Abstract: The animal tether comprises an upright tube connected at an upper end to the end of a lateral tube. The apparatus is rotatably mounted on a base member upstanding shaft. Extending outwardly of the tubes a tether line together with a leash line is attached to an animal. The tether line is further engaged in reciprocal turns of line with a pair of pulley blocks which in response to, and animal movement shortens the distance between blocks. This in turn lifts a weighted body slidably disposed within the tube thereby applying tension on the animal leash line to prevent the leash line from entanglement.

Abstract: An animal tether comprising a base plate, a ground stake which extends through the base plate at about a 90.degree. angel, the upper end of the ground stake projecting beyond the upper surface of the base plate and the lower end of the stake adapted to project into the ground for positive engagement with the ground, an upright tubular member which cooperatively slides over the upper end of the ground stake so as to freely rotate around the stake, the tubular member having a bend or curve of about 5.degree. to 45.degree. relative to the ground stake, a flexible rod, the lower end of which is secured into the upper end of the tubular member, the upper end of the flexible rod being fitted with a guide for receiving a tether line, and a tether line, one end of which is secured to the tubular member and the other end is threaded through the guide and secured to the animal.