so i finally had a free afternoon yesterday, weather was decent, figured id get on 40m and just ragchew a bit. fired up the rig and my SWR was all over the place, like 3:1 on frequencies that were totally fine last weekend. spent two hours checking connections, reseating the coax, even swapped out the feedline section near the balun and nothing changed. then i go inside and the dog had chewed through part of the coax run along the baseboard. just... classic. anyway got it patched up but now im second guessing whether i want to run LMR-400 through the whole shack or just accept that i need to dog-proof my setup better. anyone run their coax in conduit indoors or is that overkill

oh man the dog thing is real, my golden retriever got into my feedline twice before i wised up. i ended up running everything through cheap PVC conduit from the hardware store, the kind they sell for electrical, works fine and the dog completely ignores it now. bit of a pain to route through corners but honestly worth it. also keeps the wife happier because it looks cleaner than coax just laying on the floor lol

not overkill at all. conduit indoors is just smart if you have pets or kids tbh. i did the same thing after my cat decided my RG-8X was a chew toy. also if you ever need to replace the coax its way easier to just pull the new run through instead of rerouting everything