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10-21-2014, 07:40 AM
Tying 200 lb. goats to a stake in the ground is my speciality! Cuzco lived on a tether for about four years. I found that the corkscrew style stakes were completely worthless. Not only were they hard to get in the ground, but they pulled right out with minimal effort.
The kind I used most was the third one down on the page TOU posted. Here it is on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Boss-Pet-Prestige-...001F0RQEW/
Mine got bent after a while, but it saw a fair bit of use before it needed to be scrapped. It's also not impossible for a large goat to pull out of the ground. I had to keep an eye on mine to make sure Cuzco hadn't worked it loose, and if it started to wiggle free I relocated it. He managed to pull it out on a couple of occasions, but that's not bad for the amount of time he spent tethered to it.
The best kind of stake is this one: http://www.amazon.com/Failsafe-Products-...B000HI3CKU
Once you pound that thing in the ground, your goat isn't going anywhere. The drawbacks are that it's heavy and that it's hard to get out of the ground without a t-post puller. For camping trips it's probably overkill. Cuzco was on a 30-foot tether, so he could work up a lot of momentum before he ran out of chain. On a shorter rope the dome style stake should be plenty sufficient.
The kind I used most was the third one down on the page TOU posted. Here it is on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Boss-Pet-Prestige-...001F0RQEW/
Mine got bent after a while, but it saw a fair bit of use before it needed to be scrapped. It's also not impossible for a large goat to pull out of the ground. I had to keep an eye on mine to make sure Cuzco hadn't worked it loose, and if it started to wiggle free I relocated it. He managed to pull it out on a couple of occasions, but that's not bad for the amount of time he spent tethered to it.
The best kind of stake is this one: http://www.amazon.com/Failsafe-Products-...B000HI3CKU
Once you pound that thing in the ground, your goat isn't going anywhere. The drawbacks are that it's heavy and that it's hard to get out of the ground without a t-post puller. For camping trips it's probably overkill. Cuzco was on a 30-foot tether, so he could work up a lot of momentum before he ran out of chain. On a shorter rope the dome style stake should be plenty sufficient.