As hermits we have limited space and more often than not the animals that I have tethered to a pole for taming block something. A doorway, crops, stockpiles, equipment... they have such a knack at it that you'd swear they're doing it deliberately to get back at you for catching them.
I'd rope them and move them and tether them again if it wasn't that, afaik, when you do that it resets the countdown timer for that taming stage, so that is then just not an option.