A national nonprofit group put itself in the doghouse Sunday.
Members chained themselves up at the State Capitol.
The organization, Dogs Deserve Better, organized a nationwide protest to raise awareness about the cruelty of chaining dogs 24 hours a day.
Volunteers said they now know what it feels like to be a dog chained up for long periods of time.
"People just walk by you and they ignore you. It's like you don't even exist and I can only imagine how a chained dog in a back yard feels," protester Cheryl Kaminski said.
The group is in its sixth year of protesting the chaining of animals. Texas is one of two states that set time limits on chaining.
The group said the City of Austin does well by banning the practice altogether.
