[nana911]

Mine think they are jewelry also. They only have them off for baths. They think they are nekkid without their collars and tags. I use chattiesmom's halters for walking, but for collars, just plain old walmart small dog collars. I've been putting collars on animals for 40yrs and have never had a problem with one getting caught or strangling, etc... I have them fairly tight, I can run two fingers all around between their neck and the collar and I check this absent mindedly everytime I pet them. It would be almost impossible for it to catch on anything as there isn't enough room.

Thank god you found your furkids. I believe in having collars/tags on 24/7. Even at night. If there were a fire and everyone had to get out, wouldn't have time to get the collars on. I thrive on paranoia. I'd probably live longer if I loosened up a bit...LOL

The city I work for is unique. All strays have to go through the police dept in order to get to the shelter. Shelter will not accept them unless an officer brings it in or a dispatcher has seen the animal and assigned it an incident number. That way when one is called in as missing we can check back and see if someone turned a match in. Good system. We have our own no kill shelter and for a city with a population of something around 10,000 it is a system that is still working.