for those of you that tie your dogs out. I am wondering what hardware you use? for the dogs safety i think it would be best that the only way the dog can come free is if the collar is removed.

as for me i have to share my yard so when I am not home i have to have my dogs tied, also if they are loose for too long they will dig under the fence and get out. So a secure tie out system is important to me.

I was previously using swivels with snap clips, but they have manged to get out somehow, rare but they have done it. I am guessing they must have laid down just right or something to have the chain push the snap clip open. Another time one of the swivels ended up breaking, the head eventually rubbed the metal down enough for it to pull out.

So I have upgraded to some newer swivels, they look a bit better built but I have had a real hard time finding very large strong ones, home depot, lowes, walmart, local hardware store, nuthin!

so I have the new swivels, plus i have moved over to the twist shut clips. I am going to put some lock tight on the threads before clamping it down.

I will be gone for 2 nights and I want to make sure my dogs do not get loose while Im gone

quicklink: http://www.northeastscubasupply.com/store/index.php?_a=category&cat_id=194

swivel: http://img.nauticexpo.com/images_ne/photo-g/sailboat-swivel-double-eye-22763-364135.jpg

locktight: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Loctite.jpg/220px-Loctite.jpg

one more thing I was thinking about would be using 2 collars, in case one fails there is a back up.

What do you guys think?