Hi Everyone!
I posted almost a year ago about a foster puppy I had- she is actually a Pomeranian, but this is the only active small breed forum I could find
She was born with a number of health issues and was initially only expected to live 4 months, and then a year. Happily, I ended up adopting her when she was around 7 months old and she is currently 15 months and still doing well!
The main point of this post:
Amongst other things, she has collapsing trachea and cranial subluxation. Due to these she is never ever walked on a collar (and knowing the breeds propensity for CT she never was- it seemed to be almost solely genetic in her case!) but I do like for her to have some form of ID on her.
The only collar I've been able to keep on her is a rolled leather one- her neck is often painfully sensitive from the cranial sublux so I like to have something that I can leave on her for long periods of time without her fur becoming matted.
Last week I had a good scare when I thought that she had somehow disappeared out of the fenced yard at night- turned out her sweater had become caught on a very low hanging twig in a bush (she is only 4 lbs) and this made me think really hard about how bad it could have been if her collar had become caught.
Does anyone have a decent solution or can reccomend a collar for the little things that won't mat fur, AND has some sort of breakaway or safety feature? Or anything that others have done? I am considering if just getting some iron on labels for her t-shirts would be another good suggestion?
Thoughts? Advice? She is my first tiny and longhaired dog (I am a lab person) so just totally inexperienced. Tried googling and came across some flat leather cat collars with an elastic feature but not sure if they would stretch enough to slip over her head and/or if they would cause matting.