[nagdu] collar owie

[Wayne Merritt]

A 15 year old black Lab, wow. Great going Echo!

Wayne

On 1/22/10, Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net> wrote:
> 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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