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Post by caz2golden on Nov 11, 2018 20:39:01 GMT
This post has been doing the rounds on facebook.
This dog sadly died due to dogs getting caught up in each others collars.
What are peoples opinions on dogs and leaving collars on them.
Should all collars on market be breakaway ones?
Have to admit as house I am in front door is straight onto a street mine have collars on so that they can be easily grabbed if needed! Years ago I had front garden and was on a cul-d-sac so then I used to only put collars on when going out.
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Post by tonib on Nov 11, 2018 23:51:41 GMT
This is a difficult, especially with the UK's legislation on dogs & collars & tags. We have breakaway collars on all our cats as they could easily get caught on branches etc. or get a leg caught in the collar This is the nature of cats & that's why breakaway collars are the recommended variety for them. However sad the story is, the owner now says she's an ambassador for a particular brand of collars as the "only safe" breakaway collar. How does that work if a dog pulls when on the lead & if the breakaway works could the dog then be classed as in a public place without an id tag? One of the previous article you posted recently caz2golden (at least I think it was you) was about the fine that a woman from Derby (?) when their dog escaped through an unexpectedly open gate, it would have been much worse if it hadn't got its collar on. Not much help as to what should be done but more a case of me typing through the arguments
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Post by Gillykat on Nov 12, 2018 11:46:36 GMT
OMG what a horrible thing to come home to Many years ago, when we had littermate Jack Russells, we never had collars on when they were at home....simply because the little horrors would lie next to each other and chew them off! I'm trying to remember if I kept Tina Whippet's collar on when she was home alone I don't think I did because with her long graceful neck I was always paranoid about her getting it caught on something
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Post by alfiemummy on Nov 14, 2018 0:40:55 GMT
Alfie has his collar on all the time except for when he has a bath - never been a cause for concern. Yes these kinds of freak accidents can happen and are tragic but I think it would be quite unlikely with just the one dog in the house, and not a particularly lively one at that. The only time I would take a collar off a dog would be if I was to put it in a crate, but Alfie doesn't have one - but then saying that, I don't take his collar off when he's in the van cages which are basically the same as a crate! I'm far more worried about him escaping without having his collar on, which is the reason he wears it 24/7
I don't think ALL collars should be breakaway ones, but proper breakaway collars should be available if people want to buy one - I don't think they exist for dogs? I can only think of ones that allow the owner to unfasten them quickly.
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Post by orpheous87 on Nov 17, 2018 23:04:30 GMT
Our three have collars on all the time, even when they're in their crates. But, due to the way they are, we've never been concerned about them getting caught or anything. They don't play with each other in a way that could lead to them getting caught on each other's collars and when they're in their crates, they've got plenty of room so that they're not in danger of getting caught on the cage either.
I might think differently if they were the wrestling type though!
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