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Awoutwww he is just sooooooo cute!

We took one of those screw in peg jobbies away with us when we took our mini Schnauzer on his first hols with the tin tent and got a covered wire type of leash that attached to it and his collar so that it was less likely for him to become entangled. But.....we only tried him with it twice. His face said it all

Soooo sad and dejected he looked tethered to it so we just decided to clip the wire thingy onto one of the hole thingies along the bottom of our awning with his outdoor mattress to sit on and he was much happier. Not that he even tried to get away apart from the time hubby was cooking toast and forgot to have the extractor fan on and kitchen window open so the smoke alarm went off and that scares the life out of him wherever he is. That morning he shot out of the tin tent and awning like a rocket and our son found him sitting shaking in some nice ladie's awning on the next field. Not that she minded but poor pooch was shaking like a leaf and his ticker was racing.

Bet your cute little fella will love his hols.

Quote: Originally posted by Poppys Dad on 19/7/2010

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we used to use a screw in the ground type however our labradoodle was forever getting tangled round it and the guylines. So what I have done now is to run a length of rope safely anchored at both ends out from the awning. I have then used the ring from a key ring which can run up and down the rope. I then tie an old dogs lead to the ring and clip the other end to the dogs collar. This means that she can come in and out of the awning as she pleases and by adjusting the slackness of the rope and the length of the lead means that she does not get tangled up. Sounds complicated but it isn't really and worked reasonably well last time

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Thank you everyone.

I have ordered a dog tether from Rob I had been threatening to order some Deltas for ages anyway so killed 2 birds with one stone

This being our first trip with puppy I'm guessing we'll just have to see how it goes, although at the moment, at home, he's as giddy as a kipper!

Quote: Originally posted by Poppys Dad on 19/7/2010

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we used to use a screw in the ground type however our labradoodle was forever getting tangled round it and the guylines. So what I have done now is to run a length of rope safely anchored at both ends out from the awning. I have then used the ring from a key ring which can run up and down the rope. I then tie an old dogs lead to the ring and clip the other end to the dogs collar. This means that she can come in and out of the awning as she pleases and by adjusting the slackness of the rope and the length of the lead means that she does not get tangled up. Sounds complicated but it isn't really and worked reasonably well last time

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I do similar for ours. I use 3 screw in stakes and run 2 lengths of rope from the central one, with a dog lead looped on the rope. The dogs can travel the full length of the rope and a few feet either side. They have to be on separate bits so that Django can get away from Lola when she's horrible to him!

They still manage to get tangled up sometimes though, they do it by going round and round the stake. I swear they do it on purpose.

How I want to steal him !! I have a little black Cocker.

Make sure that the rope or tie is not too heavy as there  are different ones on sale for different dogs. Make sure he can get to shade when tethered

Have fun !