[fourdez]

I never, ever put a collar on them.. I have known and heard of quite a few little dogs getting the collar caught and choke to death.

A neighbor of mine had a little teacup poodle.. She had a collar on him all the time, the dog used to love to hide under the bed, so she thought nothing of it when she didn't see the dog for a while, she knew he was in his favorite place, under the bed, sleeping.

After a while, when it had been a long time of her calling him and he not come, she went to take a look. She found him...his collar had become entangled in the (I don't know what its called) the piece of metal that keeps the bed frame together... It has a screw so you can adjust the tension.. anyway, his collar..somehow.. caught on the top part of the screw. Even though the collar was NOT tight and he should have been able to manuver his head out of it, he must have panic and struggled with it and choked.

Even here at YT... there was a member here, a few years ago, who while on vacation to a beach house, left her dog in an x-pen while she went down to the beach , upon her return, she found her baby dangling from the top of the pen. His collar became caught and he choked to death.. I can't remember her name just now, but I'm sure someone here will remember... She was a very active member but I don't think she posts anymore...

I never put a collar on them ...ever... I have microchipped them.