Does your dog have his collar on at all times?

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No because when it rubs against their skin they lose their hair in that area, so their collar is only on when it is needed.

[cali]

my moms 3 always wear collars, Happy and Misty only always where collars now, and only because they are very fancy martingales and they look to good to take off!

[Flatcoatluver]

T.j always wears his, Zoey wears it unless we are at agility shows or class.

[lv4dogs]

No way. Mine only wear collars when they are needed &/or supervised.

Nanook was laying on the floor once years ago when his tags became stuck in the heat vent register cover. He panicked & almost injured himself trying to free himself. Thank god I was there to untangle him. Imagine if it had happened when I was not home & the heat was on?

I've also heard of other horror stories. Granted they are kind of "freak" accidents but still if I have the chance to lessen any accident than I will do so.

[Jessika]

YES, always, even the cat! Because we just moved to a new place where I don't know, nor trust, a lot of people yet. Not only that but Charlie is VERY skittish and prone to bolting when the door is open if there is a lot of commotion going on. Not only that, but if I am EVER out walking him and for whatever reason he gets spooked and bolts, chances of him coming back even to me are pretty slim. I am so scared of one of mine running off. Charlie mostly. But Jamie is so friendly, she will walk up to ANYONE, and that scares me too.

[.sarah]

Yes, for the most part. I take them off when we go to the dog park to avoid getting them dirty, but I put on a cheaper collar without tags in case I need to grab them. I take them off when I put them in a crate to avoid the tags getting stuck. And every night one of the girls sleeps with my parents and they take off the collar to avoid the jingling of the tags. They are with me at all times if we are home or gone somewhere together, so if the tags get caught then I am right there to untangle them. Nova and Luka got caught together once when playing, but other than that they haven't gotten caught on anything.

[Chilli]

Yes AND No.
Frisk has never worn a collar constantly, mainly because the pug in him makes his neck big, so collars come off extremely easy.
Ethan, yes. We signed a contract when we adopted him, and one of the requirements to adopt him is that we have to have a collar on him at all times with his i.d. tag on it.
I voted yes, though, eventhough Frisk rarely wears one.

[binka_nugget]

Yes. I trust my dogs not to run out the door but to put it bluntly, I live with a bunch of idiots. It doesn't matter how mad I get or how often I remind my mom, she still continues to let Kai wander around our front yard unleashed. I trust that they won't bolt out the door.. but once outside, I don't trust them at all. They both have fears that no amount of obedience training will control. So until I move out, they'll have their collars and tags on 24/7.

[wolfsoul]

No, I don't like how it makes her neck look bald lol. She isn't prone to running off and in the case that she did, she'd never let anyone go near her anyways. She is tattooed.

[Misty_Pearl]

No; only when leaving the house or going outside the fenced area. I used to have it on them at all times but was having hair loss problems where the harness rubbed, so they only wear them when necessary.

[lute]

yes and no.

Beanie keeps his on 24/7. Gracie gets hers taken off when she comes in the house. i keep it off so it doesn't rub off the hairs on her neck.

[luvofallhorses]

YES! unless I am giving them a bath..

[shihtzulover850]

No she doesn't like it and it jingles couse it has I.D. and her rabies tag on it so it's not something she always has

[bckrazy]

No, I don't. I also like seeing them without collars, when they're hanging out in the house it's kind of pointless to have a collar on. They also don't wear collars while playing frisbee/ball/flyball, because the tags are a hazard and I don't want feet to get caught when they're playing... they do wear harnesses, though.