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redriverslim
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« on: November 19, 2013, 07:32:04 pm » |
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This the . . . VERY BEST AND ONLY WAY . . . I will ever stake a dog out. Go to the salvage yard and pick up some axles. I usually pay around $5 for them. Take 3/8" or 1/2" chain and make a loop in the end with a cold shut, quick link, etc. Make the loop small enough so that it will not come over the flange/wheel of the axle. Lay your loop on the ground where you want it and drive the axel thru the loop and completely under the ground about and inch or two below the soil level, and then you can kick some dirt on top. This will look like a chain is simply coming out of the ground (all you can see is the chain). Now place a quality made heavy duty swivel at the 1/2 way point of the chain (w, cold shuts) and another swivel at the collar end. Take a heavy duty big "O Ring" and permanently attach to the collar end of the chain (cold shut). Now, run a heavy duty 2" nylon collar thru the "O-Ring" and THEN fasten it to the dogs neck. So every time you need to get the dog off the chain, you have to take the collar off the dog to get it out of the ring and then put the collar back on the dog.
By running the collar thru the O-Ring, you've eliminated any snaps, connectors, etc from breaking. By placing the extra swivel in the middle of the chain, you've eliminated those dogs that run little short circles, from kinking the chain and getting tangled short. By driving the axel completely under ground, you've eliminated any debris, sticks, excess dirt, ect. from getting gathered up under the axel. The chain CANNOT tangle at the ground.
I raised bulldogs for 20 years, at times maintaining a yard of 40 dogs and never had one single chain accident. I can promise you this is the best way to stake out a dog. Its expensive, about $35-$40 to set one up right, but then again, $hit that works usually costs a little more.
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