koalathebear Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 (edited) We'd like to tie a rope/tug toy in the backyard for Elbie to pull on when we're not home. Unfortunately the trees in the yard are on the other side of the fence and we don't have any strong poles to which to tie a tug toy. Does anyone have any suggestions? I know that you can buy a tethering post that screws into the dirt but I'm not sure how strong these are? Does anyone have any experience with these? Did you come home to find your dog running around with the tethering post in his/her mouth? Edited August 20, 2010 by koalathebear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagsalot Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 (edited) Ours is around the post on our deck at the moment - its supposed to be up high but we didn't have anywhere to put it either so its down low. He still uses it though. The only way I could think that was strong enough would be to concrete something into the ground. Riley pulls his bungee thing pretty hard - I couldn't see something in the dirt holding it for very long at all. Edited August 20, 2010 by wagsalot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koalathebear Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 (edited) Ours is around the post on our deck at the moment - its supposed to be up high but we didn't have anywhere to put it either so its down low. He still uses it though.The only way I could think that was strong enough would be to concrete something into the ground. Riley pulls his bungee thing pretty hard - I couldn't see something in the dirt holding it for very long at all. We have a similar issue ... we HAVE been able to tie Elbie's Aussie Home Alone dangling ball to a tree but: (1) he doesn't seem to like it much i.e. he doesn't like jumping up to tug; and (2) the tree trunk is on the other side of the fence so we can't use it to tie a tug on the ground. He WILL tug things that are 'dog level' but our deck railings don't seem strong enough. I'd be afraid he'd break the wood or something when he gets stronger ... Edited August 20, 2010 by koalathebear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genabee Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Clothes line? I have a stocking with a ball in it suspended from the clothes line for Genevieve... and we have an indoor one around the leg of our dining room table! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baykinz Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 When I was younger we had a 'totem tennis' set and our arthritic cav managed to pull it out of the ground, so I'm disinclined to trust anything that screws into the dirt like that, too. Pouring concrete when you put in a post (or laying a small slab with a metal ring protruding, to tie stuff at ground level) would probably be the simplest way, but of course it's a big great hole in the yard if you ever need to remove it, and not the most attractive landscaping statement while it's installed, either. I'm wondering if you'd be able to do a bit of handyman work and bash together something attached to the fence itself, to which you could tie a tug? I guess it depends on the fence, as to whether you think that would hold up any better than your deck would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Buy a pine pole, get a bag of rapid set concrete, pole concreted in, set toy at height required - all sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 (edited) How big/strong is the dog? I had to fix the eaves of my house after I screwed a hook to hang the Turbo Chook under the eaves ... and I am going to need to replace my clothes line which is only just staying upright - some of the arms had to be re-attached and are seriously bent ... just can't wait for the little brat to grow up. Edited August 20, 2010 by Tilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koalathebear Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 How big/strong is the dog? I had to fix the eaves of my house after I screwed a hook to hang the Turbo Chook under the eaves ... and I am going to need to replace my clothes line which is only just staying upright - some of the arms had to be re-attached and are seriously bent ... just can't wait for the little brat to grow up. Poor you We have no clothes line - we didn't notice this when we bought the house Elbie's a kelpie/border collie x, 6 months and about 12 kg right now. He's not VERY strong but he's quite persistent so I do want to tie the tug toy to something very secure. At our last house, the tug was tied to the fencing around the deck which was super sturdy ... we don't have anything like that here The kitchen table isn't heavy enough alas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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