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--- Begin Message --- Hello- I am new to the list. We do dog rescue and have a beautiful female GP. I have a very sad story that happened to me about two weeks ago, involving collars and which has changed our perception with wearing them. We also had a Belgium Malinois pup that came about the same time as our GP pup as a rescue. Very smart and energetic pup. My husband took him to puppy school and they learned to time him out by submissive obedience, drop and roll. Most of you are probably familiar with this, where you grasp the collar pull to the puppy/dog to the ground and place the puppy/dog on their back until they are calm. I usually buy the plastic snap collars for the very reason they are sold cheaply...when enough pressure is applied they break apart. This pup was the accept ion, he had a beautiful buckle leather collar.
As I was feeding my sheland sheep, my dogs (4 of them) were doing their usually running and playing thru the back yard. Some how my oldest dog grab the pups collar (which was tight enough to let only two fingers under) the pup went down and twisted. I saw all this happen but was not sure what the problem was and came running across the yard. The collar was caught under the jaw of my oldest dog and behind the canine teeth. I could not slip it out and by the time I found something to cut off the collar it was too late. I have never watched an animal die before and be so helpless. We are a little different with the raising of animals, because we are on a farm and we are not showing animals.
I raise fiber animal sheep llamas and goats. I have taken off all collars, except when we are training (and all my goats wore collars because it is better to grab collars than horns). Collars can cause fiber damage matting. breakage but it usually is minimal and does grow back. For most of my animals the signal of a collar and lead means treats and attention and they come running. My goats do ride in the car and go for hikes also. Karen Sigler
Benjamin Farms, Utah


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