I have said all I intend to say to you on the topic. You can take it or leave it. You can chain your dog or not. Hopefully most people will not chain their dogs, but we will continue to notice in these stories and I will continue to point out, that the dogs are often chained. And calling me names, even if it makes you feel better, says more about you than it does about me. I am not sure why I have brought out such rudeness in you. I hope you have a better day.
You name yourself when you give highly specific advice online without knowing one single thing about a highly specific situation.
You may note that my understanding of the chaining situation is reflective of evidence rather than cause and effect.
Chaining is only necessary when proper training was not begun at an early age and did not instill the proper pack behaviors.
Chaining does not directly CAUSE bad behaviors as much as it compounds them and is evidence that bad behaviors already exist.
Chaining will also NEVER remediate bad behaviors and will more than likely exacerbate them. Chaining IS a punishment, it is NOT a modification to itself, unless used within a retraining regimen.
Leaving a dog chained for hours is cruelty. It is abandonment. The dog would be better off put down.
Caged, if the cage is 10 or more times the size of the dog id acceptable for periods of 12 hours or less. Smaller cages for 2 hours, such as a trip are also ok, but not as a daily occurrence.
My 2cents on the matter.