Does your dog wear a collar in the house?

[ComedyDevil]

Do your dogs wear their collars when they're indoors?

[ComedyDevil]

Mine don't. A few months after we got Toby, he got his collar caught on the door of his crate. We managed to untangle him pretty quickly, but he was terrified afterwards and wouldn't even go near his crate

Since then I've heard a lot of horror stories about dogs wearing collars indoors, including a friend of my Dads, who's dog got it's collar caught on the stair rail whilst it's owner was out, and hung itself struggling to get free

They only wear their collars when they go out, or when I'm in a situation where I think I'll need to grab hold of them (if someone comes to visit who doesn't like dogs, etc.)

The only thing that worries me is if they manage to get loose not wearing their tags, but the chance of that is pretty slim (they'd have to get through two doors and two sets of gates, and even then I doubt they'd go further than the end of the driveway without permission) and they're all microchipped, and all of my neighbours know who they are and who they belong to, so I'd rather take that risk

[DogLover9501]

Piddle & Wiggles never wear collars.

Jasper wears his sometimes, not usually indoors, and never when we aren't home.

[binka_nugget]

Nope. They're trained to not go out the front door unless someone says it's okay first. Also, Kai's terrified of cars and wouldn't get any further than the stairs.

I do put a collar on (and tags) when we go to someone else's house or when someone comes over though. Our family is really careful about checking to see if the dogs are around when we open the door but I know others might not be as careful.

[KYS]

Sheba never wears a collar unless I am walking her.
(she has a bad disk)
Rocky wears his collar all the time now.

I know collars can be dangerous, especially if
you have multiple dogs and they rough house etc.
When sheba and rocky were younger, I took
off their collars when I wasn't home for safety reasons.

(but collars/tags are also great for id)

[Miranda_Rae]

Depends on the day. If I remember to put her collar on I do, but when she goes in her kennel I take it off. It also depends on how good she is. If she is being naughty I like it on because I can grab it when I need to.

[MariaM]

This is assuming Major could come in the house...

I'm not sure if I'd put a collar on him or not. If someone asked me before I heard about the dangers, then I would have said yes. I think he would wear a collar in the house at all times, But, if he were in the house, he'd have somebody near him. If he was in a crate, I'd take it off.

[dogs_4_me]

Emma doesn't around the house, she is really good about not leaving the front door. When we go for a walk she always wears it though.

Moco almost always has his on. We have to be so careful with him, he would be the door in an instant if we let him out.

[Kfamr]

Yes, all three of them do.
They're all trained to wait at the door, but I'm too paranoid something's going to happen.
The only time they come off is if they're getting a bath.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

No, they don't usually wear them inside.

They're both trained to wait by the door and not go out to the front unless I, or someone else, says it's okay.

They do wear their collars and tags when we go for walks, go to the dog park, when we're not home, etc.

[sammy101]

Yes!! all the time.I cant stand it when Kodies not wearing a collar.i only take it off when i take him for walks,or when he's having a bath.

[lute]

i leave Beanie's coller and tags on all the time. just incase soemthing happends.

[Shelteez2]

My dogs don't wear collars in the house and they very rarely wear them out of the house. In fact I usually can't find the darn things.

[molucass]

Originally posted by Kfamr
Yes, all three of them do.
The only time they come off is if they're getting a bath.

Same here!


But, Molly and Bandit both try to run out the door as soon as its opened, so I like to have their collars on them so I can grab their collar when someone is coming in the house, or going out.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

They don't usually wear them inside, but lately Charlie has been wearing his in the house.