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My dog on his chain

konneroakes

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One time last year the anchor for the chain I attach my dog's chain to broke. To keep my dog from running away we attached the chain to a heavy metal ladder. What we didn't consider was my dog weighs upward of 100 lbs. My dog produced a large enough force to drag the heavy ladder across the ground. Friction made it difficult for my dog to drag the ladder because to initiate the movement of the ladder my dog had to break the force of static friction to move the ladder. As my dog kept moving the force required to pull the ladder reduced because there was no longer static friction, it was then kinetic friction which is less forceful. A neighbor later came to the door and asked, "Is that your dog with the ladder on it?"

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