Pets keep collars ON in the house?

The collars stay on when someone is home.
They get taken off when home alone and crated.

I think there's risk no matter which way you go. So you gotta know your dogs and choose the lesser of the risk to them. And then do a whole lot of praying that your choice works out.

I know with mine, I've always felt it was a greater risk to the leave the collars on them all the time. When Murph was younger, I witnessed him getting his collar caught and the panic that issued from him. If I hadn't been home, I've no doubt he would have strangled himself to death.

On the flip side, I've not really had escape issues that would make me panicky for them not to have their collars on if they got loose. Not too long ago, I was at my Mom's. All 3 were in the backyard, while I was in the house. One of us didn't latch the gate fully. I went outside to put my stuff in the car to head back home and realized the gate was open and no doggies were in the yard. I went running around the corner towards the front. And there calmly sat Oz and Gull at the back of my SUV making sure they didn't miss their ride home. Meanwhile, Murpher was busily peeing on every bush in sight, so he didn't even make it half way down the driveway.

So for me no collars on, unless we're away from home.

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All the Campbell Clan cats wear their collars and tags 24/365. They are microchipped as well....

Mine wear their collars pretty much 24/7. I take Sadie's off a night, because she sleeps in my room, and she has a tendancy to shake her head at night and the clanking of her tags is waaay annoying... Rita wears her 24/7, except for baths. With Rita, she is a major escapee... and I just don't want to risk anything. :)

Beanie, Chloe and Gracie wear their collars all the time. Tallon, the Aussie I'm raising only wears his collar when I am walking him on a leash.

Other.

Bull wears his collar 24/7 with a few exceptions. I usually take it off for a bath and put it back on after he's completely dry. Mom and Dad take it off every now and then when Duke gets a little too rough but I always put it back on. Duke will wear a collar but he usually doesn't have it on, just a harness when we go for a walk. Katie loves her collar and will wear it til it rots off her if we let her. Problem is Duke destroys every collar we put on her in the house so she's usually naked unless on a walk. We are back in a small town so everyone knows everyone else's animals around here so they can never get far.

Isis usually wears her collar 24/7 when we are living alone but since we are living with my parents she hasn't worn it so she can sneak around Duke. It's on for car rides and the few trips outside.

My two still have tags with our Columbia address on them. :eek: I need to get them new ones. :o

Their regular collars (nylon/lether) are on all the time..choke chains are taken off when I am not around.

In my apartment I don't have the collar on Bella Luna, but when we go out she has her collar on and also a harness. If we are at my parents house that collar stays on all the time.

I leave collars with identification on all the time.

Mine normally have their collars on all the time. It has their ID on it so if they ever get away then people know where to call. The cats don't wear any. I find they scratch them and they fray so it's pointless to bother.

Actually, I only have a dog, Tanner, and he wears a collar all the time, except when he gets his bath.