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Concise, sensible and linkish (as in “contains good links) post on unchaining dogs from Gina Spadafori:

Dogs for Dummies
by Gina Spadafori, Marty Becker

dogma: Happier dogs, safer neighborhoods: Behaviorists have long understood that socially isolating dogs on chains can turn a nice dog into a territorial monster, and woe to the person who wanders into that territory, or runs into a loose dog once the chain breaks. The best way to have a safe dog is to have the animal be a well-trained, well-socialized and well-cared for member of the family.
So bring 'em in on off the chain, will ya? (That's right, I'm talking to you. Feel guilty, feel irresponsible, feel whatever it is you have to feel to bring the dog in and start training him the ”home“ does not have to mean ”cruel.“) I'm listening to “Kiss” by Prince from the album The Hits 2 on iTunes.

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