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<blockquote data-quote="emotionallybankrupt" data-source="post: 328682" data-attributes="member: 8226"><p>Here's the way we've handled the potty issue at my house, and it's worked great for two years now. My parents had a similar deal with the dog I had when I was growing up. </p><p> </p><p>I have a stake in the yard and a coated cable attached to it (you can buy them as a set or separately). Like you, I have a motion light outside my front door. I placed the stake very deliberately, to control just how far the dog could go from the front door. The selection on those cables now is great--different thicknesses and lengths--as well as the stakes. I know you can get a 30 ft. cable, which sounds about perfect for the area around your door. As my dogs grew, I had to get heavier duty stakes that they could not pull out of the ground.</p><p> </p><p>The best part is that the latch on the cable that attaches to the dog's collar is just inside the door. I have just enough room under my storm door so that I can do this, which lets me hook the dog securely and open the door for doggie while I STAY INSIDE warm and dry, watching until business is done and time to come back inside, close door and THEN unhook dog.</p><p> </p><p>Growing up, we had a small dog. The ones I have now are giants in comparison. I figured out real quick that if I didn't do things in the right sequence with these guys, it wouldn't work. If I open the door before the dog is latched to the cable and the dog bolts, I can't do much about it.</p><p> </p><p>Besides being easier on you, this would tighten the circle at potty time and widen the circle for play time. I don't see any reason why you couldn't attach two cables of different colors to the stake, and use the shorter one at night when you don't want as much room to venture, and the other during the day when you can give more room. </p><p> </p><p>The only disadvantage I've found to the cable system is that I can't let both dogs out at the same time. They get to play hard together in the fenced in backyard though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="emotionallybankrupt, post: 328682, member: 8226"] Here's the way we've handled the potty issue at my house, and it's worked great for two years now. My parents had a similar deal with the dog I had when I was growing up. I have a stake in the yard and a coated cable attached to it (you can buy them as a set or separately). Like you, I have a motion light outside my front door. I placed the stake very deliberately, to control just how far the dog could go from the front door. The selection on those cables now is great--different thicknesses and lengths--as well as the stakes. I know you can get a 30 ft. cable, which sounds about perfect for the area around your door. As my dogs grew, I had to get heavier duty stakes that they could not pull out of the ground. The best part is that the latch on the cable that attaches to the dog's collar is just inside the door. I have just enough room under my storm door so that I can do this, which lets me hook the dog securely and open the door for doggie while I STAY INSIDE warm and dry, watching until business is done and time to come back inside, close door and THEN unhook dog. Growing up, we had a small dog. The ones I have now are giants in comparison. I figured out real quick that if I didn't do things in the right sequence with these guys, it wouldn't work. If I open the door before the dog is latched to the cable and the dog bolts, I can't do much about it. Besides being easier on you, this would tighten the circle at potty time and widen the circle for play time. I don't see any reason why you couldn't attach two cables of different colors to the stake, and use the shorter one at night when you don't want as much room to venture, and the other during the day when you can give more room. The only disadvantage I've found to the cable system is that I can't let both dogs out at the same time. They get to play hard together in the fenced in backyard though. [/QUOTE]
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