...it was common to tie a rope from house to barn in order to avoid being permanently lost.
I just purchased a 17" giant screw thingy with a handle that gets screwed into the ground and attached a 30' cable to it because Rocksus sometimes runs off to the park next door and barks at people and scares them. I placed the screw 30' from the house so that Rocksus has a good 60' radius.
Weird thing...
I tried it out this afternoon to let him go pee, and he came right back to the door to be let in. He's never, ever done that before. I usually have to beg him and cajole him to come back into the house.
