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In reply to the discussion: This winter, my wife and I got a shelter dog. [View all]War Horse
(931 posts)33. If you've adopted a shelter dog
AND think that a tether is cruel, the dog has certainly found a good and loving home.
A tether isn't cruel at all. A stable environment where people love, feed, walk and interact with him matters the most.
He just needs to get used to it, and if you join a dog training class he eventually won't need a tether at all if you just do your homework
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I suspect that gorillas care about interesting, whereas lions care about large.
Donald Ian Rankin
Apr 2013
#12
Please, please, please do a search on Google images for "chained dog photos"
justiceischeap
Apr 2013
#42
Probably not typical, but tethering dogs is illegal where I live (Chapel Hill, NC)
mnhtnbb
Apr 2013
#10
Unattended here means not outside WITH the dog...or basically...having the dog on a long leash.
mnhtnbb
Apr 2013
#13