Does your dog wear a collar?

[RileyDC]

Originally Posted by Lou

I couldn't relay the whole horror of Adie's story I was too upset. Adie was completely limp by the time Dh got to the dogs. He couldn't get the two dogs apart. Skeeter's mouth was wide open and his top teeth were on top of her head and his bottom teeth were wedged in under her collar. Dh had to race and get scissors to cut her collar but couldn't get them under it - that's how tight it was. Plus Skeeter was going nuts trying to get loose. Dh had to pull the collar tighter to get the scissors to fit. When he finally got the collar cut Adie just collapsed. She ended up with punctures in the skin on top of her head and under her chin. She had an open fontenel and it was lucky Skeeter didn't puncture that! His little claws had scratched her face too. We are lucky her tracea didn't stick together either or no amount of rescue breaths would help.

To this day Dh will not talk about what happened. It was really horrible for him. I can only imagine how he felt holding that precious little body. So no, no collars.

OMG! That is Just HORRIBLE!!!!

[RileyDC]

I have a Google Voice number..... That number rings my cell. phone.... I can set it up to ring my office number also..... and if I don't answer and a voicemail is left, I get a message and a transcript of the message sent to me via text and to my email.

I have Riley's name and that google number on his Tag but I just ordered a new tag for him and put his name, that Google Voice number and my cell. phone number.

Google Voice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[KazzyK810]

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

Although they do happen collar accidents are pretty rare. What happens if your phone number changed?

Thankfully the one thing that has changed over the years is that you can keep your same phone number no matter the carrier....and it works internationally too

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by KazzyK810

Thankfully the one thing that has changed over the years is that you can keep your same phone number no matter the carrier....and it works internationally too

Where would they put it?

[Namor]

Interesting post. Deuce always wears his harness. It is very thin and lightweight. He has and ID tag on it so I can hear him and for ID purposes if he gets out- As if someone would return him. I've thought about micro chipping but haven't done it. I keep his rabies and license tags on my keyring for travel. If I put all of them on him he would be just tooooo noisey. I never even considered a colllar for him.

[Connie]

I don't use collars on any of my dogs. I have heard too many horror stories of dogs being strangulated by their collars, in one way or another. I have read stories right here on YT and also, if you google collar accidents in dogs, you will find lots. What happened to Lou's dog is quite common as are other collar accidents. A couple of years ago, Maddie was wearing a harness and took off after a squirrel. While running at full speed, her harness got hooked by a branch and she came to a sudden stop, crying something awful. She had sprained her neck. I remember the vet saying it was a good thing it wasn't a collar that got hooked to that branch.

[Yeska]

Yes all my babys were collars with a bell so i know where they at all times!!

[abbie's mom]

Originally Posted by concretegurl

No.
Never.
ID Tags on D-Ring of harness, and microchipped to boot

If I did use a collar on my dogs (which I won't) I'd use a cat break away collar.

....Ditto here! I haven't read all the replies; so forgive if I am repeating. Too much chance of tracheal break down with collars on delicate little necks.

[gracielove]

Everyone has to make their own decision about how to keep their babies safe. In my situation I had a little one that had endless curiosity about the outside world and would rush the door when she thought she could possibly get out. My other long haired dogs only wore collars when they went out because of the mess that collars made of the fur.

Most dogs wear collars with no problem. Gracie pays no attention to her collar and has never had a problem with it. I have it loose enough that she could pull it over her head if she got stuck on something. I don't have another dog that could pull on it. I think it would be something to consider if your dogs were energetic players that like to wrestle and mouth at each other. We all have to take our particular circumstances into consideration.

[Britster]

Originally Posted by abbie's mom

....Ditto here! I haven't read all the replies; so forgive if I am repeating. Too much chance of tracheal break down with collars on delicate little necks.

There is no tracheal damage if a leash is not attached to that collar.

Originally Posted by gracielove

Most dogs wear collars with no problem. Gracie pays no attention to her collar and has never had a problem with it. I have it loose enough that she could pull it over her head if she got stuck on something. I don't have another dog that could pull on it. I think it would be something to consider if your dogs were energetic players that like to wrestle and mouth at each other. We all have to take our particular circumstances into consideration.

Exactly.

[KazzyK810]

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

Where would they put it?

On the belly where there's very little hair, near the spay incision. I've seen dogs that have been tattooed there with a mark to show that they have been altered. Instead of a mark, how about a phone number?

[abbie's mom]

Originally Posted by Britster

There is no tracheal damage if a leash is not attached to that collar.

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Originally Posted by Connie

I don't use collars on any of my dogs. I have heard too many horror stories of dogs being strangulated by their collars, in one way or another. I have read stories right here on YT and also, if you google collar accidents in dogs, you will find lots. What happened to Lou's dog is quite common as are other collar accidents. A couple of years ago, Maddie was wearing a harness and took off after a squirrel. While running at full speed, her harness got hooked by a branch and she came to a sudden stop, crying something awful. She had sprained her neck. I remember the vet saying it was a good thing it wasn't a collar that got hooked to that branch.

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by KazzyK810

On the belly where there's very little hair, near the spay incision. I've seen dogs that have been tattooed there with a mark to show that they have been altered. Instead of a mark, how about a phone number?

hmmm never really thought about it

[cslat1]

I have always kept a collar with an ID tag on Calleigh. She is chipped, but if someone found her, my info and telephone number is right there. My concern is that some day she would run out when someone comes. I always watch her very carefully, but I'm a worry wart. I put a cat collar with a bell on her when she was a puppy. One afternoon the bell was gone. I looked all over the house and yard where we were walking. I was afraid she had swallowed it. I called the vet and she had to go in for an xray just in case. No more bell for us. She seems to really like her collar. After her bath she comes right over for me to put her collar back on. It's so funny.

[yorkietalkjilly]

I have a collar and harness I used for Tibbe, the harness for walks and the collar(has my 2 phone numbers printed on it) for trips out to the vet, etc. when he's only carried in my arms. When Jilly(3 lb., 6 years old at the time) was attacked by a 65 lb. Dalmatian during a walk, as he had her entire torso in his mouth, I had to help pull her from his jaws by the leash attached only to that collar as I was using a walking stick in the other hand to fight him off. At one point, she was swinging in the air suspended only by that collar around her tiny 6 1/2 inch neck when the big dog suddenly let go!!! I was so scared that it had broken her little neck or choked her in addition to her other many injuries! Thereafter, I used a walking harness. You never know when you might have to pull very, very hard or lift them up by the leash in an emergency to save their lives.

And then there was the time she got her lower jaw stuck in a collar. I had been gone from the room but for a moment when I found her going around in circles, fighting against the collar with both of her paws and clawing at her face desperately and she was totally panicked. She was gasping for breath - I guess from fear and panic. You'd think I would have learned from that experience but back in the early 90's here, before the Internet, I never could find a harness she couldn't get out of(being so tiny and so flexible) so I continued to use the collar for trips outside or visitors(when people come and go and she could slip out) until the dog attack. We then found a harness that fit her better though she still could get out of it but when we were walking I just watched her as closely as possible to be sure she didn't get a front leg through the front opening and get out that way. I did wonder what would have happened to little Jilly when she had her lower jaw stuck through that collar if I had run to the mall for a couple of hours rather than just walked from the room. I wonder if she would have died of heart failure or stress or something.