Jackson wears tags pretty much 24/7 on his collar... except bath time. They are stainless steel tags. We have 3 acres of land, backing up to 90 acres of farmland (that leads to a neighborhood thru the woods) and I would want him to be tagged if he ever got away. He's gotten out a few times and never went far but it still puts me in panic mode (one of those times, his collar was not on) and I was freaking out. I know if animal control were to pick up a dog without a collar, it would end up in the shelter faster.
I remember as a child growing up in a neighborhood, we often had loose dogs running around. We probably returned over 10 dogs in a span of a few years back to their owners because their tags were on.
Jackson is also well trained and I will let him off leash on our 3 acres occasionally, but you just never know. I also have a name tag with my number on his harness (which he only wears out to parks, etc) just in case a collar were to come off, etc. We have a back-up. Plus he's microchipped. |