Spent our first weekend away in new (to us) Mh with our 5 month old GS. All went well but as you can imagine, although only 5 months old he is already a reasonable size and very friendly meaning everyone he sees, man or beast he wants to charge at hoping they will play or make a fuss of him.
So, when outside the MH which is where he wanted to spend most of his time we had to tie him up, something he is not used to, but unfortunately will have to get used to. He chewed through one lead and even started to dig up one of those corkscrew/stake thingies.
So we are thinking we need a better way, to give him as much room as possible, but to minimise the chance of hime getting loose, at least until he is older and trained to stay put (hopefully).
We are thinking a chain is the only way to go as we only left him outside for 10 minutes on his own when he chewed through the lead. Would prefer a covered chain but not sure if they are available, ideally want one that is quite long and can be shortened in some way if we have a situation where he has less room.
The other problem is on soft ground I imagine stakes and those corkscrew type thingies are not that secure, there doesn`t seem to be anywere on the hab door side of the van that we could attach it to, if we use the towing rings front and/or back he will be out of sight too much.
Sure there are funsters out there that have solved these problems or seen them solved by someone.
Don`t really want to have to tie him up but we can`t see any other way other than leave him at home which we don`t want to have to do.
Thanks in advance.
Steve
So, when outside the MH which is where he wanted to spend most of his time we had to tie him up, something he is not used to, but unfortunately will have to get used to. He chewed through one lead and even started to dig up one of those corkscrew/stake thingies.
So we are thinking we need a better way, to give him as much room as possible, but to minimise the chance of hime getting loose, at least until he is older and trained to stay put (hopefully).
We are thinking a chain is the only way to go as we only left him outside for 10 minutes on his own when he chewed through the lead. Would prefer a covered chain but not sure if they are available, ideally want one that is quite long and can be shortened in some way if we have a situation where he has less room.
The other problem is on soft ground I imagine stakes and those corkscrew type thingies are not that secure, there doesn`t seem to be anywere on the hab door side of the van that we could attach it to, if we use the towing rings front and/or back he will be out of sight too much.
Sure there are funsters out there that have solved these problems or seen them solved by someone.
Don`t really want to have to tie him up but we can`t see any other way other than leave him at home which we don`t want to have to do.
Thanks in advance.
Steve