Sign Petition: Stop Dog Chaining Across the U.S. Once And For All!

It's so hard to believe anyone could do it, but many helpless dogs spend their entire lives in "solitary confinement," trapped at the end of a chain or in a small pen. For a social pack animal, there's no crueler punishment.

Dogs are members of the family, not old bicycles, lawn orna ments or furry alarm systems. And chaining dogs is dangerous. Chained dogs are nearly three times more likely to attack than dogs not tethered, and children are most often the victims of these attacks.

THE PETITION HAS BEEN CLOSED

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DOG CHAINING IS A HIDEOUS,CRUEL AND BARBARIC PUNISHMENT.IT IS INCONCIEVABLE THAT HUMAN BEINGS CAN BE SO EVILTHANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS BULLETIN.THIS CRUELTY MUST STOP!!!!!!!!!

I have posted on this topic before.  There is NEVER a reason to keep a dog chained.  I understand letting a dog out on a tie out for 15 minutes or so to "do his business" but LIVING on a chain is deplorable.  There really is NO reason to do it.  If your reason is "he is too unruly in the house" TRAIN YOUR DOG, do NOT banish him to life on a chain.

Please check out the parent web site :

DogsDeserveBetter.org

Thanks for posting this!

7dogs

This atrocious practice is illegal in Britain...I am not saying it does not happen...but when reported we are dealing with it firmly...dogs removed signed over to Welfare,and humans to Court..although I would like to see the punishment fit the crim i.e.   Chain these anal, undeducated, ignorant cruel bullies up just out of reach of water, food  and shelter...go back and check them..oh lets see the rain water will stop them totally dehydrating and dying (pity) so maybe two weeks??..let them stand in their own excrement for awhile, let them scream for help..the same way the dogs bark ..until someone throws something at them to shut them up....yup I feel that would an apt and fitting punishment....ofcourse after this we could try to educate them?...nah if the deed is done they should never be allowed animals again..no excses for this treatment, not through ignorance, not through non education..its is just plain human cruelty.

My boyfriend wants me to start chaining Goku up when we get our own place, but I refuse. He can come inside! All he needs is a bath and a flea collar, and he'll be just fine.

The last time I saw one of Goku's sister's, alive, she was on a chain and didn't look healthy at all. Her fur was falling out and she was so dirty, plus the chain started to dig into her skin. I didn't say anything to my uncle at the time because then the whole family would have started to yell and tell me to mind my own business. =/ Needless to say, she died. Some sorry low life poisoned her and I feel so bad.

Please don't let your boyfriend do that to Goku. A dog will always tell you who negative energy and who is not. They know how to read any species better than people. Please try to change his mind and let him know that a chained dog is an anti-social dog who actually develops  many issues because they are taken away from their natural instict of being among a pack and being balance. They are social animals and humans are the only ones that make them anti-social, whether the human means to or not. Go to the websites that I have listed below to help him understand that dogs do not follow that type of leadership. I just want him to be a better person for you and Goku.

As for your other family, I do understand how you feel about it. I have a couple of relatives who unfortunately don't mind if their dogs and cats continue to breed every heat. If they do, they sell them without having being vaccinated, spayed/neutered. They live in a big open field that their dog can roam around and if they are lost, their lost for good. We always bring our dogs with us, in good health and spayed/neutered when we see them for family gatherings because they are always the center of attention to talk about. They KNOW how we feel about animals and they know they can't deny it. We are not mean or make them defensive but make them understand in a calm manner. To say it isn't our business, I say it is. It's our family and their selfishness is not what we are thinking about, it's about the unwanted animals they continue to bring in.

HelpChainedDogs.org

HEY LISTEN AUDRA. I AM NOT TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO,BUT -NO MAN-IS GONNA TELL ME TO CHAIN MY DOG UP.HELL NO!!!!!!TELL HIM IF HES GONNA LIVE WITH YOU,THE DOG COMES WITH THE PACKAGE.IF HE DOESNT LIKE THAT,THEN I WOULD TELL HIM GET LOST,AND FIND A WOMAN WHO HATES DOGS .ILL BE DAMNED IF I  WOULD LET HIM TALK ME INTO CHAINING GOKU UP.TO BE QUITE FRANK-YOUR BOYFRIEND SOUNDS LIKE A REAL @#$%.IM SORRY,BUT IT REALLY ANGERS ME TO HEAR THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW YOUR BOYFRIEND TO DICTATE TO YOU,WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO YOUR DOG.PERHAPS YOU MIGHT MENTION TO HIM-THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHAIN HIM UP,AND LEAVE HIM OUT IN THE YARD.DOGS ARE TO BE CHERISHED,AND LOVED.THEY SHOULD TREATED WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT.WHEN YOU CHAIN A DOG UP LIKE THAT,YOU KILL THEIR SOUL.DOGS ARE MEANT TO BE WITH THEIR PEOPLE,AND TO BE NURTURED. I SUGGEST, IF YOU ARE NOT BOLD ENOUGH TO RESIST YOUR BOYFRIENDS DEMANDS.THEN YOU SHOULD BE DECENT ENOUGH, TO FIND THAT PRECIOUS ANIMAL A NEW HOME.I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH MYSELF,IF I WAS SO WEAK,THAT I COULDNT DO THE BASIC THING-AND THAT IS TO PROTECT MY DOG.NO MAN-NO WOMAN-NO BEING,ON GODS GREEN EARTH -COULD NEVER PERSUADE ME TO TURM MY BACK ON MY SWEET FUR ANGELS.

Audra, we are not here to pick on you and mean well, even "Luv". Even though the petition has been closed, we would like to stop this vicious cycle from continuing and we feel that your Goku could fall into that. We cannot save every dog from going being chained but we can stop at least one from even being considered to be chained or those already there.

I didn't want to say that he's not the man for you because that is not my place but I at least feel Goku's being is. He's a dog that need to be respected as a dog and as living creature. I of course would never allow such a think to have my pack be treated that way. If there is no respect among a pack, then there is none. Your boyfriend should love you for who you are and your pack of dogs.  I know you couldn't have any control over your uncle and have wished to do more, but try save your Goku from that vicious cycle now!

I want you to keep this in mind, every member in your pack should be physically healthy and mentally healthy, even if there are humans in the pack.

Oh trust me people, I won't let him chain my dog, I already told him if he ever hurt my dog or told me to get rid of him, then I'm gone. Goku does like my boyfriend and he likes Goku too. Me and him already had this talk the other day. Don't worry pet lovers, Goku is fine, and the boyfriend is well trained. =P

Our dog spends time outside on a chain, but she doesn't stay out there for very long, and its only when we are home and she wants to be outside and we can't watch her. She is perfectly happy spending a couple hours laying out in the sun. She is in the house with us the rest of the time. Our landlord won't let us fence in the yard, so when we let her out to play we have to watch her closely. Sometimes she just wants to be outside for awhile and I don't see anything wrong with her being on a chain. We she starts to whine, we bring her in. There are certain circumstances where it will not bother or put the dog in danger. Like many other things, people abuse it. I don't understand why people would want to have a dog and just leave it outside all the time.