Do Your Babies Wear Collar When Around the house

[vainchick5]

Originally Posted by kitty

All of my dogs wear collars and tags even in the house. If something happened and they got out then they would have id on them. I walk mine with a collar too. I have never had any problems.

Hopefully nothing ever does, but I would reconsider. It would only take a mere 2 minutes for that to happen. I would microchip them if you're concerned.

[Patti]

Harness only when going outside. Never a collar. Collappsed trachea killed my 6 1/2 year old Gracie.

[peanut's mom]

Peanut wears a collar all the time . She is a alil escape artist . So i like to keep track of her.

P.S. Welcome home Vivi it was great to meet a fellow yorkitalker. Sorry for ther poor weather.

[kitty]

Originally Posted by vainchick5

Hopefully nothing ever does, but I would reconsider. It would only take a mere 2 minutes for that to happen. I would microchip them if you're concerned.

My girls are microchipped but you wouldn't beleive how many places don't have a way to read microchips! I watch my dogs all the time. They are always with me.

[vainchick5]

Originally Posted by Patti

Harness only when going outside. Never a collar. Collappsed trachea killed my 6 1/2 year old Gracie.

I'm so sorry about Gracie This is why I don't get any colars for her. No matter who cute they are and how plain looking harnesses are, I will NEVER get her a colar. I've heard at least a dozen stories of yorkie deaths because of it.

[yougetthesmiles]

Kloey wears a collar all the time, but it's the kind that will snap in half if she gets caught on something, she has her ID tags on them and she wears a harness when we go for walks.

[Erin]

Loki always wears his collars and tags. We are required to display his rabies tag, and we take walks every day. Also, I want his nametag on him in case he ever gets off leash or out of the house.

When we walk in the neighborhood we use his easy walk harness. He is capable of walking nicely on a leash/collar but this way if he does pull, he doesn't choke himself.

[sandraj]

Holly has a couple of harnesses,which we always use for walks.She also has a collar with her ID on it which she wears at the same time and when in the garden,as she has escaped a couple of times.She doesn't wear the collar when home alone.

[megan_kat22]

Tripp has a collapsed trachea so both mine wear harnesses during the day. They are in their crate while we are gone so they cannot injure themselves, so they wear the harness all day and it is taken off at night so they are comfortable to sleep.

[Sadie's Mom]

Sadie always wears a collar. We have issues with her running from me...she'll never come. And while she's always on a harness outside, she has escaped out the front door before, so I refuse to take any chances. When I'm not home, she stays in the bathroom, and there is nothing that she can get her collar hung on, so I don't have to worry about that. And when I am home with her, she's always in the same room as me.

[LuvMySissy]

Sissy also wears a collar with her tag on it all the time. She is with me when I am at home and in a bathroom when I'm not as well. We use a harness when walking. I also worry about her getting out - she is really fast and finds ways to sqeeze through very tiny places!

[i_love_my_yorki]

Originally Posted by Erin

Loki always wears his collars and tags. We are required to display his rabies tag, and we take walks every day. Also, I want his nametag on him in case he ever gets off leash or out of the house.

When we walk in the neighborhood we use his easy walk harness. He is capable of walking nicely on a leash/collar but this way if he does pull, he doesn't choke himself.

Same here....If mine dont wear a collar,,,we can get a fine

My 2 have wore a collar from day (1)

I am looking to buy 2 harnesses but find it hard to find them...

[alaskayorkie]

My guys wear collars in the house but only to have a place to attach their tags. I stressed about it a lot when I got my first and even looked into those break-away cat collars that unsnap when they get caught on something. I finally decided it was more important to have a tag on him if he got out. You just can't predict when that's going to happen.

I use a harness for leash walks, though.

[YorkieGuru]

With their neck bones being so small, I never let him wear a collar in the house. To scared of it getting caught on something and him tugging and breaking his neck or even choking him. But he wears a harness on walks. And as soon as he sees me get into the closet to get it he goes crazy cause he knows that he is going for a walk.

[Kizzys Mom]

Kizzy has never had a collar on. I've never even bought her one. she has the step in harness she wears all day most of the time. when she goes out I either put a leash on her or I stay right with her till she wets or whatever. or at least 10 to 15 min. late at night I let her run out alone to tee but I always stand on the deck then call her and she comes right in the house. So I have her rabies tag and identification tag on her harness. I has two hooks that meet to hook her leash to. I have a tag on each hook. I dont have her name on her anywhere. I only let them put our last name, address phone # and vets name and phone # so if anyone ever does take her or find her they wont know what her name is to call her by. But I was told at the start, they need a harness and not a collar. I guess its just up to the individual what each one prefers. the trachea thing scares me too much to buy a collar.