Try checking in dogs at a grooming salon all day.

It may be different where you are at....but you don't need to be registered just to get a tag. Nebo has several tags...I had a tag on him from the day I brought him home, and he only had that one for several months. You can go to most pet supplies stores as well as Wal-mart type stores and make tags with your name, phone number, address, etc. on it. That is probably the most important tag to have, because it would be the easiest for someone to contact you with if he became lost. I also have a microchip tag, rabies tag, and a city license. The city license just has my city and some numbers on it, no real contact info for the owner.

Nebo does have a distinct line around his neck from his collar, but I keep it on him at all times.....we have a fenced yard also, but there's always a chance of a dog escaping.

I have noticed that collars do slip of shelties easily. Also, collars on dogs with thick fur cause the fur around the neck to mat...of course, if people would actually BRUSH their dogs, including taking the collar off to brush around the neck... That's not directed to anyone here, I've brushed out 3 shelties the past two weeks as well as several other dogs that were horribly matted, especially around the neck, and that is not easy to do.

Anyway, since I'm blabbering on here...I think the halti may be a good idea. Nebo HATES it, but I think most dogs do well on it. I'm curious to know what this is supposed to mean.

i dont like the halti thoough expessally for herding breeds, because herding dogs only have control of there head, as soon as you take that away imagin how the dog feels? they have nothing.