Sarah in SC
Moderator Emeritus
Thanks for the educational efforts--sometimes people just don't know better.
We had a sad story when some neighbors, who purported to love their animals very much, had a dog die a gruesome death from just this practice.
The dog was notorious for getting out of their fence, so they made an overhead cable run for the dog, attached to the dog's collar. Only problem was, they didn't use a swivel clip and the dog twisted up on the line, shortening it as she went, until she suffocated. Horrible, horrible, horrible. We cut the dog down. <shudder>
That dog died for want of a $2 swivel clip. I'm glad you saved this sweetheart and perhaps you can tell them our story. I hope that those folks we knew back then continue to be haunted by that dog's agonizing end.
We had a sad story when some neighbors, who purported to love their animals very much, had a dog die a gruesome death from just this practice.
The dog was notorious for getting out of their fence, so they made an overhead cable run for the dog, attached to the dog's collar. Only problem was, they didn't use a swivel clip and the dog twisted up on the line, shortening it as she went, until she suffocated. Horrible, horrible, horrible. We cut the dog down. <shudder>
That dog died for want of a $2 swivel clip. I'm glad you saved this sweetheart and perhaps you can tell them our story. I hope that those folks we knew back then continue to be haunted by that dog's agonizing end.