[luvbach1]

OK, forget the invisible fence. My daughter has two medium-large dogs who can exit the house via a doggy door into a spacious and secure backyard and return to the house when they choose. This may be an unattainable ideal for some, especially those who want their dogs outside all the time. I still think it inadvisable to tether a dog in the yard.

[Salamander]

“who want their dogs outside all the time.”

Dogs are not made to be outside all the time.

If a person can’t bother to take care of it like it deserves, they shouldn’t have it.

I don’t tie my dogs up.

When I was young, my dad made a ‘trolley line’ in the back yard for my dog to enjoy while I was in school on nice weather days.

However, he was a hundred pound Dobe.

Nobody/nothing ever ‘bothered’ him...more than once.

When I lived under parental rules, I couldn’t have all my dogs inside 24/7.

I left home as soon as I was 18.

My dogs have all been sofa hounds ever since then.