Collars on or off at home?

[rannmiller]

Hey, just a fun poll to see how many people let their dogs run around "naked" at home and why or why not

[rannmiller]

I like to leave the collars off of my dogs, different reason for each dog.

Penny: she's getting a kink in her fur from the collar and it turns the white part of her neck gray, which is gross to me.

Milo: has always had a slightly bald neck, trying to get that fur to grow back and it seems to be working!

Peyton: her neck was starting to bald as well. Plus, who doesn't love a naked puppy?

[malluver1005]

Aspen is always nakie when he's at home.

BTW, a long time ago I started noticing a little grey around his neck. *YUCK*

[Ania's Mommy]

Ania is nekkid at home too! The collar messes up her fur! Plus, she knows that when the collar comes out, she's goin' out!

Richelle

[whiteleo]

My dogs are all naked at home because if I leave them on my boy dog Leo tries to choke all the girls!

[CorgiPaws]

Mine are all little nudists. Champ is too handsome to have a kink in his neck fur! same with Grissom. Annie never ever got used to hers and walks funky with one on if I don't take it off after our walk, and Chesney is just a nakie little puppy! Having multiple dogs, I don't like them playing, especially unattended, with collars on. I've seen too many daycare dogs get their mouths stuck, one even broke his jaw. Mine are all microchipped (AND properly registered with Avid or Home Again) so I just don't feel the need to keep ID tags on them. If they were found, they're obviously someone's pet and any vet or shelter can scan for a chip.

[spookychick13]

Jack always wears one because he is prone to wandering (and deaf).
Flip wears his on and off.

P.J. always has his on too, with a bell, because we want to know what he's doing at all times. ;) His collar is a breakaway though, of course.

[lilbabyvenus]

Mine always wear theirs, but just because if I take them off, they get upset and whine until I put them back on. They come off for baths, or to wash them once and while, but other than that, they always want to have them on lol

[chowder]

This is kind of funny. Shadey is my son's new rescue Boxer mix. He was 3 1/2 years old when they got him. They got him a beautiful new collar at a fancy boutique pet store and it has all his tags on it. The dog LOVES his collar so much, that if you take it off of him, he gets upset and will keep pushing his head at you until you snap his collar back on him! He was a yard dog with no belongings before they got him and he is so thrilled to be a house dog with actual possessions now that you can't even take his collar off of him! It reminds me of Lady and the Tramp when Tramp finally gets his own collar.

Rocky and Chelsy don't wear collars in the house. It mats down their hair and I can't stand the sound of tags jingling all the time. When Shade moves in with me in a month I am going to have to get used to the sound since there is no way I am getting his collar off of him!

[xxshaelxx]

I try to keep the collars and harnesses off of Amaya and Ryou when they're at home. They like to chew on them (Amaya's been through THREE!), and I can't count how many times Amaya has gotten her mouth stuck in them! I only leave them on when I get home for a walk and know I'm going out with them later, or if I forget to take them off of the dogs. Bad, bad mama! haha. They don't like their collars and harnesses, obviously.