[NAGDU] collar question

[David]

My pup was trained with a Martingale collar which tightens like a choke 
chain, but cannot actually choke if it is sized correctly. I replaced 
the one my trainer used with similar collar.  I liked the nylon 
Martingale collar from Ruffwear.  Since a Martingale connects the two 
ends of the collar through a short chain, you can snap it like you do 
with a choke chain for a warning and you can jerk it for a serious 
correction, like walking in front of a moving car, without hurting your 
dog's throat.  The Ruffwear collar has tag rings built into it.

As other people have said, there are stronger split rings for keys.  I 
prefer the rectangular key keeper that has a barrel nut that screws into 
the keeper itself.  If you tighten it, there is little possibility of 
the tags being able to come off.  I find that carabiners that clip on 
easily also come off easily if they get twisted around.

David and Claire Rose in Clearwater, FL

On 5/14/2016 11:19 AM, Emily K. Michael via NAGDU wrote:
> 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?