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in my opinion being on a chain builds their confidence and they get to experience more along with more physical interaction. i believe standard kennels are too small for coon hounds. my dogs dont get hunted 5-7 nights a week 52 weeks a year like most of the guys on this websites do. i think a dog on a proper chain gets more exercise and keeps better muscle tone than a dog in a kennel. kennels are more secure though. just an opinion

I think both have there + and -. but if i were to chain a dog out i would have a 16000 hr telementry collar on them 24/7 with the magnet out..just had to many close calls from breaking snaps, or getting loose dragging 20 ft. of chain and getting hung up somewhere.

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folks yall can do as you please but I'm lucky enough to have 4 options and I use em all...



around 2 acres of yard that I use mainly for lil pups until around 4-6 months



a good chain with heavy duty snaps with plenty of swivels atleast 15-25 ft long hooked to a swivel stake so they have the space to move around all they care to



a couple of homemade pens that are 20+ ft square for females in heat, and ready to whelp also for my hounds to learn to eat from the same trough without any fighting, growling etc. they have loops and pins on the on the corners so all we have to do to move it is pull em and move it to new ground then set em back up



this is my favovite 20 acres of my GOD's ground that I'm caretaker of while I'm alive and let these hounds run loose on it. pups untill they get to running and treeing and also let the old dogs exersize 1 at a time in daylight untill I die or caint pay the taxes on it. I think concrete and small confined spaces are as bad for a dog as it is on us human critters.

I keep my animals wormed and up todate on their shots and aint had no problems with anything like parvo, distemper etc



right heres the only drawback that I've found and I reckon this coon must have come up and tried to steal the ole cull's feed in broad daylight!

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Mandy (littermate to Thunderstick & Lil Ann)
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Originally posted by old ben
jmo chain helps build relationship with the hound

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Mister Simpson I have to agree with you. Your hounds look to me like they might be overweight somewhat but from pups to grown dogs they look very well cared for and it must be from what you're feeding and the care you give them.

I wish I had the problems you do by letting a dog loose and it getting treed on your own property.

i have 1 pen built in the back of the barn for when females come in heat and its a 20 foot by 20 foot with a concrete floor. the rest of the time they are on a chain. but as i safety precaution for when the snaps break i got a 3 acre field fenced in with 6 foot tall field fence and and chicken wire ran all the way around it so they cant get out. a good 25 foot chain to me is better for the dog and easier to maintain. it builds a good relationship with the dog i believe because you have alot more physical contact with the dog and it teaches them to lead somewhat by teaching them they are on the end of something that isnt going to give no matter how hard they pull. just my personal preference though. every one has there own preferences

2 snaps and double eye swivel

Don't know if this has been mentioned before, but solved my problem of snap failure and loose dogs several years ago. I use 2 snaps on the 'dog end' of the chain, that are attached to the chain with a 'double eye swivel' using two 1/4" quick links.

On the stake or house end, I don't use a snap, just another swivel and a quick link right to the ring or eye bolt.

With 2 snaps together you have to have a swivel in the chain to keep it from getting twisted up, and by adding the double eyed swivel, it does that.

Been using this for about the last 20 years, and several times had a broken or a unsnapped snap on a dog, but the other snap saved the day and never had a loose dog since.

The last swivels I bought at Menards, are ratted at either 800 or 1200 lbs, it says both in the description. I don't use the cheap pot metal shinny ones, I think they would not hold up. The swivels I have been using last for several years before they show enough wear to where they should be replaced.

Buy a good welded link chain, not the twisted wire junk, and from time to time check the wear on the chains, snaps etc, replace before they fail. Works for me.

Here's a link to the type of swivels I'm talking about.

http://www.menards.com/main/tools-h...537-c-12174.htm