Fido is never tied outside on our lawn alone, I always hold his leash then and I'm always with him cause there are cats here around and other dogs that people walk with unleashed sometimes I don't take risks with that.
I don't like tying him outside either but I have to do it sometimes.
I'm not always at my parents house (I live with them), often at my grandparents house or my boyfriends house then I have to take him with me in the store I can't leave him at my boyfriends house or my grandparents house cause then he'll just bark constantly, then I have to take him with me in the store I have no other choice.
I have to tie him in a collar then, I can not take him into the stores it is banned here to take dogs to stores except petstores, so that is the only thing I can do I hope I don't get judged for doing that again I hate it, I can not do anything else except tying him outside with his collar.
Yes harnesses are a bit hard to get here, most petstores just sell harnesses that are way to small on him and when I find something that fits him they are not fitting perfectly, I have 1 good fitting harness now but he'll propably get out of it somehow I dont take the risk cause I dont want him to get out of his harness and possibly then he gets hit by a car ! Cause he always lunches into the traffic if he's free
he doesn't obey well if he's suppose to come he just wants to play, I don't want to take a risk again with his life last summer he got free and he ran across the road, thank god that the car stopped in time, Fido almost got under the car !! I was so scared I don't want that to happen again I don't wanna loose Fido.
Nancy, your right that was what I was asking for, just some good links
not to be judged for what I have to do and have no other choice.
Also, where I live lots of people tie dogs outside stores, I don't do it unless I have to.
It's not against the laws or anything its perfectly legal.
PrincesMom, I'm so sorry about your yorkie
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I never use a leash to his collar anymore except when I have to tie him outside of stores , it's not often, he doesn't pull anything then so I think its ok, its better than having him running free across the highway and possibly killing himself cause I don't have a harness that is so tight he can't get out of it, can't find any good harnesses here that fit well on him there isn't much to choose from cause most petstores just sell collars, also there are only 5 petstores here near the city I think, some food stores sell dog stuff but not good dog products then and not strong.