Collar Warning - Personal Experience

[wolfsoul]

That exact same thing happened to some people I know. They were upstairs, and heard the dogs playing downstairs. The next thing they knew, there was some growling. When they went downstairs, they saw that Cayenne's tooth was caught on Cutter's collar, and it twisted the collar tight. When they cut the collar off, Cutter was dead -- they had to revive him.

Visa only wears her collar when she is supervised or outside. I worry about the gate unlatching and her getting out, so I always put it on her before she goes outside, just incase. She has a tattoo, but it's on her belly so someone might not see it, and she isn't microchipped because they don't check for microchips here. Collars are the best way to identify a dog here.

I'm glad that neither dog was hurt badly.

[areias]

Our dogs wear collars only while going somewhere. Sometimes after a bath they all wear their handsome/pretty collars, but that's about it. It's a big risk. They are all microchipped. I had an incident with my old husky mix once...I was at a carnival/town get together thing (with food, boothes, live music) and someone had let a young child hold there overexcited German Shepherd..he got loose and rushed over to pick a fight with my guy, and somehow in the scuffle his collar actually clicked into my dogs leash-the clip was not the kind you pull down, its the kind that pushed in, and they were stuck together until the owners were able to come over and help (I sure didn't want to reach down and all over a strange GSD). Everyone was ok but it was kind of scary.

[AllAmericanPUP]

for those who dont like their dogs to wear collars...what about harnesses? you can attach ID tags and what not to harnesses...