Hey everyone. I hate to just keep checking in like this. I just had to share my experience this morning though...what an eye-opener. I know we've had a lot of discussions/debate on wearing collars all the time or not, etc...but after today, I'm having new thoughts on my girls wearing their collars constantly. Especially when I'm not watching closely.

I woke up this morning with the two danes playing at the end of my bed...nothing unusual until I heard crying/whimpering and a little low growling involved. I clapped my hands and told them to knock it off...the weird part - Skye never moved away from Sahara like usual. The crying got louder. Ijumped to the end of my bed and to my horror, Skye's bottom jaws was STUCK in Sahara's collar. It seemed that she got her mouth in there and somehow flipped around so it was twisted tight. That meant that Skye's bottom jaw was being squeezed...and so was Sahara's neck. I raced around looking for something to cut the collar with since the pressure was so tight, I couldn't get the clasp to unlatch. I finally found a pair of scissors and tried to calm and reassure both of them while I cut frantically to free them without hurting either one!! Sahara was getting quite mad at Skye for not getting away from her and was growling a bit more, but I rescued both before anything got out of hand. Skye and Sahara were both fine...red lips for Skye and a little nervousness from Sahara...but what if I hadn't of been right there?!?!? They play outside most of the morning without me and it could have easily happened then...

I just wanted to share my experience with everyone. I'm in no way trying to sway anyone with collars one way or another. I would still feel more comfortable with them wearing one incase they escaped somehow...but I also don't want them hurt either?!?! It's a tough decision