[nagdu] collar owie

[Linda Gwizdak]

Tracy, what kind of collar are you using on Echo? Is it chain? Is Echo a 
Golden or have long hair?

Some of the pet suppliers like J&J Dog Supplies or JB Wholesalers sell a 
nylon buckle collar that has a padded lining.  Try one of these. Another 
collar that may work is a nylon choke collar.  Or a nylon martingale collar. 
Having your dog without the collar and tags would present a problem if She 
got out.  A friend lost her guide dog and it was found a few days later by 
someone who saw the tattoo in her ear.  There was a newsstory on TV about 
the dog and the tattoo in the ear.  Dog and owner were finally reunited.

When I had a German shepherd that needed lots of leash corrections, I found 
that the collar rubbed the hair off the side of her neck but there was no 
abraision.

HTH,

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 7:14 AM
Subject: [nagdu] collar owie


> Last night I discovered that Echo's collar had rubbed through her fur and
> had been rubbing on her skin.  Poor girl!  Now she has a couple big
> callouses or owies.  They don't seem to bother her, but I've put some
> Neosporin on them, just in case.  And she's running around naked, which
> made her a little worried last night, but she's adjusted today.  I'm only
> putting a collar on her when she has to go out.
> I feel bad that I didn't catch this sooner.  I brush her every day, but I
> must have failed to move her collar around for a few days, or something.
> I wonder if old dog fur is thinner?  It's certainly oilier, in Echo's
> case.
> Poor old gal!
> Tracy
>
>
>
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