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Have 1 dog, thinking about another. Dog 1 is tied up in back garden, is there any way of tying 2 dogs up without the chance of one strangling the other? Or do I have to build Stalag Luft IV to keep them in?
Build a run.
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Tie them far enough apart so they can't reach each other?
Dog 1 is tied up in back garden
I'd think about calling the RSPCA on you before recommending you have another dog 😐
Indeed, why is your dog tied up in the back garden? Is it not possible to make your back garden secure from dog escape? Why is it not in the house?
I'm not judging (yet), I just feel more information is needed.
EDIT: Actually I've seen pictures you've posted of your garden, it would be a shame not to give the dog the run of it...doesn't it dig lots of holes or something?
+1 on remembering the photos of the back garden 🙂
bungee ropes, get the measurements right and they'll be able to run at each other, get millimetres from each other's noses them be flung back, only to try again. great exercise.
I'd think about calling the RSPCA on you before recommending you have another dog
Will you also be ringing about the hundreds of farms all over the country that have dogs tied up outside?
Will you also be ringing about the hundreds of farms all over the country that have dogs tied up outside?
No - but most of the ones I've ever been on have at least a run or kennel for the working dogs. If they post on here for advice, I might take umbrage tho.
If they have dogs as pets, they usually let them have the run and don't have to keep them apart either - which would be a worry with pets.
TooTall - Member
Dog 1 is tied up in back garden
I'd think about calling the RSPCA on you before recommending you have another dog
🙄 Thanks TooTall - Took your advice and the SSPCA helped us with part of the problem - they supplied the second dog 😀
Meet Copper with her new pal Whisky
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Whisky is a 10 month old Kelpie x Collie, more like a Collie in appearance and a real softie.
BUT the dilemma still remains... with a bit more detail...
The garden is large and secure to about 5' height. But the Kelpie can easily clear 7' if she puts her mind to it, and we live in a rural area with livestock around. So I prefer to know that they are really secure if we are away (they of course have the run of the garden and house if we are about, but there are two days a week when neither of us are around much).
Dog 1 had a 6m taught ground line with a 3m line running off it, giving her access to an area of garden 12m x 6m which included a kennel, tree and hedge shelter, lawn (to dig 🙄 ) etc.
Is there any way to give two dogs that amount of freedom, allowing them to socialize and yet not get tangled up? Loving the bungy idea 😆 I guess I am wondering about two long static lines held taught and high with runners off...
If not we will have to head down the 'kennel and run' route, but this will be a smaller area and it seems a shame... I am not happy with the idea of leaving two such dogs shut in the house except at night - they love it outside, racing round together and chasing the birds 😉