I think the area one and the dog two have alot to do with what you do..
I've used the chain bullring around spike method and the cable method for different dogs. Turk is used to being free and despises the chain he will pull it tight and bark until your tired 48hours later .. LOL.. So I have him on the cable line about 70 feet with a about 6ft of lead to zip up and down which works great no snags on rocks and where on the ground is minimal.. My dogs generally pull to hard for cables and Im out of money consistantly replacing worn parts so they dont break.. If your dog is always pulling keeping the chain tight the cable method will either help it by giving it running room or you will go through the parts and cable; LOL hahaha that sucks.. Some of my dogs just required the chain and axel the kennel didnt help until I went large!
Turk is free half the time and on the cable the rest..
My new yard will have a dog barn (shed built on a tandem axle trailer 16ft by 8ft) modified So I can lock down my slides and use the hole thing for hunting or for traveling to shows later as I get into that.. I thought of it years ago but you can get the idea from ..
Tumbleweed Tiny House Company.. The kennel or yard will be 40ft by 60ft with individual kennels making the back 40ft face. The dog barn parked at the back of those with modified doggie doors and internally built dog houses in the barn seperated of course but good material for our winters easy to heat and keep water from freezing in winter and cool in the summer although I use a pool in the yard area... Think of a horse corral and Im building that modified for game dogs. This is what I built on a small scale to see how it workd and it did wonders.. I even got my dogs to be cool with each other dogwhisperer style, so I used it for years.. So now Im going to capitalize on that method and make it that much more secure for the dogs and my own piece of mind. As you know when they get restless and times are busy with work, school, kids, life.. dont have the time to work the dogs and so kennel accident acure .. this method works best for me up here in the mtns of North Idaho. I forgot to add I put raised expanded steel between the kennels so that if and when they try to get at eachother throught the fence they hit that expanded steel which is a great barrier without restricting air flow if your dogs can look at each other or they are hurting themselves then diamond plate sheets are the only way to go, I also put goat wire on top of the kennels and old trampeline mats I gather for covers, they drain better than tarps and shade better too as they provide air flow..
alot of good ideas.. I like OFK cable system, why I used it for Turk he likes his freedom.. Hoagie is like my old Jocko dogs in aspect of they are chain dogs the drive doesnt stop and they live to get loose.. SO I have Hoagie inside in house crate mode with Laika, my Laika and he will go out later this summer when my yard is done..