Ground spike or other option? (1 Viewer)

[Tom A]

We're planning ahead to when we can finally get away and wonder what you use to secure your dog outside the motorhome.
Don't want to hold Bruno on a lead all the time so thinking of a spike in the ground unless someone's got a better idea please.

 

[Fraggle 22]

The screw in type are useless for a strong dog - just pull out at the first squirrel or cat! We've got some from Pets at Home. Red with domed head and flange part way down. Hammered well down into the ground. It has a swivel loop to attach the included metal line. Our did bend but held firm. We've got a tow Bar on this motorhome new to us last January so that is the best for our big boy - see if he can pull that out

 

[mike mcglynn]

I have seen a full length of van ,rope held in two ground pins and a lead secured to it this seems to me a better option ,as Dog has more free space .

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[Barclaybasher]

.................Towing eye on van?

 

[Raul]

How about the towing eye at the back or front? Just clip a carabiner over it, and save the hassle of stone ground.
Im to slow, barclaybasher beat me to it.

 

[bigtwin]

I have seen a full length of van ,rope held in two ground pins and a lead secured to it this seems to me a better option ,as Dog has more free space .

How about the towing eye at the back or front? Just clip a carabiner over it, and save the hassle of stone ground.
Im to slow, barclaybasher beat me to it.

That’s what we used to do.

Had two boxers attached to it but they were well trained and wouldn’t have been running off to test it’s security.

Ian

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[Fraggle 22]

.................Towing eye on van?

No proper towbar

 

[Despicable]

Following a couple of screw-in type stakes breaking, I got a couple (got two dogs) of straight spikes (see Amazon 'Karlie Feed Stake'). Unless the ground is very hard, they can be just pushed straight down. They've lasted about eight years now, and the only thing I've done to them is replace the top nut with a 'self-locking' one. Just one of these stakes can hold two 30kg excitable golden retrievers.
However, having said all that, if there's a suitable tree or post in the vicinity, then I just wrap a cable around that. The problem with using your vehicle's tow-hook is your dog will be at the back of it whilst you're at the side or front.

 

[Barclaybasher]

No proper towbar

Towing eye screws into the chassis - to tow your vehicle

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[Raul]

No proper towbar

No that, the eye to be towed is welded to the chassis at the back on one side, and front. Sometimes front you have to screw it in near the bumper. This is more common on cars. Vans usually are welded or bolted to main chassis. My van has them. You don’t need a tow bar to be rescued.

 

[Janine]

I loop a rope around the base of the rear wheel - Buzz is strong, but he ain't that strong! - and then loop a long lead through it.

It also means he can get in the van if he wants to.

 

[NicandJay]

Much more fun securing the rope round the leg of the wife's sunchair and waiting for a cat to past!

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[Raul]

Much more fun securing the rope round the leg of the wife's sunchair and waiting for a cat to past!

That’s risky, could backfire in no dinner and other perks.

 

[NicandJay]

That’s risky, could backfire in no dinner and other perks.

True... however I didnt actually say I was brave enough to do it.... although I did tie it to my own once and by god the jolt wakes you up!!!!!

 

[John Barrett]

Carbine hook on the electric step.

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[Googlebot]

I use the electric step or a rock peg on very hard ground and we are using the awning.

Soft ground we use a screw in spike.

 

[Revolvor]

....... We've got a tow Bar on this motorhome new to us last January so that is the best for our big boy - see if he can pull that out

As I posted one before, we once drove off with the dog's lead hooked onto the towball. We thought everyone was just being friendly, waving and shouting at us! ( The dog was fine- just a little out of breath!)

 

[WynandJean]

Tried one of these:-

Can't work out which part of the dog they screw into though!

Wyn

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[bigtwin]

Carbine hook on the electric step.

Yes, we use a ‘running line’ (held in with normal tent pegs) and use the Carabiner to attach the (extendable) dog lead. This gives the dog a large range of movement and is quick to attach/detach.

Ian

 

[M-J]

Our caravaner friends use the gaps/spokes in their alloy wheel to secure the lead to since one of there dogs bolted for a squirrel while attached to the screw in type, it flew out of the ground like a missile, just missed us all and then missed the front of our MH by about 6 inches!

 

[Tombola]

Ive got the spikes for my 2, but tend to just attach to the alloy wheels now. Far enough apart so the dont tangle together

**NOTE TO SELF...dont forget the dogs before driving home

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[Fraggle 22]

As I posted one before, we once drove off with the dog's lead hooked onto the towball. We thought everyone was just being friendly, waving and shouting at us! ( The dog was fine- just a little out of breath!)

I did that with a horse tied to the side of the horse box! - luckily I looked in the door mirror and I was driving slowly! Bless him he was just mooching along beside it and no harm done

 

[simbadog]

I have a stainless eye bolted on just inside the hab door!

 

[Fraggle 22]

We're planning ahead to when we can finally get away and wonder what you use to secure your dog outside the motorhome.
Don't want to hold Bruno on a lead all the time so thinking of a spike in the ground unless someone's got a better idea please.

Have you managed to get the biting problem under control yet?

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[Diabalo]

We use the electric step also but Charlie is a Cairn so not going to damage it.

 

[Tom A]

Following a couple of screw-in type stakes breaking, I got a couple (got two dogs) of straight spikes (see Amazon 'Karlie Feed Stake'). Unless the ground is very hard, they can be just pushed straight down. They've lasted about eight years now, and the only thing I've done to them is replace the top nut with a 'self-locking' one. Just one of these stakes can hold two 30kg excitable golden retrievers.
However, having said all that, if there's a suitable tree or post in the vicinity, then I just wrap a cable around that. The problem with using your vehicle's tow-hook is your dog will be at the back of it whilst you're at the side or front.

My thoughts are the same

Have you managed to get the biting problem under control yet?

He's getting better by the day thanks and so are we. Learning to understand his moods and when and why he's going to start with the nipping.
I've also threatened to pull his teeth out.

 

[Reallyretired]

We use wire leads attached by a short chain to an alloy wheel. Make sure to remove before driving!

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[TheBig1]

we have 3 staffies!!! the screw in junk is absolutely dangerous, but i do carry a few 16inch 10mm thick pegs. drive 2 pegs into soft ground at opposing angles with the heads close together and attach to them both. On hard ground I take a spare standard webbing lead and pass it through the wheel and then pass the end through the handle. attach dog's lead to the clip end. The same attaching to the towbar or a mobility scooter

my big boy is so strong that he has snapped a webbing harness. My little boy is a sod if left tethered out and will chew through anything but steel chain "so far"

I sometimes peg a chain down the length of the van and clip the 3 dogs separately along the length, but so they can all reach a big water bowl, but they do get tangled if they get excited

 

[Ridgeway]

We have several carabiners attached around the van, one on every side of it in case we need to shift the woofers into the shade.

Most of ours have been on the van for several years, only 2 were nicked once when we were back in the UK.

 

[Silver-Fox]

Ours is tied to the electric step

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