|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
11-07-2005, 06:50 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: pennsylvania
Posts: 77
| Beware the heat vent! This morning I heard all this noise and screaming from poor Bandit and my 2 other yorkies start barking at the top of their lungs and I hear metal banging.I run to see whats going on ,I find the heat vent about 10' from the hole .The only thing i can figure is Bandit has a bone charm on his collar and he layed his head down on the heat vent and it dangled down and turned sideways.When he went to get up he jerked the heat vent with him.thank god he didnt fall into it.He loves the blow dryer but I didn't know he was laying on the heat vents.What if I wasn't home?I wanted to let everyone know so they could beware.P.S.Bandit was okay just shaken a little. |
Welcome Guest! | |
11-07-2005, 06:51 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Charlotte
Posts: 2,836
| Poor thing!! Thanks for the heads up!!!! Glad he is OK!!!
__________________ |
11-07-2005, 06:59 AM | #3 |
Luv My Spoiled Babies Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,065
| Thanks for the heads up. Mac and Mellie love to lay in front of the heat duct.
__________________ Susan Mac Mellie & Manny Until we meet again at Rainbow Bridge |
11-07-2005, 07:14 AM | #4 |
My Yorkie is my life Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 1,187
| poor babies, I am glad that no one got hurt!
__________________ Toni & Dollar http://www.dogster.com/pet_page.php?i=212581 |
11-07-2005, 07:50 AM | #5 |
Donating YT 9000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: North Carolina :)
Posts: 10,616
| So glad he's OK!!! Reall glad you were home!!! Thanks for the warning!!!!
__________________ Friends are God's way of apologizing for our relatives. "Love & Support Our YT Members" Gina & Princess Member of the SSLS |
11-07-2005, 07:59 AM | #6 |
YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 299
| Aww, I bet he was scared. I have been thinking about that and now that I've read your story, I think I am going to purchase some of those plastic covers or something.
__________________ Sarah and Josh Lucy and Ella |
11-07-2005, 08:21 AM | #7 |
YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Virginia
Posts: 266
| My Laila is sooooooo deathly afraid of heat vents! They are like the devil to her. It is the only thing in the house she is really really scared of. If her bones or toys are w/in about 2 feet of a vent she will cry and cry till you go get it for her. She won't be getting anywhere close to those scarey vents! haha! She is such a woss... ohhh... scarey vents.
__________________ Love my Little Laila! |
11-07-2005, 08:46 AM | #8 |
YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Connecticut
Posts: 397
| Thank you for the warning! So scary how quickly something bad could potentially happen! I am glad everyone was ok!!
__________________ Jen Deb and Maya |
11-07-2005, 09:24 AM | #9 |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
Posts: 21,173
| Glad he is OK. This isn't the first time this has happened. It is, however, a very good reason not to leave collars and harnesses on them when they are home.
__________________ Karen Kacee Muffin 1991-2005 Rest in Peace My Little Angel |
11-07-2005, 09:35 AM | #10 | |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: pennsylvania
Posts: 77
| collars Quote:
| |
11-07-2005, 09:47 AM | #11 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: California
Posts: 2,260
| That must be really scary. Good to know he is doing better. |
11-07-2005, 09:50 AM | #12 |
YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Virginia
Posts: 266
| I had a LOT of problems with collars and Laila. When I first got her she was fine w/ her collar... few days later I found her in her pen w/ the collar wrapped around her like a patrol belt. I was so freaked I swore I would never use one again. They I decided it might just be that the collar was too loose. I ordered a very very tiny collar with her name on it and spent $30+ on this little thing. I go to put it on her... looks great. Go to put something on the counter and I hear this piercing scream. It was Laila!! She had gotten her little mouth into the collar that was soooo tiny (never would of thought she could do that!) and she couldn't get it out. She was screaming like she was having a heart attack! I was so scared that I ran for the scissors while my mom is frantic screaming "cut it off cut it off." It was the most aweful experience I have had to date w/ Laila, 10 months. So I ran and cut it off and massaged her jaw for a little bit. It was horrible, and we were all shaken! My expensive leather collar was then thrown in the trash, and I have never tried again. They are so small they can wiggle into anything! Laila could have broken her jaw or worse had I not been around. I now use a harness ONLY, but at all times. I have bought a ton of ID tags, one for each harnass and I leave them on her all the time. I only take it off when she is sleeping. There is not so much worry w/ a harness, and Laila seems to find it more comfortable. I've seen lots of Yorkie's w/ collars, but I guess it just isn't for us. Please be careful if you are 'training' a Yorkie to wear a collar! Keep a close eye on them!
__________________ Love my Little Laila! |
11-07-2005, 10:26 AM | #13 |
BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 8,246
| This is quite common as someone posted and is a good reason to avoid the bone shaped tags in particular and any dangling tags at all. I leave a break\away cat collar with a flat ID tag attaced flat on the collar, not dangling to my yorkies at all times. They also make bendable rubber tags so they collapse if they get into anything and pull on them. When we leave the house they wear harnesses too. Mine are microchipped as well since I want every possible ID in case they did get lost or stolen. I am so glad you were home and Bandit was okay. |
Bookmarks |
|
|
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart