de1216
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Post by de1216 on Jan 9, 2022 12:13:22 GMT -5
Hey y'all
We have a 9 month old Rottie/STD Poodle mix (Rottle, one of the several terms used for that mixed breed).
He is 9 months old, 90 lbs, and is strong enough to uproot commercial "screw in the ground anchors". Having an outdoor lead allows him some activity time and a chance to "take care of business" unsupervised for SHORT periods of time.
He gets plenty of supervised activity and exercise, but it sure helps to be able to put him on the outside lead while we're trying to get other stuff done.
Searched online for something that someone had come up with on their own that surpasses the store bought ones in strength and durability.
I'm sure that a steel stake driven 4 ft into the ground would be an anchor that he can't bend or pull out, but so far my non-engineering mind has not come up with an idea for attaching a reliable swivel "top" to which the lead would attach and be as strong as needed. You'd think this guy could pull a rai lcar if you harnessed him to it!
Anyone already been through this process and perhaps have pics of what you engineered for this purpose?
Regards,
DJ
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lwfpdchief
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Post by lwfpdchief on Jan 9, 2022 12:30:57 GMT -5
Get a 4’ section of galvanized water pipe with threaded ends. Find a steel ring that will slip over the pipe. Get a 1/2” cap for the top end. Drive pipe into the ground until sticking out about 6” attach lead to ring and he will be able to run around and not get tangled up. If for some reason he pulls this out or breaks it, you are screwed
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Post by bula on Jan 9, 2022 12:42:52 GMT -5
Yeah, had a cable slider set -up that was good for 35lb Britts. My big Alpha female Lab ... Added spring to both sides, added, nevermind,. she broke it. Doubled real paracord worked. If I checked it often enough. She wasn't chewing or anything, just the impact, shook the house.
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Post by JM on Jan 9, 2022 13:07:14 GMT -5
Overhead cable from two solid structures. Pulley assembly with length of cable to ground level plus some extra length. No choker type collars with this arrangement. Had to do this for a short while until I relocated to a home with 8' fenced yard.
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Post by hunter966 on Jan 9, 2022 14:48:07 GMT -5
How about a 4’-5’ piece of 2 3/8” pipe set in the ground 3’ then set in concrete then a 5”-6” piece of 2 7/8” pipe slid over the other either allowed to go all the way to the bottom of the smaller pipe or fixed to where it would stay at the top of the smaller pipe.
You could then weld on a ring to the 2 7/8” to affix your chain or cable that the pup is leashed to. The bigger pipe could swivel and not get caught up or kinked when your dog runs around.
Well, if I would’ve read lwfpdchief’s post first I could’ve save myself some writing.
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Post by bigbrowndog on Jan 9, 2022 15:50:04 GMT -5
Something that is set hard, can and will give up at some point. Try attaching his lead to a garage door spring that is attached to a hard set anchor. The gradual increase in tension will keep him from shocking the anchor and he will not be able to hold tension on it constantly. If a garage door spring is unavailable look for a good stout spring at a hardware store that is rated for 2x your dogs weight or projected weight in case this behavior never gets taken care of.
Trapr
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Post by taffin on Jan 9, 2022 17:40:56 GMT -5
Hey y'all We have a 9 month old Rottie/STD Poodle mix (Rottle, one of the several terms used for that mixed breed). He is 9 months old, 90 lbs, and is strong enough to uproot commercial "screw in the ground anchors". Having an outdoor lead allows him some activity time and a chance to "take care of business" unsupervised for SHORT periods of time. He gets plenty of supervised activity and exercise, but it sure helps to be able to put him on the outside lead while we're trying to get other stuff done. Searched online for something that someone had come up with on their own that surpasses the store bought ones in strength and durability. I'm sure that a steel stake driven 4 ft into the ground would be an anchor that he can't bend or pull out, but so far my non-engineering mind has not come up with an idea for attaching a reliable swivel "top" to which the lead would attach and be as strong as needed. You'd think this guy could pull a rai lcar if you harnessed him to it! Anyone already been through this process and perhaps have pics of what you engineered for this purpose? Regards, DJ WHEN I HAD MY MALAMUTES I HAD TO GO WITH AN ELECTRICIFIED FENCE |
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Post by boolitdesigner on Jan 9, 2022 18:07:13 GMT -5
Overhead cable from two solid structures. Pulley assembly with length of cable to ground level plus some extra length. No choker type collars with this arrangement. Had to do this for a short while until I relocated to a home with 8' fenced yard. My 40 pound mixed bred dog destroyed the roller assembly several times and chewed the cable apart before I changed it to chain and a big roller. Make everything big enough and it will work. |
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Post by leadhound on Jan 9, 2022 23:08:10 GMT -5
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Post by JM on Jan 9, 2022 23:26:17 GMT -5
Ultimately I had to run a hot wire (dog transformer) around the perimeter of the 8' fence after he learned he could bend the chainlink up & squeeze under. 90# Rhotty. He was a good dog except for wanting to get out & play with the neighborhood kids.
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de1216
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Post by de1216 on Jan 10, 2022 10:26:15 GMT -5
Thanks for all the input!
This rascal looks to be growing into a horse ( or mule...STUBBORN!)
In addition to stubborn, he is scary smart. Watches TV - not looks at it, actually watches with attention. Likes to watch football, really does not like singing with dancing. White Christmas set him in a barking fit every time they broke into a musical scene.
It was the strangest thing to see/hear his reaction to the sports guy announce the passing of John Madden. He put his head down on the floor and whimpered. Crazy.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jan 10, 2022 16:14:35 GMT -5
when I lived in town, many years ago, I built one, for a large adult Doberman... (2) 3 foot steel round heavy gauge pipe posts with a 1/2" hole about 2" from the top, 60-70 feet apart, & sunk into the ground about 1" below the holes, with 7/16" coarse wire steel cable stretched between... then I dug a couple inches deep circle around the posts, & put a pile of concrete in a dome shape to go from flush with the ground, over the top of the post in the center... ( a 2x4 stub was pushed under the cable & up to the concrete while the concrete cured, removed after curing, this held the cable an inch & a half off the ground, after the concrete cured ) the cable was threaded through a section of medium weight log chain about 6-7 feet long, with a heavy duty dog clip on the other end... by covering the post completely, as well as tapering the cement from ground level, the chain wouldn't catch on the ends, & the dog had free reign of about 14 feet wide & 60- 70 feet long...
the dog run, ended up lasting longer than the dog did...
now that we live in the country, I just set up kennel sections in the shape & length I want... for temporary use...
for my big outside doggi, I have a big old mud bogger tire, with a heavy dog cable wrapped around it... with a 3 gallon bucket full of water in the middle... that's only for times that the big pup isn't behaving, & he's getting better as time goes, so the tire may go away permanently in pretty short order... we had an Amish visitor, a couple weeks ago in his horse drawn buggy... thought for sure I was going to need to put him on the tire, but he was pretty wary as he had never been around a horse, & the horse was very well trained... so it was a good educational experience for the dog...
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Post by dougader on Jan 10, 2022 16:38:48 GMT -5
All this talk reminds me of a new dog we got when I was a kid. It would chase us a mile down the road and out onto the highway if someone wasn't there to hold onto him. So, one Sunday when he had all piled in the car to head out to church services, here comes the dog, fast as lightning. Dad stopped the car, opened up the trunk and pulled out a chain that I knew I couldn't lift. The links on that chain were huge. My Dad chained the dog to a fence post and we left for church.
Several hours later... poor dog had never moved an inch. There had been no need to wrap the chain around the fence post. The dog couldn't even stand up because the chain was so heavy. Boy, was he glad to see us when Dad and I got out to untie him.
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