HOME | DD
t3hsilentone — Anti-tethering stamp
Published: 2010-05-21 22:14:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 2311; Favourites: 138; Downloads: 36
Redirect to original
Description
A stamp I made last night or should I say early hours of morning.
I made this for the awareness of tethered/chained dogs everywhere and that it is inhumane to keep dogs chained up all their life. Many people have already inappropriately, abused this purpose of confinement for dogs, which is why I made this.A chained dog:
- Cannot run anywhere they please, restrained to a certain area
- Forced to bear the given horrible weather outside, sometimes without shelter
- No or less interaction with humans
- Risk of getting tangled and possibly being strangled to death
- Risk of aggression in dogs making them liable to bite and attack humans or other animals, making them NOT good guard dogs.
- Risk of being more likely of being the one attacked by other animals or humans, not being to run away or defend itself.
- A chained dog is a bored dog and leading to being destructive to the yard or area around itself, including excessive barking.
- They have to eat, sleep and defecate in the same area.
Instead, choose to give dogs freedom by letting them run around in a wood, mesh or chain-linked fence. You can allow your dog to go inside and be outside temporarily. If you cannot afford building a fence, even setting up a trolley specifically for dogs or line that runs on a cloths line, giving them more space to run about and without getting entangled on a tree. I have used this method for my own dog at the time, makes wonders since it is not difficult to install. Even taking your dog on a long walk on a leash can help, that's if you're not too lazy or busy.. all dogs require daily walks in some way or another. If this is not possible for you, then why did you get a dog? Dogs contain a lot of energy and they need to release that by running and playing, but being restrained in one area all your life.. that can be VERY stressful. This leads to the built up aggression and misbehavior in dogs. How would you feel if you were tied up and couldn't escape from it?
You can help by educating others on the hard life of a chained dog and why it is inhumane to dogs that deal with it everyday.
Here are sites that fight and promote this situation, please visit these and pass them on to others:
Unchain Your Dog: A Common Form Of Cruelty
Dogs Deserve Better: No Chained Dogs!
Unchain PA Dogs: PA Coalition Against Tethering
Pet Abuse
With permission and complete credit given:
Image used->[link] by
Related content
Comments: 27
Urgh, I hate how people assumed these things when they saw my old dog, Odie, tied up to our garage. We TRIED to keep him in our yard by other means, but he wouldn't stay. And our stupid neighbourhood would NOT let us fence in our yard for him. We weren't even allowed to put up a dog run!! Why? Because we lived on the water and putting up a fence would take away everyone else's view. 
We tried normal training; as soon as he was loose (off-leash), he would run away. We tried the invisible fence; it worked on our lab, but not him. He simply ran thru it. And don't say we didn't follow the directions; we did!
Rather than face constant fines for letting him run free (as if we really wanted him to), we had to tether him to the garage. We tried to make it up to him by moving his tether around to different spots in our yard (with supervision-- Odie was strong enough to pull the stake out of the ground) and by letting him run loose in the garage when the doors were down.
Odie had a thick neck and a small head, and I guess we never had his collar on correctly because he often wiggled out of it. We weren't stupid and never put a slip-lead on him when he was tethered though-- we knew he could choke. No, his biggest problem was getting tangled up around one of the support beams near him... though when he did he was still able to move around somewhat until we untangled him. Sometimes he figured out how to untangle himself too.
We loved Odie despite his faults and always spent time with him. He was walked twice a day back then. And everyone was always coming and going thru that garage, esp. kids. That was why we put him there in first place. We knew with all that foot-traffic he would get some attention.
Lol, one of my favourite memories with him from that time had to do with food and that foot-traffic. Mom often went thru the garage to bring in groceries-- our garage was like the informal entrance to our house or something-- and one day one my school friends gave us a lot of venison. We left some of it out on the landing to make room in the freezer. Our lab was attracted by the smell. She picked up some of the packaged meat and brought it out to the garage. She must have lost interest because she wasn't the one who tore into it. It was Odie. He ate the meat... and most of the paper it was wrapped in. We caught him in the middle of it, with paper all over the garage. Silly dog. 
Rehoming him was never an option. Who in their right mind would want an older dog who didn't listen, liked to roam, was unsocialized to small animals (he KILLED a cat once when he got loose), and was fearful of African Americans and men with beards? He probably would have been euthanized... or gone thru many homes. He was very sweet and loved kids and puppies, but people would only see his faults.
When he was about 6, we moved out of the neighbourhood that wouldn't let us put up a fence. We were finally able to give him a fenced-in yard!
I rather look at the whole situation first before deciding if the dog is suffering. If the dog has no shelter or is tethered by a heavy chain, there's something wrong. If the dog IS being ignored, the owners should be held accountable. Honestly if a dog is being neglected or abused, tethering is the least of the problems.
But if the dog is healthy, friendly, and is still getting attention. I don't see much wrong with it. It's not the best situation, but it could be the only thing the dog's owner can afford or do to keep his/her pet from roaming.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I used to live in an agricultural area, with a very large front yard and a GIANT backyard, in which we kept two dwarf goats. Both yards had gates and fence. We also kept numerous cats (all of which lived outside but three) and a black labrador named Tilly. Tilly was found when my parents were actually looking through an animal shelter for a basset hound. The shelter closed shortly after they entered, so they were permitted to still look around. There they found a black labrador puppy, abused and sick, whom was going to be put down after they left. No other people in the shelter even gave the puppy a sideways glance, let alone show interest in rescuing her. Needless to say, my parents gave in and adopted our puppy, nursing her back to health and giving her love equal to that of a child. This all happened when my parents lived in an apartment building, and were soon going to move. When we did, and moved into the house described above, we kept Tilly on a tether in the front yard. The tether was very large (at the very least, 30') and strong, so it gave Tilly a lot of area to run around while the cats could relax in their own space (they knew better than to pester Tilly, who was a puppy at heart but didn't know her own strength or size). My older brother and I would play with Tilly at least daily and walk her, and it was part of our chores to bury her buisness. She had a large, sturdy doghouse the size of an igloo that was easily accessible and that she liked to go inside whenever there was bad weather outside (to be honest, there hardly is bad weather where I live, though) or just plain cold (not much of that, either). She had plenty of toys for dogs her size that we would replace if they were damaged, and though she was abused as a puppy she was healthy as an adult. Unfortunately, shortly after we moved to our current house, Tilly died of old age, but still found amusement running around our - again - large backyard and playing in the foliage until the day she died.
Today, roughly seven years later, we live in the same home as four cats, three birds, a bearded dragon, and a miniature dachshund puppy, whom we keep inside both because her size makes it possible and because we have a coyote issue in our neighborhood. Our dog is breathtakingly intelligent, loving, and beautiful, and healthy as can be.
Not all tethering = abuse.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Yeah, uh-huh. It's so much more cruel of me to keep my dog on a chain then let her off so she can run out of our fence-less backyard and get run over or lost and starve to death.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
There's other chainless methods out there, that's not the only option, which you seem to make it to be(read the Artist's Comments please).
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I read the comments. but still you're saying how "cruel" it is when that's what people do to keep their dogs. She has a pen, but that doesn't give her much room to run around. She's happy, she's healthy, we play with her all the time. She has plenty of toys. She's a domestic dog, not a wild animal. She's just fine on a chain.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
It is when they are left chained 24/7 or 90% of the day. What has already been said about this, was said above. Domestic or wild animal(even though this does not relate to this stamp), deserves all the same proper care. I have no clue why you even mentioned wild animals, no where does this compare dogs to that.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
She's on the chain all day unless we take her off to play or walk. She's not aggressive and she behaves. She "desecrates" on the far side of her chain which is plenty long. Her dogbed is on the patio along with her food and water. You make it sound like the chain is five feet and they sleep in their poop. And though I'm sure some unfit owners do this, it's no where near the case of all dogs. It's the owner's fault if they don't know how to take care of it.
I mentioned wild animals because, unlike domestic animals, they need plenty of room to run around. Not just a backyard or a chain or even in the house. They have starkly different needs. I mentioned this because it sounds like this need for freedom you're expressing to be that of wild, pet animals. Domestic animals are very contented to stay in a smaller area, so long as they have attention and plenty to do.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
All animals need plenty of room to run, no matter what. There's nothing "wild" about allowing your pets as much room as they require, especially if you own a high-energy dog that needs that room to run. If you can't provide that, then why get the dog? I wouldn't say Domestic animals are very content in a smaller area either, never settle for less when it comes down to it. Offering the most care you can to your pets is the most important, including attention and activities.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Yeah, sure. I'm just saying that you're generalizing. Not all dogs on chains are abused.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
in some places, like where I live, it's illegal to have your dog chained for more than 3 hours at a time and that's only if there is a need to have the animal tied up to something. other than that, the animal must be loose in a gated area to run around. and there are more specifics to it than that.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I keep my dogs on chains because they're too big to come inside my house and if I keep them loose at night I'm afraid they'll get hurt (I live in the middle of the woods, and I have a lot of foxes/raccoons/coyotes around my house). I normally let them loose almost every day in summer and for a few days in winter, but besides that I play with them on their chains. I have cats and a very small puppy and chickens, so I have to think about them too.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Why would anyone buy a dog just to chain it up? It makes no sense.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
If you want a guard dog, pay for a well-trained one, or take the gosh-darn time to train them YOURSELF.
If you have no other choice than to leave your dog outside, make sure they have a decent, warm, dry shelter and are tied to a run (so they can move back and forth along a line).
Don't bother getting a pet if you do not have the time/money/patience to deal with anything that will come up with the ownership of an animal, visit the shelter or a friend with a pet--it is a commitment for that animal's LIFE.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I really dont understand why you would buy/ get a dog if you are just going to chain it in the back yard and forget about it. If you want a dog that your going to leave outside, I dont see why you can fence in the yard and at least let them have that much freedom. Thats safer anyway, no one can get in to hurt the dog, or the dog hurt them and they still have more freedom.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I can't say I agree I mean I don' t prefer chaining my dogs but when you live in the sick demented neighborhood I live in, well its all you can do. I have 19 dogs right now, 3 are running free, 4 are on cables, and the others in a big pen they all seem happy and I go to extremes to let them have shelter and warmth. I keep the majority of my dogs penned or on cables ( I do play with them and give them attention) because people in my neighborhood shoot dogs up the rectum for fun, I've found 3 dead dogs at the cementary on my road. my pets live happily and safely, with plenty of length to run on, and none of what you have listed has ever happend to my dogs, they do occasinally get tangled but not severly enough to threaten their life.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
You have quite a lot of dogs. Do you rescue them?
It's understandable if dogs are kept in a pen/kennel, there is nothing wrong with that. And, I understand that you live in a unsafe area with your dogs, I would keep them in a secure pen that no one would be able to harm nor steal your dogs, if that is how bad it is there. Why are 3 running free, is it around your neighborhood?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Sort of, some were born at my house, and some are strays, we found one our stray dogs out in the woods hurt, and by the way she acts we suppose she's been abused in the past. two more of our dogs were left with us, the owners who asked us to watch them never came back, and another we found on the road. I try to rescue any stray I can, if I didn't have my mom, I probably wouldn't get away with helping them I like to provide a nice place for them to be happy and loved, because they are very innocent creatures that have never harmed anyone but are treated like filth when all they want is a caring home.
I have the ones that runoff locked up in the pen and the 4 on cables, the ones that are free, usually stay around the house and never go down the road, and I let them in the house as well. I keep a close eye on my dogs alot considering I'm at home most of the time.
I really hate the neighborhood I live in, because people are so cruel, i just don't understand how they can hurt innocent animals in such painful ways.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Unfortunately our city has made it illegal to have dogs roaming around free. I always feel sad anytime I see a dog chained up in someone's yard. It is hurtful to the animal to have to strain against the chain and I always feel bad seeing them chained up.
But when a city has decided something as illegal there really isn't much you can do about it.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Many places do not allow dogs to roam free and is against the law, especially cities. That's not even safe either for dogs, supervised by their owners or not.
I would like to see more of dogs behind securely constructed fences or people out walking their dogs on a leash, who would leave their dog on a chain all day if they wanted one in the first place?
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
In contrast:
[link]
Always remember to show both sides of the issue.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thank you for saying this I really appreciate it.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Even shock-collars are less cruel than tethering. Thank you for making this stamp...now if only more and more people would realize how bad it really is to keep your dog tied up (unless they're on a leash for a walk, a dog should never be tied up or chained!).
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thanks for noticing my stamp. 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Oh, yes, I mean the invisible fence ones (the bark collars I don't understand either...people need to just stop being lazy and work with their dog to correct the behavior...and even then, some dogs will just bark. It's bred into them to). Should have specified that, haha.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Correct, it takes the understanding of proper training techniques and then just following through with being consistent with it, for these dogs to learn.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0