Best Practice to tie up dog?

[95jersey]

New to camping. I have a super friendly Lab that wouldn't leave our side for all the tea in china...LOL. With that said, however I know it would be inappropriate to allow her to roam the campsite freely.

What are the best practices? I was just going to go to home depot and get 20' of chain and just use an snap hook at both ends and wrap one end around the trailer frame. I looked on PetSmart/Wallmart websites and tether kits of any kind.

Do I just get bare chain from Home depot and create my own, or is there a better tether out there available at local pet store or wallmart?

[CavemanCharlie]

Like I said in a earlier post. I have both a chain with a hook on both ends and a plastic coated cable too. One thing nice about the chain is that I can always shorten it by attaching the hook on a link further down the chain. A cable can not be shortened as is always the same length.

That is one of the reasons I carry both.

I also have a couple of standard leashes, not sure how long they are. And a retractable leash about 15 feet long. I shorten the retractable leash for walks near people. When out in the open on long hikes I give the dog more slack and let him sniff around.

[LJAZ]

bigred1cav wrote:
It is inappropriate to leave a dog without human supervision at any time outside your RV.

+1 and potentially dangerous for the dog as well.

[Thunder_Mountai]

If your dog doesn't mind being confined, look at the Advantek pet gazebo. It is a bit heavy but sturdy. We put our three shelties in it when we are on site. No chains to get tangled, etc.

[winnietrey]

Op: It depends on how busy the campground is, in my opinion. If it is a busy one, with kids dogs and bikes going by constantly, then I think a leash is best.
Especially, if your dog is like mine, and he will take off to the end of the lead if a dog walks by. That can really scare the heck out of someone. They see the dog, not the rope he is tied too. And if a say national forest, pretty empty then we will use a rope.

Yes I know, I am a bad fur kid parent, but him running at other dogs is something we have never been able to break him of. I am about 99% sure all he wants to do is play, but any dog including mine will bite.

So out of respect to other campers, who can be frightened by a big dog running at them, and not see he is indeed on a rope, I feel a leash is best, for a busy place.

[allen8106]

We use one of two methods which depends on which one is most handy at the time. We use a 20' plastic coated cable with a clip on both ends, one for the dog and the other to clip on the steel post that comes with it. You drive the short steel post into the ground. These can be had cheap at any pet store. Other times we just use the 20' leash and loop the end through the handle loop around the leg of the picnic table. More often than not it's just the leash on the picnic table because it's closer.

[toedtoes]

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.

[Tizi]

I have multiple methods depending on the rules of the campground. In general I use a 20 foot cable that I attach 1 end to my RV, the other to a stake in the ground. I then attach 6 foot leashes to the cable. The dogs can move between the RV and the stake. They do get wrapped up occasionally. A final method I use involves using a vibrating collar with remote. When the dogs get beyond where I think they should, I call them, if they don't respond, they get a buzz (like your cell phone on vibrate). This is the best method of the two. The dogs are now trained to stay close and not run off...

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[jake2250]

toedtoes; Exactly!! It all comes down to common sense! We were at a Northern Coast campground, dog was tethered up, being cool, DW was in the kitchen fixing vittles, I went in to mix a drink, came out and the Ranger was just driving by, he stopped because dog was unsupervised and walked up to advise the rules.
I explained and thanked him. He actually told me to give him more leader so he could follow me into the trailer when I needed!! Hence now the 40 foot of flat stock tied off at what ever length fits the site,you can see in my photo that I can adjust length at either end by double or triple looping the anchor end so as the dog does not have to drag a huge knot around or I can just make a large 20 foot loop and attach the six foot leader.

[bigred1cav]

It is inappropriate to leave a dog without human supervision at any time outside your RV.

[korbe]

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.

[toedtoes]

I have never seen a pen at the campgrounds where I stay (only at RV parks). As for tethers and tie outs, they are usually accepted IF the dog is being well behaved. A dog on a tether barking, lunging, etc., will result in the owner being told to put the dog on a leash and control it. A dog on a tether or tie out with no owner around will result in the owner being told to keep the dog on a leash and with them at all times. Of course, that is if a ranger or camphost is around to see it.

So, yes, the 6 ft leash IS "all the time" but most places will accept a tether/tie out IF the dog is well behaved, controlled, and in the presence of the owner.

[Boxer_Lovers]

Of course you will be there to supervise your dog at all times, right?

[jake2250]

wbwood wrote:

jake2250 wrote:

Tom N wrote:
6' leash. Is that the law??

Thats only when your walking with them,, you can tie them up with 40' of chain if you desired,, But if your lab is not a chewer I would use Flat Stock webbing, its cheap and light weight you can get at most sporting good stores.
I use 20 feet of flat stock with loops sewn in the ends and I bought two of those giant carabeeners from Home Depot,I can hook one end to the picnic table leg and my dog is close to us. He will not chew thru unless his life is in danger!!
If yours is a chewer, get some light weight chain!!

I believe every place we have stayed says they must remain on a 6' leash at all times. I've never seen it say only when walking them.

Well,, that where the "Common Sense" falls apart! If I get a 30 foot by 25 foot site, I will tie my dog up with a 20 foot piece of webbing so he has free roam of my site.. Never in all my years camping have I been told my dog needs to be on a 6 foot leash at my site!!
rarely do I see the little yapper dogs in there little penned in areas on any type of leashes!! And they don't get harassed??
I guess next thing will be that my dog can't sit on the picnic table and guard the compound??
We are actually moving away from a tether and have been using a "Training Collar" He has taken very well to it and we walk around the neighborhood with out a 6' leash! No crime committed as of yet!!
Most of those "Dogs must remain on a 6' leash at all times" show a pictograph of a dog being walked,, not laying around a camp site.. Maybe you read to far into things???

[RGar974417]

We have a 6ft leash for walking,but when we're at the camper we have a 15ft and a 20 plastic coated cable. We have stayed in state,federal and private parks and no one ever said we had to have our dog on a 6ft leash in the campsite. But we don't leave her out when we're not out and if she starts barking we quiet her or take her in.