outside supplies for my dog?
so i have a boxer/lab mix and he is only 7 months old and is huge!
i bought one of those steaks that are shaped like a triangle at the top he bent it to the point that it broke, i bought one of those red cable tie outs and he snapped the metal hook off of it, his choke collar is in 2 pieces, the buckle on his collar gave out and broke, he even broke his leash.
im asking what would be good for my dog for tie outs outside,chains?rope? or thicker cable?…..if they even make thicker cable, whats good for collars, and also controling him, idk how much he weighs but he is really big and i cant hardly take him for walks cuz he pulls me everywhere!
thank you for the advice.
First, you need to get control over the animal; take him to obedience school so you can walk him without risking injury to yourself or to him.
For a tie-out, you need something to tie him to that is sturdy enough to take not just his weight, but his momentum when running; hence the 1000-pound test rope. My dog’s line is fastened to the base of the porch railing. Here’s your shopping list:
100-foot long hank of 1000-pound breaking test polyester braided rope. It looks like mountain climbing rope and comes in a variety of colors. Sometimes the colors denote strength; sometimes they don’t.
A storm door spring; it’s about 8-10 inches long and has a U-shaped piece of metal coming out from each end.
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That’s the spring; take the chain and bolt plate off; you don’t need them. You may be able to buy the spring without them in your area. I can, at some local hardware and home improvement stores.
Two screw links; 3-inch is good.
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Take a four-foot length of rope, tie a loop in one end, put a screw link on the loop.
Tie a similar loop in the other end. Wind the rope around your anchor post a couple of times and use the same screw link to connect the two loops.
Put one end of the spring in the screw link.
Measure out the rest of the rope to the length you want. Tie a loop in each end. At one end put the screw link. In the other, a bolt snap. Clip the screw link to the unused end of the spring.
Clip the bolt snap to the dog’s collar.
I recommend the widest nylon web collar you can find, in martingale style if you can find it to fit.
When the dog lunges to the end of the rope, the spring will absorb some of the energy and the dog won’t be as likely to be injured by coming up hard on the end of the rope
HOWEVER, please note that one reason the dog may be reacting so violently is that he has TONS of energy bottled up inside him. Think of him as a 13-year-old boy being kept in a baby’s high chair. He needs to get out and run.
Check this out:
www.dogscooter.com
It works well and the dogs love it. I recommend helmet, knee and elbow pads, steel toed boots and wrist braces for you.
Always remember that a tired dog is a happy dog.
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