Terrible Advice Tuesdays: Using Your Tank To Control Your Dog
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: Tying your dog to your tank works great because the tank weighs so much.
The rest of the story: Before you write this post off because you think I made it up, I didn’t. A client of mine told me he uses one of the legs of the stand for his tank as a hitching post for his dog. After briefly explaining to him why this was a bad idea, he stopped doing it and agreed to let me write this post.
Let’s put this into perspective first. If your dog Fluffy weighs under 10 lbs and your tank is over 100g, and your stand is well built, Fluffy likely isn’t going to pull over your tank. If you had a pico tank, Fluffy could pull the tank over.
If your 120 lb Bullmastiff named Butch is tied to your tank’s stand, it won’t take much for Butch to pull over your tank. Especially if you have Butch tied to one of the vertical legs on your steel aquarium stand.
Regardless of your dog’s weight or the quality of your tank’s stand, aquariums on a stand are top heavy. Applying a lateral force on a stand that is not only top heavy, but also designed to deal with compressive forces isn’t a good idea.
Browse the Store! Questions?
why would anyone in their right mind want to tie their dog to an aquarium? Maybe instead of tying the dog up and going to buy new coral they should try dog obedience classes
Eeek!
What about putting 2 pico tanks on a one piece of ply & having a 2 by 4 as a connecting member, then me nephew could use the a weight lifting tools. It would be more fun to look at while pumping iron or pumping fish tanks rather. keep em coming Mark, priceless
Empty the tank and put fluffy inside the tank! Lol I had a cat that used to mess with my fish and at the time I had a nice sized trigger, I always wondered who would win that fight? 😉
The bigger question here is why would a dog be tied up indoors?!? Very strange.
Wow! That is real horrible advise…not from Mark, but the aforementioned advise. Bad for the dog, the fish…and your house!
I’m surprised you didn’t spew your iced tea to-go!! Happy Trails!!
Wow… this is very weird and im speechless…
Having a panic attack thinking of this! I couldn’t imagine coming home to my tank on the floor because of this!
HEY MARK GLAD YOU TOLD HIM ON TIME I STILL DONT KNOW WHY HE HAD TO WAIT FOR U TO TELL EM BUT YEA …0_O. HAVE A GOOD ONE…
Oh my god! What if he pulled the tank over and it landed on top of the little ankle biter??
Another good save for the clients! Great job Mark, I’m sure the said client will be thanking you in the future for this save.