too many other dogs behave less than appropriately towards my dogs. And I have watched too many other owners ignore or stand dumbfounded not knowing how to get a hold of their dog. I'm not putting my dogs' safety into anybody else's control but my own.

I see your point and with some thought I would have to say that our little dog, while connected to a rope within our site, is not completely protected from the environment while out camping. The main purpose of the rope is to keep her from running off after a squirrel or some other small varmint. She may not always be protected if we are surprised by a large animal running around from the other side of our rig. However, that hasn't happened yet.

Unfortunately, I have experienced it multiple times. Small dogs, big dogs, at campgrounds, at home, etc. I just don't chance it anymore. I had a chocolate lab walk over and pee on my dog; two schnauzers stand just out of reach of my dogs on their tethers and bark and pee all over; a large mix run up and bulldoze the side of my dog trying to knock her over; a chihauhau attack my dogs through a fence; and so on.