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Thanks for all your responses, after reading all your replays I got my baby a thin safety fast release cat collar, so I put it on him and it fitted snugly , I took extra time making sure the fit was good. Once on I let my baby down to play and watched him, he was fine playing with his toys but then after half an hour he sat down and he tried to fiddle with the collar so I wiggled his toys to take his mind off it. I kept him with me all morning so I could watch him and the collar and everything seemed fine BUT I left him down to play in the kitchen while I was baking and OMG he had managed to push his front paw through the collar and was making cloaking noises the quick release didn't open until I grabbed him and released it:eek::eek::eek:
He is fine :animal36 but I'm now not sure about collars

You want a breakaway collar if you want it to release when there is pressure on it. A quick release buckel is a buckle you have to push to make it open.

Oh here in the UK I guess we call breakaway collars quick release, the collar I got was a safety one that was supposed to release/open if pressure was on it. Are there different types of breakaway collars that I don't know of or have I just lost the plot :eek:

I would try some of the cheaper cat ones but try them before you buy them.

I do have a cat collar on Gracie. She has bells on it and her tags. When she was younger she used to rush the door and got out a few times. It scared me badly because she would run just as fast as she could up our access road up toward the main road. I have no idea why she always went that way but I realized that if she survived crossing the road that even though she was chipped it would take a long time for someone who may find her to get her back to me.

It is important to make sure the collar fits properly and that the pup can't get the collar caught in it's mouth. Check it regularly, especially with a growing puppy.

They sell bells that have no holes in them that come in various colors if you want one. I have found that I can find her much easier when she is off getting into trouble with the bells on.

She is now trained not to go near the door when we open it unless she has her leash on but I keep the collar on her because when I am not home people come and go. If someone gets careless she at least still has her ID on.

If you have an extremely active puppy or if the pup is in a crate at night it is usually best to take the collar off when unattended.

The cat collars open much easier than those intended for dogs. They are meant for if a cat is out and gets the collar caught on a branch or bush. When they pull the collar pops right off. That is best for your little dog.