Re: collars

2003-07-11 Thread ali8
When I showed up with Chelsea at our first puppy class (3.5 mos old), she was wearing her harness. It's a harness she wears in the car so she can be buckled in to the seat belt, but you can also attach it to a leash for walks. The instructor said that when walking/training her, a buckle collar

Re: collars

2003-07-11 Thread Annes4
In a message dated 07/11/2003 2:49:50 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Was he right? My experience over the years is that there is far LESS control with a harness than a collar as the dog can throw its entire weight into the chest strap. That's one of the reasons

RE: Collars for Berners

2003-06-08 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi, All collars have the potential to injure the dog and so do head halter type collars. The answer is in teaching your dog to focus on you and let the dog know what is expected of him. How many times I see people hauling their dog around with the dog gagging and the human straining on the other

Re: Collars for Berners

2003-06-08 Thread Margareta Strand
Hi, But there are always two - one in each end of the leash. I am a human being and I hope I sometimes is a little bit more educated than the dog when it comes to intellectual thinking. I am the one who can decide not to be a strength in one end causing my dog a damage. We are many, also many on

Re: Collars for Berners

2003-06-07 Thread ManchasNberners
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RE: Collars

2003-03-01 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi, A friend used to breed field trial beagles and when these dogs are running the bunny in trial they wear ID collars. These look like the old style ID bracelets with an engraved plate and the flat link chain are fastened tightly around the beagles neck to avoid getting tangled in the brush. They

RE: Collars -- Tag requirements

2003-02-28 Thread Nancy Melone
In my region of the world, we are required to have lic tags on our dogs whenever they are outside (including in our yards). The authorities can come on to your property to check and the fine is something you would notice. In our house, we do a lot of collar on and collar off maneauvers. The

Re: Collars on Dogs

2003-02-28 Thread Lucy Yogi
as the tags get caught in the vent while he sleeps and then when he wakes he'll have the vent grill hanging off his neck Been there, done that - got bonked on the head with the floor register. Cessi hooked herself into the register (wintertime though - hogging the heat?) and being relatively

Re: Collars

2003-02-27 Thread Annes4
You will hear many opinions on the collar on/collar off situation. I now always keep a flat, buckle collar on all my dogs with their tag ID's. In past years, twice I had dogs escape the fenced yard and neither time did the dog have on any ID although all had been tatooed (before microchips

Re: Collars

2003-02-27 Thread Annes4
In a message dated 02/27/2003 11:24:36 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess if these are not available for dogs, The collars that are made with the plastic clip type fastener do function as a break away collar. We had it happen with my Cavalier when his leash got