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Chaining a dog up reduces the size of its territory and makes the dog feel trapped and threatened when it is approached. A chained dog will be more likely to behave aggressively because it feels its back is to the wall. I really hate to see dogs chained.

this is my hard time with chained dogs... I used to have to. I know it sounds bad but think this side... It was for 8 hours a day the rest of the time they either ran the yard or were indoors. Only when I left the house were they chained and I did it for their protection since they would chew up our privacy fence get out and run amuck in the busy streets where we lived. So with much angst began chaining them 4 days a week while I was at work. True I don't think it smart to try to mess with a dog that is chained but there was also a 6 ft privacy fence that surrounded them... if anyone was in the yard where they would be able to bite them they probably deserved it. (of course barring repairmen in which they were not near the electric or phone box)