Pets keep collars ON in the house?

[critter crazy]

Lil just wears a flea collar all the time.it doesnt seem to be working either.she has collars (and a harness i think) when we take her out.

I wouldnt put a Flea collar on my animals. They dont work, and can cause your pet to get Ill.

[lvpets2002]

Yes my cats indoors all wear collars & tags.. Also the dogs outside have collars & tags..

[chocolatepuppy]

My dogs have their collars on all the time. (The puppy's comes off when he is in his crate.) All three of my dogs wear quick release collars that you can unsnap with one hand. My two youngest dogs are microchipped.
My cat Missy wears a breakaway collar but Sassy doesn't wear one because she kept getting it wrapped around her front leg, so I gave up.

[Taz_Zoee]

Up until about a week ago Zoee did not wear hers regularly. I am a light sleeper so it was always off at night. But I could not count on Bruce putting it on her in the morning for when she goes outside throughout the day. I came home too many times to find her outside, him not home and she did not have her collar on.
So last week I ordered a quiet spot tag cover thing. Now her collar is on 90% of the time. I take it off right before I go to bed and Bruce puts it on (I hang it on the door handle of the door he lets her out of) first thing in the morning. But if I forget to take it off at night, its ok because its quiet.

OH, Taz doesn't (and never has) worn a collar. But he did model a collar with a pet charm years ago when my SIL had an online Italian Charm business. It didn't seem to bother him at all. Of course it was only on him for all of 5 minutes.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Brody (cat) and Archie (dog) keep their collars on all the time. Tobey (other dog) only has his on when we go out because Archie chews them off!

[KYS]

When I had more than one dog, I did not leave collars on them unless
we were out in public. (for safety reasons since they would grab each
other necks when playing)
When I have one dog, collar stays on 24 hours around the clock. : )

[Pam]

Edwina wears a necklace or ruff only when attending a cocktail event or going on a special date.

I hope Edwina has a designated driver should she over-indulge.

I forgot to answer on behalf of my cats. They don't wear collars because they don't own collars. They have never been outside except in their carriers to go to the vet's. When the door is opened they run away from it. They would never run outside. They are way too scared of the outside world.

[ramanth]

Voted Other. The dogs and cats have collars and pretty much wear them 24/7. However, Logan broke his a year ago and I haven't replaced it.

And sometimes we'll take the dogs collars off at night or during movies.

[Jessika]

I have their collars on 24/7 for the dogs. Our cat doesn't like to keep it on... but I put it on as much as I find it after he gets it off.

I do it for a number of reasons: first and most importantly is because we are living with my in-laws for the time being and I do not have control over who opens the door, how it's left open, nor can I expect them to keep an eye on my dogs at all times. They have a business and part of it is run from the garage and they go in and out all the time, so chances of a door being left open just a hair or them sneaking out is high.

Secondly, Charlie is so skittish sometimes if he is freaking out because of a lot of commotion and the door opens, he sees it as an exit and will run out and has done it before. Usually when this happens someone sees him and I'm able to get him back inside, but on the off-chance that I'm not home or someone isn't home that he trusts I want to be prepared at all times in case he does get loose.

And thirdly - since there are a lot of people here going in and out, doors haven't always been closed properly and my dogs have got loose before. In fact during Jamie's last heat (and last forever!!) the door was left open just enough for her to shove her nose in and get outside, and Charlie followed. Charlie stuck to the house, but Jamie was gone for hours. Scariest night of my life.


Even if I get them micro-chipped (which I am), they will still always wear their collars because you just never know when they might get loose and by having a collar on tells people by glance that it isn't a stray dog, and instead of a neighbor picking him up and having to go through the trouble of bringing him to the vet and getting scanned for a microchip, they can just call me and save a lot of time.

[crazyboutanimals]

well, I TRY TO keep them on 24/7 however, Cinni, our little princess LOVES to try to take Thunder's collar off .. i guess it is her way of saying that SHE does not like the color he has on... .. the only reason i know she did it is because came home and thunder's Collar was off and in the backyard chewed up ... then, a few days later we caught the little princess in the act when she was tugging on thunder's collar .... sooo, i guess you could say they stay on, unless Cinni does not Approve of the collar.

[BC_MoM]

Mickey and Molly only wear their collars when we go for walks. I don't have them on when we just go outside to play, and they are never on in the house.

The only one who has a collar on 24/7 is Jersey, because she ran away in December and had no collar or tags on.

[IRescue452]

Mine wear collars 90% of the time. Occasionally I'll forget to put one on Autumn after grooming and she'll run around naked for the day. Then I realize it after puting her out to the bathroom. She doesn't get leashed in the backyard so a collar is a must. The cats wear collars but none of the current three have tags yet.

[Rachel]

Mine wear their collars all the time. They don't play wrestle or anything like that so I don't have a problem with these two, but Tucker will occasionally get his caught on one of the scatter rugs. With my previous dogs I did have one occasion, like Pam, where there was a more serious snag between the two. Accidently getting out is probably the more likely thing to happen in my house, hence the collar wearing. Both T & H are also microchipped.

[dab_20]

I leave the dogs collars on all the time except when they are in their kennels. Sammy's collar got caught on the kennel as a puppy and he almost strangled himself to death. I'm never going to risk that again.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

My 4 cats keep their collar on all the time. They all love to go outside and visit the neighbourhood . There is a little heartshaped medal with their name and our telephone #.