OMG Lolly's collar got stuck!

[aly]

CRUD! I am SO glad I was home when this just happened. I heard some commotion under the bed but figured the cats were just playing like usual. Then a few minutes later I called Reece to take him outside since he wouldn't go out earlier in the rain. Usually when I call Reece, Lolly comes too (and vise versa), but she didn't come out from under the bed. I heard her whine and thought maybe a cat was trapping her so she couldn't get out. So I looked and she was struggling and trying to pull herself out, but her collar was stuck on some stuff that the cats pulled out from under the mattress thing!!!!!! ARGH, I'm never going to leave their collars on except when I take them out of the house!

Needless to say, Lolly was FREAKED. I took her collar off and got her out and gave her some treats and walked her. She's okay now.

[Logan]

Oh, Princess Lolly, what a scary experience!!!! I'm so glad your mom was there to help you!!!!

[ramanth]

How Scary! I'm glad you're okay Princess Lolly!

[CatMama78]

Oh scary! I'm so glad Lolly is ok.

They make break away collars, I think. That might be helpful for all your animals.

[ScoobyDoo-Doo]

I had a similar thing happen to my cat and my dog. I had to change collars on the cat to a different type. They have a kind that has elastic on it to break away from object. My cat got hers caught on branches and the window shades!!! However, leaving my animals WITHOUT collars is even worse. They look like stray animals if they ever got loose and can't catch them when they need a bath !
Scooby got his collar caught on a blanket that was on my couch. He isn't allowed to be on the couch. I found him when I got home hiding uder the bed. He was embarassed! He had this huge blanket dragging from his collar clasp!!! After I stopped laughing I set him free. Poor baby!

[Kfamr]

Poor Lolly!!


I'm glad my two can't fit under the bed. They always have their collars on and I only take them off when I give them baths.

[aly]

It was her tags that got tangled up. In fact, they're still tangled under the bed with the collar .. I couldn't even get it out!

Since my dogs are inside only and not door bolters, I am safe to leave their collars off at home.

[chocolatepuppy]

That's really scary.One time Mandys collar got caught in Laceys mouth while they were playing!It was her collar not the tags lodged in Laceys mouth (don't ask me how) But my first thot was to undo Mandys collar and when I did they were freed!
I always leave their collars on loose when they're at home.They're not together when we're not home so I don't have to worry about that.
My one cat Sassy is not wearing a collar now(which I hate) I wear safety collars on the cats but Sassy keeps putting her one leg thru it. This has happened twice so I don't know what else to do?

[guster girl]

That IS scary! I know I had a cat that got her bottom jaw stuck in her collar once. And, another time her front leg was all the way through it. That time was actually sorta funny, though, because she wasn't yelling or anything, but, the shadow she was casting in the bedroom at night was what freaked me out and made me check on what the heck it was! Glad Lolly's alright!

[Cookiebaker]

That sounds REALLY scary! Poor Lolly! Hugs and treats for her!

Reminds me of all the awful stories I have heard about choke collars. Gives me the willies

[chocolatepuppy]

guster girl I don't think it hurt Sassy much but what if she tried to jump on or off something And the worst part was try and get it off!Especially Sassy she's a beast!
And when my dogs got caught together they were trying to bite each other, I guess they were scared.

[guster girl]

Originally posted by chocolatepuppy
guster girl I don't think it hurt Sassy much but what if she tried to jump on or off something And the worst part was try and get it off!Especially Sassy she's a beast!
And when my dogs got caught together they were trying to bite each other, I guess they were scared.

It was easy to get the collar off of Vella, she wasn't an agressive or easily scared kitty when it came to people.

[Shelteez2]

I never have collars on my dogs, especially in the house.

My aunt's dog got her collar stuck on a drawer handle once. She panicked and pulled the drawer out of the dresser and it clunked behind her and she panicked more and drug it through the house. She was so scared she peed everywhere and emptied her anal glands.

I was also at a dog park once when I saw two dogs playing by grabing each other's necks etc. Well one dog got it's jaw stuck in the other's collar. It panicked and tried pulling away, but it couldn't get free. The other dog started to panic as well. It almost turned into a fight, but the owners were quick to help them get unstuck.

I don't think collars are necessary in the house, unless of course you have dogs that bolt out the door.

[Pam]

Originally posted by Shelteez2
Well one dog got it's jaw stuck in the other's collar. It panicked and tried pulling away, but it couldn't get free.

This EXACT same thing happened to me with two of my Rainbow Bridge dogs (Whitney, standard poodle and Ashley, mini poodle). Just like you, Aly, thankfully I was home at the time. I was in the kitchen and heard Ashley yelping. I came into the room to find her hanging by her jaw from Whitney's collar. I went weak in the knees but was able to free her immediately. Bella almost never wears a collar in the house any more. I was making both dogs (Bella and Ripley) wear them except at bedtime (I can't stand the tags jingling when I am trying to sleep ) but I recently remembered this past episode and pretty much keep Bella's collar off except when we are going somewhere. I don't trust Ripley, on the other hand, so he wears his except at bedtime. Bella does not play with him in any way that would cause the *jaw getting stuck problem,* and also he is the small one. I am so glad you were there for Lolly! There goes a year off your life!
LOL!

Once my sister-in-law's GSD got her collar caught on the lower dishwasher rack while she was loading it. The dog actually dragged the rack (full of dishes) into another room! Fortunately everyone was there and got a big laugh out of it.....everyone except the dog!

[binka_nugget]

How scary! I was just thinking about leaving Kai and Kaedyn's collars on all day but now I'm not so sure I want to. I guess we'll just have to work extra hard on our boundary training.