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Originally Posted by FidoTheYorkie  Just curious, arent you scared to loose them on a walk or something if you use those break-away collars? I only use them on my cat not Fido my dog, cause he runs away if he accidentaly gets loose, whats the point on having break-away collars on small dogs? I was looking for a collar in some store for Fido the other day and I couldnt find anything that would fit him that didnt have break-away thing :P
Here over in iceland you can not get a break-away collar for a dog, only a cat collar and nothing more who breaks if pulled, dogs here just use regular collars but the yorkies here are full of health, no proplems in the breed at all, I know all the breeders here but no one has gone through that theyr dog had a collapsed trachea  just wondering about this, i think this has nothing to do with what kind of collar you use.
Sorry my english is bad. |
Breakaway collars are used because usually they are only used to hold tags or look nice. The leash is never attached to the collar so there is no worry about loosing them due to a breakaway. Harnesses are used for the actual leash/walking purposes.
Breakaways are safer/easier on their throats than normal collars. If they ever got their collars caught on something (e.g. brush, a crate, a fence, a wire, etc.), the breakaway would just snap open instead of the collar getting caught, the dog struggling, and causing a collapsed trachea from trauma.
I hope this helps! I thought your English was very good!