Kit and associated methods for confining a pet within a preselected area

A pet accommodation and confinement kit for comfortably confining the movement of a pet within a preselected area for a predetermined period of time, the kit comprising:

• a container;
• a pliable pad defining a pet pad contained within the container to overlie an exposed surface of the preselected area to thereby protect the surface from accidents and spills associated with the temporary confinement of a pet;
• and
• a pet anchoring apparatus contained within the container and having a weight greater than the pet to thereby restrain the movement of the pet within the preselected area by securing the pet thereto.

A pet accommodation and confinement kit for comfortably confining the movement of a pet within a preselected area for a predetermined period of time, the kit comprising:

• a container;
• a pet pad contained within the container;
• and
• a pet anchoring apparatus contained within the container, the pet anchoring apparatus comprising:
• a portable base having a bottom surface, a plurality of side wall surfaces connected to and extending upwardly from the bottom surface, top surface connected to the plurality of side wall surfaces and overlying the bottom surface, and an inner cavity enclosed between the bottom, top, and side surfaces of the base to intermittently receive, store, and discharge liquid and particulate matter to thereby increase and decrease the weight of the base as desired, and
• a flexible cord connector positioned on the top surface of the base.

A pet accommodation and confinement kit for comfortably confining the movement of a pet within a preselected area for a predetermined period of time, the kit comprising:

• a container;
• a pet pad contained within the container;
• and
• a pet anchoring apparatus contained within the container, the pet anchoring apparatus comprising:
• a first anchoring base member having a first preselected weight,
• a second anchoring base member having a second preselected weight, the second base member adapted to overlie the first base member such that the combination of the first and second anchoring base members define a stacked anchoring base having a weight that can be varied so as to restrain larger pets, and
• a cord connector connected to the base.

A method for securing and restraining the movement of a pet within a preselected area, the method comprising the steps of:

• selecting a location within a predetermined area, the location being the point at which the pet is to be secured, while taking into account the portion of the predetermined area in which the pet is to have freedom of movement;
• positioning an anchoring base at the chosen location, the base having a substantially solid bottom surface, a plurality of substantially solid side wall surfaces connected to and extending upwardly from the bottom, and a substantially solid top surface connected to the plurality of side wall surfaces and overlying the bottom surface, the plurality of side wall surfaces having a relatively low height and the top and bottom surfaces being relatively narrow such that the height of the surfaces in combination with the thicknesses of the bottom and top surface define a base having an accordingly low height, the plurality of side wall surfaces in combination defining a non-circular perimeter of the anchoring base, and the anchoring base having a weight greater than the pet to be attached thereto;
• adjusting the length of a restraining cord so that the length of the cord in relation to the chosen position when the cord is substantially fully extended reaches the perimeter of the portion of the predetermined area in which the pet is to have freedom of movement and connecting the cord to the anchoring base;
• and
• connecting the restraining cord to the pet.