I do agree with everything you said and have to believe that her project is aimed at people who are "irresponsibly" chaining...which I interpret as a dog who spends its entire life chained to a tree My RB dog Sydney spent the first 15 months of her life chained to a tree. When the SPCA finally seized her, she was a terrified, non socialized pup. We adopted her the day before she was to be euthanized. With a lot of TLC and companionship from my RB Stryker, she flouished and lived a long happy life as a velcro dog .