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- From: dan@msen.com (Dan Sugalski)
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- Subject: Re: Flexi Tie-Out: Does it work?
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 16:42:25 GMT
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- Kathleen Creighton (casey@well.sf.ca.us) wrote:
-
- : I use the coiled airline cable tether--and any tie-out should be attached
- : to a *harness*, NOT to the dog's collar! I'm very happy with the tether,
- : it does not tangle, but you have to be careful about where you attach it
- : as it does have a weak spot at the snap (there is a piece that will snap
- : off if the end is not freely mobile). And there are any number of gizmos
- : that you can put in the ground to which you can attach the tether (I use
- : an overhead cable). If your dog isn't very heavy, you shouldn't have
- : a lot of problem with the in-ground gizmo.
-
- You can get a spring to attach between the snap and what ever you attach
- the snap to on the fixed end. This absorbs much of the shock that a dog
- puts on the tie out.
-
- Karen
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