[NAGDU] collar question

[Julie J.]

There are more sturdy split rings for sure.  Probably the heaviest are those 
actually made for keys, but any craft or hobby store will have a variety to 
choose from.  Or you could repurpose an old key ring. You can attach the 
split ring to the links on the actual chain of the collar.  Be sure to make 
sure you are far enough away from where the rings will slide when the collar 
is pulled tight.  Usually that's only a couple of inches from the end, so if 
you put the tags in the middle you should be fine.  It It is harder to get 
the split ring over the larger links of the chain, but once there you 
shouldn't have any problems.

Julie
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Emily K. Michael via NAGDU
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2016 10:19 AM
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Cc: Emily K. Michael
Subject: [NAGDU] collar question

Good morning, guide dog users!

I have a question about tags and collars. My pup wears a training collar 
(choke chain) and his ID tag and rabies tag are on a keyring attached to the 
dead ring of the collar. However, it seems that every so often, the keyring 
starts to separate and then it gets caught up in the training collar’s 
links, which speeds up the pulling apart of the keyring. Is there a better 
way to attach the ID tags to a training collar? A more durable keyring 
perhaps? Or is this just one of the drawbacks of the keyring mechanism?

Thanks,
Emily, with York
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