Came home to a HELL of a surprise - Page 1

 I went to work like normal and left my male and female in the backyard with there 20 foot tie outs with 30 feet distance between them. It has been raining all day and when i came home both of them were waiting for me at the back door tide together by there leashes to the patios pole. When i say tide together i don't mean it in a breading way but god am i freaking out rite about now. Can the female get pregnant if she is not in heat? Please say no....

if she is not in estrus, the eggs are not ready or where they need ot be. how sure are you that she is inbetween heats?

if you intend to keep your dogs out side while you are away from home for hours on end, maybe its time to build a kennel.

these dogs could have tried to jump a fence and choaked to death.

 I know i feel terrible. I just didnt think they could pull these things out of the ground. I myself tried to pull them out with evrything i had and could not. I think it was just the water softening the ground. I feel so terrible. the other bad thing is i cant build kennels because im renting and they wont let me. I have tried. If she were to have puppies i would feel like such an irresponsible owner as im sure many will respond to in agreement, nut i am so paranoid about my dogs well being and never ever has something like this happened to me but i guess it only takes one time. 

Smartguy......get your dogs neutered and spayed. And find a place to live to build a proper containment system or leave them in the house, crated if you have to, until you can assure the dogs are safe. Sitasmom is correct, you might well have come home to two dead dogs. Worse yet, if you do not know when a female can get pregnant, you will end up with a different "hell of a surprise" one of these days.

 Well hodie i appreciate your advice however i dont think neutering and spaying my dogs is the answer. I think the answer is finding a way to ensure that this does  not happen ever again. I will be leaving them in the crate inside until i figure out what to do but thanks for your comment.

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so lets say that your female is in heat, what stops a fence jumper form servicing her????

teathering a dog is inhumane, crate them inside your house, or build a kennel..........

I would never leave a tethered dog unattended, EVER.  In an excited state, at the very least, they can get wrapped in the tether and cut off circulation to a leg, tail or neck.  In the BEST cast scenario, you'd have to amputate, and in a worst case, have a dead dog, or two.  Also, have no dogs at all if they got loose and bolted, with a tether.  At full run, if the tether gets wrapped on a tree, bush, car, etc., well, I don't think I need to elaborate further.  Hopefully, you have learned an important lesson and luckily, have uninjured dogs.  But, let this serve as a lesson to anyone thinking this is the proper way to leave dogs.  Tethers can be useful in the right situation, with supervision, NEVER when left alone for ANY period of time, serious injury and/or death can occur in seconds.