Another scary reminder to take collars off

[Deux]

We had that with our 2. The 6 month old got caught up in the 2 month old collar and could not release because the small one flipped and locked it on her jaw.

Oh and by the way, it was a breakaway collar that did not open up. No collar is safe.

[PipiK]

My old girls always wore collars, and there was never any trouble except for a few times when one of their tags became caught in the floor heating register grates. Luckily the grates pop out, so the only really bad thing that happened was that they got a bit of a scare.

When we got out two new girls, it just never occurred to me what worse things could happen. Granted, they do play with each other roughly sometimes, and they did love to grab each other's collars while doing so. Well...I'm so glad we took them to obedience school, because the trainer handed out lots of literature and one of the papers had to do with what awful things could happen if two dogs are playing and one gets a collar twisted around its lower jaw.

That very day we removed their collars and they haven't been on since, except for when we take them out in public, because their ID tags are on them. As soon as we get home, the collars come right back off again.

And for walking on a leash, we use a Martingale collar.

At first it was strange having dogs without collars (and not hearing the familiar tinkling sound, which I love) but we've gotten used to it.

[PipiK]

Originally Posted By: CKWe had that with our 2. The 6 month old got caught up in the 2 month old collar and could not release because the small one flipped and locked it on her jaw.

Oh and by the way, it was a breakaway collar that did not open up. No collar is safe.

Thank you so much for sharing this!

I had been thinking of maybe getting a couple of those breakaway collars, but now I won't.

[natalie559]

Originally Posted By: JeanKBBMMMAANIf someone can find all the collar threads and post them here

This one was the most recent and includes our story with Penny's picture,

http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...=4#Post1155217

Glad Denali was okay!

[natalie559]

Another one,

http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...309#Post948279

[mjbgsd]

Cody has been wearing his ID collar for 6 years and has never had an incident with it on. Isa is 4 years and has never had an incident. Though I might rethink this for when we're in the house.
I do want them to wear them in the crate when I leave though because they could get out or something could happen and they escape so I want them to have identification on.

[debbiebrown]

i am always telling my husband to make sure he takes Neka's prong collar off when they get done walking. i always forsee things that could happen, and i am always careful to take collars off. i have had thoughts of him forgetting to take it off and her getting it caught on something. things do and can happen. scarey!

debbie

Sami AKA Gino Von Rokanhaus
Neka Von Hena C
Toby Von Keiser

Lucy Von Kitty

[DSudd]

Crates are just as dangerous. Rocky got his collar caught between the bars on his crate (he has a lifestages). Dh was working with him on crate training at the time. Rocky does not wear his collar unless he is getting out of the car when are going somewhere or if we are walking. He knows if the collar comes out it is something special so he comes running.

As a puppy (11 weeks or so) before his crate, he managed to climb the baby gate, and get his tag stuck in the the vent. I came home from work and found the vent attached to his collar. Needless to say, he doesnt wear a collar unless absolutely necessary

[JeanKBBMMMAAN]

Merging some threads here.

[MtoCIH]

after reading this I just took all the collars off my dogs. I am headed out for the evening and it hit me, why must they have them on in their crates? (I am online waiting hubby to pull up so we leave lol) So off they go for the night....It took me back to a scary story.

We had pinch collars for a while, for training purposes. We no longer use them, they do just fine on their choke collars, but I could not get the pinch collars off and hubby was at work. Both dogs got hooked to eachother. I kept them calm, but they did get scratched up some. The kids and my mil, who lived with us at the time all freaked, which made keeping them calm harder. Dh came in and disconnected them...and we have not used those collars except in trying to desensitize Nash to cats (never has worked...btw)