[nagdu] collar owie

[Tracy Carcione]

Echo was wearing her old chain collar.  I bought her a pretty red nylon
collar a while back, but it seemed to squash her fur, so I went back to
the chain.  Once her neck seems healed up, I will put the nylon collar on
her.  It is much lighter than the chain.
Echo is a very old black lab.  I think the problem happened maybe because
her old dog fur isn't as strong as it used to be.
I'm a little worried about her extra-oily fur under the collar, but we'll
see how that goes.

I don't think that I will have Echo chipped.  She will be 15 in April.  I
don't want to do anything that might even possibly compromise her health,
and that includes introducing a foreign body into her body.  I know it
didn't hurt Ben, but he is young and strong, and Echo isn't.

I've never had a dog as old as Echo, so these old dog problems are new to me.

Tracy

> 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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