Were going to pet smart later today, and we plan on getting an id tag for our new 6 month old sheltie puppy. Right now she isn't wearing a collar, so we are keeping a close eye on her. But I'm sure that someday she will get loose. At least until she is trained to have a solid recall. We already have a loop collar for leash walking, should she have a normal collar just for ID? Eventually we will microchip her as well. What collar do you recommend?
Collar question
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my girls haven't liked collars from day one...they grew fast in the neck so I wasn't gonna invest in a good one until they stopped growing. Kaleigh now has a rounded leather one that she doesn't seem to pitch a fit about, it is soft not rigid...Savannah is in thin nylon types as she doesn't like much but once she stops growing she will get a leather one as well. She is so petite boned and more fur than body anything but a thin type would look too huge. She is small...not even 12 lbs yet at 9 mths
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My dog has two collars: one is a very small (3/8 inch) non-buckling martingale that never comes off and is JUST for her ID. Her tag is one of these; it slides on and doesn't rattle or jingle. The second is her buckle collar that we use for walks, obedience class, etc.; it comes off when she comes into the house.
I really like the slide-on tag, because it doesn't hang down and there are no moving parts that could fail. I also like that she ALWAYS has her ID on her, and I have the options of using her buckle collar, agility slip leash, or chain collar for "everything else".
She's also microchipped... I'd probably install Lo-Jack on her if I could.
For a Sheltie, because their heads are narrower than their ears, I strongly recommend either a properly-fitted martingale or a chain or fabric "choke" (it sounds like this is the "loop" collar that you are already using).
I really like the slide-on tag, because it doesn't hang down and there are no moving parts that could fail. I also like that she ALWAYS has her ID on her, and I have the options of using her buckle collar, agility slip leash, or chain collar for "everything else".
She's also microchipped... I'd probably install Lo-Jack on her if I could.
For a Sheltie, because their heads are narrower than their ears, I strongly recommend either a properly-fitted martingale or a chain or fabric "choke" (it sounds like this is the "loop" collar that you are already using).