Collars on or off at home?

[DestaRR]

I didn't make the leather ones but I did make the beaded ones. I can put something together for you if you like =)

[luvMyBRT]

Thanks for the offer!
I am sure I could make some myself as I don't have any extra funds right now...(I would want to pay you).

We have a craft store near where we live. What kind of beads do you use? The only thing I am worried about is that our BRT pup is pretty ruff...do you think a necklace would hold up to him and his ruff housing? If not, I may wait until he's a bit older.....

[DestaRR]

I just used regular beads you can get at the craft store. Went through what I had here and put it together. I strung several strands (whatever fits through the beads) of hefty wire to make it strong. You could use use fishing line that's for bigger fish like Salmon or Sturgeon.

[sassymaxmom]

Okay I lied. My dogs don't wear collars in the house usually but both dogs ordinarily wear necklaces. Sassy wears a raw amber necklace that is supposed to repel fleas and ticks but really looks perfect with her amber colored fur and is supposed to be a healing stone as well. Max broke his hematite necklace I made for heart health and of course it looks outstanding with his shiny black fur.

I hate the dents in the fur around the neck regular collars leave and neither dog has ever run off in 16 and 9 years so I take the chance. Sassy kept getting red sore spots on her old dog neck wrinkles from even super loose collars.

But right now all dogs are wearing their Lupine martingale walking collars for emergency control because Artie is new to the household.

#6 bead string will break with the greatest of ease. Since I knotted between each bead few are lost but I have to restring the thing every time it breaks. Maybe I will use a flimsy split ring next time, good idea.

[northdog]

Nika wears her collar because she is an outdoor dog and just in case someone leaves the gate open. However, she likes to swim in the river when I take her for walks, so when she's wet, I leave her collar off until she is dry again. She has long fur and its cool at night - esp. in fall.

[NWhaley220]

Diesel generally doesn't wear one in the house, sometimes I'll leave it on and when I take it off he gets a little fussy, but I like to keep it off so when he hears the jingle of his tags or the bump of my door knob he gets really really excited cause he knows he's either going some where or going to do obedience work..

[Paws&Tails]

Spike goes naked most of the time. When he goes outside he has to have his harness on and is put on a leash that's fifty feet (yard isn't fenced). He only wears his collar when we go places. He gets all hyper when I pull it out because he knows it means we're going somewhere and he loves car rides.
When my dad or sister get home from work and he's outside he hops in the car and sits there wagging his tail looking at us like "Okay! Where are we going today?!"

[V Crane]

My retriever was always scratching there, anyways, so we take the collar off at home for comfort.

[deb9017]

Ghosty wears his collar all the time except when we get ready to go to bed we take it off. Sometimes he is restless during the night and wanders, and when he does his tags make noise and wake us up. But any time he goes outside he wears it, even though he is microchipped.

[Rebecca]

My Finnigan LOVES to be 'nakedy'
and I love him that way!
( plus its hot with the collar on, and 'dents' his pretty fur- and I figure I wouldn't want to be in a collar all the time either- I know Anthropomorphism)

Lastly he has no chance of getting out.