What type of collar?
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Every collar is going to cause mats once they get longer than an inch or two of hair.  My OES only wear collars when they go places. Otherwise nothing. I prefer martingale (or limited slip) collars. They go on loose, but tighten up if the dog pulls so it doesn't slip over their heads. Very safe, yet comfortable for the dog. The basset rescue I volunteer with places every dog with a martingale - d/t their loose skin, regular collars go right over bassets heads. And if you have a regular one on tight, they get skin issues (hot spots, etc) from no air getting in. All my regular hair dogs (rat terrier, lab, coonhound, basset) wear collars all the time, and they all wear martingale collars. |
Bloo only wears his collar when out I take it off when in the house. He has to have a buckle collar because he pulls and the snap on ones well...they snap  I used to leave his collar on all the time until it started matting really bad around his neck I think all collars matt but thr nylon slip leads (I believe) ar the worst as they just clump it all together I made that mistake and couldn't get the thing off him... |
| We also only collar when going out. But if there is even a chance your dog can get out without you and get lost, a collar is important to keep on all the time with your info on it. We use a few different typs of training collars - depending what we are doing and where we are going. Most training collars are not meant to remain on indoors. For inside I would use a rolled leather that can't get caught on anything. |
| Is it safe to leave a martingale on all the time? When we had our first sheepy we used a fine metal chain that stayed on all the time.Now we are told only the leather or nylon buckle type are safe to leave on. We never had any problems with the cain except a "dirty" neck!!x |
Sprox's mum wrote: Is it safe to leave a martingale on all the time? When we had our first sheepy we used a fine metal chain that stayed on all the time.Now we are told only the leather or nylon buckle type are safe to leave on. We never had any problems with the cain except a "dirty" neck!!x Yes - my other dogs leave theirs' on all the time. As long as they are correctly fitted (so they will tighten to a safe point where they can't slip over the dog's head, but not to choke them), they are very safe. |
| Ditto on the martingale collar. It's all we use for Benson. And she only wears it when we are out. In the house she stays "au naturale." We made sure we had her microchipped on the off chance that she gets outside without us. We are exceptionally careful, but you never know when a random squirrel is going to become just too irresistible. |
Sprox's mum wrote: Is it safe to leave a martingale on all the time? When we had our first sheepy we used a fine metal chain that stayed on all the time.Now we are told only the leather or nylon buckle type are safe to leave on. We never had any problems with the cain except a "dirty" neck!!x Quite honestly, no collar is safe to leave on. I won't even let mine play wearing collars. There are horror stories. Mind you, they're rare, but they've made me paranoid. Plus I've had dogs get snagged during play. Even older dogs can suddenly get the collar snagged on something and panic and it might not be pretty. I use snap collars for trained dogs/dogs not in show coat, which has twice saved me because I could get in there and easily unsnap them. BUT, I too prefer the martingales for iffy dogs - my rescue never goes anywhere without one; snap collars can fail, and both they and buckle collars can slip over a dog's head under the right circumstances. Makes it doubly important, as already mentioned, to microchip the dog. Kristine |
Kristine wrote: Quite honestly, no collar is safe to leave on. I won't even let mine play wearing collars. There are horror stories. Mind you, they're rare, but they've made me paranoid. Kristine I agree with Kristine. My Old English enjoy the naked life. A collar goes with a leash and a human. Even so, I have a healthy collection of them--enough dogs over enough years with different learning styles and head/neck sizes. |
| I am using the Martingale when we go out now and to be honest Sprocket seems to respond to it much better than the leather collar. I think it is the noise the chain makes as it starts to tighten and he instantly slows to loosen it. Today on our walk we got attacked by another dog,luckily there were 2 very big workmen nearby who took control and saved the day-me and Sprocket from what could have been very nasty.x |
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