Around your house 6/20/07

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

It can shadow a sunny day if your dog keeps getting into trouble in the yard, tipping over his bowl or tangling his chain. Solutions are easy. First, to keep bowls from tipping over outdoors, use angel-food cake pans, putting the raised center hole over a stake in the ground. Second, when a pup runs around in circles, over and over, a simple pivoting tether can solve the problem. Remove the wheel of a plate-type ball-bearing caster by cutting the axle with a hacksaw. Drive a 4-by-4 post firmly into the ground and screw the plate onto it. Use a bolt the size of the axle, through one side of the caster and a link in the chain, and secure it with a nut on the other side. It'll keep him running free -- and no crying from the yard.

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