[NAGDU] collar question

Sun May 15 17:31:46 UTC 2016

Caitlyn,

That's funny. I like the tag noise for echolocation and to know where my 
dog is. I also like bells, though I need to get some more soft sounding 
ones. They're forever falling off, and I only notice when I feel lilke 
I'm falling down a cliff because I can't hear the ground in front of my 
dog. /lol/ I got some tracking bells to try them out awhile ago, and 
they stay on the collar and don't break, so that's great for out of 
doors. I need some reasonable bells for Loki, though, for when he's 
working. I also like tags and bells on other dogs when they're around, 
so I know they're there. I just like knowing there are dogs around, I 
guess, so if they jingle, I am happy. /shrug/

When Zay, my husband's mutt was young, I used a martingale prong collar 
to slow her down and to keep my arms attached. I tried using it without 
removing her nylon martingale, but that didn't work, because she doesn't 
have a neck. I'm used to poodles with long, long necks like dobies have, 
so it took me awhile to figure out the problem. /lol/ She outgrew the 
martingale and is wearing a plain old flat collar now, but she does well 
at remembering loose leash, so it works. Her nose lengthened out just 
enough I can pop a GL on her if we're going on long walks, but it's now 
more of a just-in-case.

I was going to get Loki a Ruffwear collar with a special attachment for 
licenses and bells. While I was waiting for him to grow into the next 
size, a friend gave me a collar she'd never used, so that's what he's 
got. It's desert camo, and it looks good with his black harness. I had 
planned on blue for him, but camo and black is what we have. If he ever 
gets past his leash chomping stage (ha!), I'll be doing another Ruffwear 
buy and probably get him the Crag collar for daily wear and out of 
doors. Or not. We'll see. He just chomped another leash, but maybe that 
was a last blast, for old time's sake, and I can get one that isn't all 
stitched together and inches shorter than it's supposed to be. I want a 
nice leather collar and leash to match when I get his leather guide 
harness, but, well... I guess the leash will be very nice and classy 
until the first chance he has to get his teeth on it.

Tami

On 05/15/2016 04:10 AM, Caitlyn Furness via NAGDU wrote:
> Just another vote for the double collar method here.. Maggie wears a leather martingale with her tags on it around the house and to go outside for potty breaks.  For work, she wears a prong collar, which doesn’t interfere with the martingale at all.  I also have a tag silencer on her tags so they don’t make noise.  Tag noise drives me crazy!
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> Cait
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>> On May 14, 2016, at 1:07 PM, Jody Ianuzzi via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> I do the same thing. Walker's tags are on a nylon collar with his name on it. His training collar is on his leash which I slip over his head when we go for a walk.  That way he has his tags on him all the time.  And I don't have to worry about the training collar getting caught on anything
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>> "There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes."  DOCTOR WHO (Tom Baker)
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>>> On May 14, 2016, at 12:03 PM, Sonja O via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Would you consider a light and thin tag collar?
>>> My boy chief has a nice leather one and it carries his tag. The leash and collar I'm using are separate.
>>> The benefit is that whenever I take the collar off, the tag collar just stays on.
>>>
>>> Ella's Lead (Facebook and webpage) has really cute ones and you can pick the width.
>>>
>>> The one I have is from Paco Collars and less than half and inch.
>>> I love it :)
>>>
>>> Hope that helps, sonja and chief
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>> On May 14, 2016, at 8:20 AM, Emily K. Michael via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>>> 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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