I posted this message on the other message board I use and I noticed in your pic's of Penny, she is wearing a collar. I recently found out first hand why you shouldn't keep a collar on any dog 24/7. George and Grace were playing under my desk chair, George somehow got his rabies tag caught in a slot in the chair. He got scared and pulled, strangling himself. I had gotten up to get coffee and when I came back to the room, I saw him stuck and he couldn't breathe. I held him so that he couldn't struggle and he could breathe. I screamed for my son's, it took several minutes for us to remove the collar. He was ok, bruised neck the vet said, but scared me to death! :cussing:
Grace was already micro-chipped, George was micro-chipped the same day. No more collars around home. Collars are for outings only. :doah:
It took another 15 minutes to free the tag from the chair. If I had not been home, he would have died a horrible death. :crybaby2:
I found a web site http://keepsafecollar.com/index.cfm they sell break away collars to prevent something like that from happening. :apls:
Micro-chipping is also a good idea, if they ever should escape! I have posted this everywhere I can to hopefully prevent another dog from having this problem! :grin:
Yes that is exactly the type of collar Penny wears. I do have to tell you though thtat she does remove it herself sometimes. :doah: :laughing1:
all my animals wear break away collars.. i also learned the hard way about collars luckly my boy did not get hurt..
i really need a break away wedding ring
Glad to here that you know about that hazzard! I used to use breakaway halters on my horses years ago, don't have any now, I should have thought of that! It was so scary seeing George like that! I really felt responsible, this is something I should have known better about! But all is well here, just wanted to let everyone know the info! :thumb: Maybe help someone from going throught something terrible!
I really love those smileys here, they make you grin! Very nice to meet you! Dottie
That is horrible, but I am glad he is alright :icon_compress: Like my husband said (Drew) Penny wears a breakaway collar, but sometime she gets it off herself. She stays in our bakyard while we are at work and I want to make sure if she got out by some strange reason that people would be able to contact us. Thanks for the information and for getting the posting rolling :grin: I think that the smilies are so fun too!
My doglets only wear colors with tags if we go somewhere that requires them. A friend of mine ordered my kids nylon colors with their name and phone number embroidered on. They wear these all the time - and they are very thin and very light. Scary scary that their tags can get caught :mblah05:
Holy Cow!!! I didn't know about the collar dangers... I'm going to rush home after work and take it off my baby.. He's micro chipped too!! Thanks everyone for the heads up :meme: