How do I keep my black lab on his chain.

Please don't tell me that with this cold you keep your dog outside. That is not good. Isn't there somewhere in the house that there is room for him. If he is like my guys, he can curl up pretty small. Exercise him outside, take him for a good long walk twice a day, he will be fine in the house. My guys, get 2 walks a day, 1-3 miles each and take up no space in the house. They sleep. That has to be better then chained outside.

I have a escape artist, too. He can climb 6 foot fences. We don't leave him in the yard alone for long periods of time. Dogs are pack animals and want to be with their pack. If they get bored, they run off. You have 2 options, if you can't do a fence 1. Always use a metal chain. Anything else, the dog can chew through. We used a HEAVY gage metal chain, as some of the "dog" chains at the store were too small and our dog broke them, we got serious chain from the hardware store. You need to hook it to something solid - like a TREE. Those metal posts you twist into the ground won't do any good for a dog the size of yours. If you can't afford a fence, can you afford one fence post, cemented into the ground? He won't be able to pull that out. 2. Before I got married, my dog climbed the fence, often was left on a chain, or I had to stay outside with him. My husband, however, is a VERY good dog trainer. He spent some time with my knuckle head, and now he doesn't jump fences AND we can walk him off leash! Some good obedience training can help keep him in your yard as well. Our dogs always have access to our house. My dogs prefer to be inside when we are gone, and sleep on the bed all day. My husbands dogs like to be outside when the weather is nice, and we have a dog door so they can come in and out of the house. I hope some of this helps...

I see that you have been given a wonderful suggestion for building a fence. I would suggest this as your best solution. I do not like keeping a dog chained as I think that's cruel. Apparently your dog doesn't like it either. Can't you keep him inside at least part of the time? You just need to work with him and teach him how to act indoors. It will require regular bathing to keep him clean but it can work. I have a 90 pound doberman that stays inside with me at night and most of the time during the daytime when I'm home. She, of course, does go outside to potty and for exercise. She's very well behaved, though, and knows to stay off of the furniture, etc. Just because a dog is big, doesn't mean it can't become a house dog.

I don't have a dog, but, may I suggest a harness, instead of a leash around his neck. Then put it on a chain, rather than a rope. I cannot see him getting out of that. Good luck. Why can't he live in the house, and go out to run around and make?

I don't know if you will be able to do this but this is what we did. We didn't have the money for a fence but needed an area for our dogs. I have 4, by the way. We went around to different businesses and checked the newspaper and we got lots of wood pallets. They were free. Some places just want to get rid of them. My boyfriend made a fence out of them. He ended up having to buy some chickenwire for the top because my yellow lab figured out he could climb it. You can paint the fence if you want it to look nice. I'll try to get you a picture later.

well you make sure your dog knows that your house and your family is his pact.i trained my dog to stand guard based on the fact that i reward him once he does anything i want him to right!labs are very intelligent and i think the most eas to train. so it shudnt b too much of a problem