Abstract: An animal restraint and/or tethering device is composed of a metal rod with one end being pointed to allow easy insertion into the ground, and the other end having a flat metal disk affixed transversely to it. The rod also has one conventional nut affixed around the rod slightly below the disk. Both the disk and the nut are welded in place. The device has two metal chain-like links, one encircling the metal rod below the disk and above the nut, and the other interlinked to the first link but not encircling the rod. Both links are loose so as to rotate freely around the rod. This allows any standard lead or leash loop handle to be received through the loose link and looped over the disk and around the rod and be held in place by the disk and link members.