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A collar, tags, and crate danger reminder

Boxergirl

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Last night I heard some quiet noises coming from the living room. It sounded like someone was quietly getting into something. Maybe. Nothing loud. Nothing dramatic or worrisome. I got up just to check. Roy has an XL airline crate with the door off that he likes to sleep in. He also really likes to wear his collar. I peeked in and he was sitting up leaning heavily toward one side of the crate and kind of shaking. I thought he had a tummy ache, which is pretty common for him. He gets acid reflux at night. I reached in and the bone shaped tag on his collar had slipped between the top slats on the side and then gotten turned around so he couldn't get out. He was choking. Quietly, almost silently, choking. If I had already been asleep I would never have heard him. His collar is a quick release, so I released him and he was fine. I know a lot of people don't have their dogs in collars in the house, but my guys like them and they're always supervised when they have them on so they'll continue to wear them. I'll be buying breakaway collars for house wear.
 

TylerDurden

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Thanks for the reminder. That‘s definitely a situation I have always been afraid of, which is why we have the "no collar inside the house" rule. I couldn‘t even tell if Bane likes his collar or not, but I would say he doesn‘t care either way, so limiting it to outside use only has worked well.
 

Jakesmum

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That would've been so scary. Jake always wore his collar which was always a breakaway collar, luckily we never had an issue. I will be keeping this in mind for any future pups that we may have.
 

Zeela

Well-Known Member
Last night I heard some quiet noises coming from the living room. It sounded like someone was quietly getting into something. Maybe. Nothing loud. Nothing dramatic or worrisome. I got up just to check. Roy has an XL airline crate with the door off that he likes to sleep in. He also really likes to wear his collar. I peeked in and he was sitting up leaning heavily toward one side of the crate and kind of shaking. I thought he had a tummy ache, which is pretty common for him. He gets acid reflux at night. I reached in and the bone shaped tag on his collar had slipped between the top slats on the side and then gotten turned around so he couldn't get out. He was choking. Quietly, almost silently, choking. If I had already been asleep I would never have heard him. His collar is a quick release, so I released him and he was fine. I know a lot of people don't have their dogs in collars in the house, but my guys like them and they're always supervised when they have them on so they'll continue to wear them. I'll be buying breakaway collars for house wear.
woah! Zeela does not wear a collar in the house. I think dog owners really need to pay attention to collars, I run into so many dogs with collars on that are too tight, the 2 finger rule is what I was taught. Glad Roy is fine.
 

DennasMom

Well-Known Member
SCARY!
So glad you went down to check on him. Parental-telepathy is certainly a Good Thing!

Denna goes "naked" as much as possible... her collars make her neck itch if they're on too long too often.