Years ago I had two other dogs (also a standard poodle and mini poodle just as I have now). One evening my mini started yelping in the other room. As I ran in there I saw her hanging by her jaw on my standard's collar. In playing, as they always did, somehow she just got caught on it and couldn't get off and I am so glad I was home!!! I untangled her jaw and immediately took both collars off both dogs and was shaking so bad that I remember it to this day.

Nowadays Bella does not wear a collar in the house. I do put Ripley's on him every morning (I can't stand the jangling of his tags while I sleep ). The reason is that this little stinker has run off before and most likely even ran off from his previous owners as he was brought into the shelter as a stray. Since he is the smaller of the two I can't imagine Bella getting tangled up in his collar, being the larger dog. I am just always afraid that he might decide to take a walk right out the front door when someone comes in so I don't feel comfortable with him not wearing his collar. I just keep my fingers crossed when I'm not around.