I spent some of the money from my last cat sitting job on dog, cat,
and fish stuff. Harriet got a new collar. That makes the fourth in
the last year, which is some sort of record. Before that, she wore
the same flat leather buckle collar for about 7 years.

Anyway, I got this one at Target. The color was what first caught my
eye. In among all the disgusting pastel pinks and neon lime greens,
there was a single section of navy blue collars. Huzzah! I like the
color, and it goes well with red hair.

And, it's braided. I've had trouble finding a flat collar of the
right length for Harriet, even when I can take her with to fit her.
Most of them are either too small or so large that a huge tail hangs
off the end. Yuck. This collar is a nice length, and because it's
braided, I don't have to punch extra holes to get a good fit.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cat-sidh/2514424827/

(Please forgive the weird angle. She was lying with her butt up on
my lap and her head down on the couch. Weirdo.)

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On 2008-05-22 21:22:49 -0400, Shelly said:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cat-sidh/2514424827/

Literally stylin' & profilin'...

montana wildhack wrote in
news:2008052221253516807-montana@wildhackcominvalid:

Literally stylin' & profilin'...

Andtoo, low-ridin' in the front and all jacked up in the back. How on
earth that could possibly be comfortable is a mystery to me.

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Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

"Shelly" wrote in message
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I spent some of the money from my last cat sitting job on dog, cat,
and fish stuff. Harriet got a new collar. That makes the fourth in
the last year, which is some sort of record. Before that, she wore
the same flat leather buckle collar for about 7 years.

Anyway, I got this one at Target. The color was what first caught my
eye. In among all the disgusting pastel pinks and neon lime greens,
there was a single section of navy blue collars. Huzzah! I like the
color, and it goes well with red hair.

And, it's braided. I've had trouble finding a flat collar of the
right length for Harriet, even when I can take her with to fit her.
Most of them are either too small or so large that a huge tail hangs
off the end. Yuck. This collar is a nice length, and because it's
braided, I don't have to punch extra holes to get a good fit.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cat-sidh/2514424827/

(Please forgive the weird angle. She was lying with her butt up on
my lap and her head down on the couch. Weirdo.)

I wish I had a pretty collar like that.

Kind regards,
(the)duckster

And, it's braided. I've had trouble finding a flat collar of the
right length for Harriet, even when I can take her with to fit her.
Most of them are either too small or so large that a huge tail hangs
off the end. Yuck. This collar is a nice length, and because it's
braided, I don't have to punch extra holes to get a good fit

Very nice. With multiple dogs, I won't use collars with an actual
buckle (and truth be told right now, Rudy and Marcie do not wear collars
at all unless they leave the house, and often not even then). Sizing
has always been easy as a result because I only use adjustable "quick
clip" collars. I have used much smaller braid puppy collars in the
distant past though, and I agree that the right fit is a whole lot
easier than with predetermined holes.

I have a huge collar collection for 3 dogs and Lucy has been the only
fashionable one as of late. If the little one could just keep her teeth
off of Rudy's collar........

Speaking of which, Marcie with her bum tail.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/96658169@N00/2502367894/

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

Janet Boss wrote in
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Very nice. With multiple dogs, I won't use collars with an actual
buckle

I think that's a good idea, especially since you know for sure that
one of your dogs likes to chew on collars!

Sizing has always been easy as a result because I only use
adjustable "quick clip" collars.

Harriet's purple collar is a quick release. My only problem with it
is that it's nylon. She loves to do the backstroke out on the patio,
and the cement tears up nylon collars something awful. Of course,
the braided one is nylon, too, so it's likely to be ratty looking
before long.

I guess I should just stop thinking about collars as things that last
for years and years, and start thinking of them as semi-disposable.

I have a huge collar collection for 3 dogs and Lucy has been the
only fashionable one as of late.

That sounds reasonable to me. As the elder statesdog, she ought to
be the best dressed.

Harriet also has a couple of martingales (one nylon with chain and
one all nylon), as well as a whopping *two* leashes. Three,
technically, but I almost never use Elliott's green nylon leash on
her.

If the little one could just
keep her teeth off of Rudy's collar........

I've run into a similar problem with the little Boxer shark next
door. She *loves* playing tug, which is great, but not so much with
leashes.

Speaking of which, Marcie with her bum tail.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/96658169@N00/2502367894/

She looks very grown up; hardly a puppy anymore!

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

In article ,
Shelly wrote:
Harriet's purple collar is a quick release.

I've had quick releases release when they shouldn't. I now
use only buckle collars or round adjustable collars.
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Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

(Melinda Shore) wrote in news:g16v1c$nes$1
@panix2.panix.com:

I've had quick releases release when they shouldn't. I now
use only buckle collars or round adjustable collars.

I don't use them (um, it) for anything but holding ID. I would
absolutely not attach a leash or a tie-out to a quick release collar.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

(Melinda Shore) said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

Harriet's purple collar is a quick release.

I've had quick releases release when they shouldn't. I now
use only buckle collars or round adjustable collars.

My dogs don't wear collars when in the house, but my liking of
quick release comes from 3 different situations.

1. Mudi getting his lower jaw wrapped around (not just stuck in)
a Ridgeback's collar. The RR's collar wasn't quick release, but
both dogs were comfortable with me picking up the Mudi, turning
him 180 degrees, and pulling the jaw out.

2. Same scenario, next day, same Mudi, different partner,
release in seconds because of a quick release collar.

3. Found a failed cat quick release collar hanging from a tree
in my yard without a cat carcass attached.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Shelly said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

(Melinda Shore) wrote in news:g16v1c$nes$1
@panix2.panix.com:

I've had quick releases release when they shouldn't. I
now use only buckle collars or round adjustable collars.

I don't use them (um, it) for anything but holding ID. I
would absolutely not attach a leash or a tie-out to a quick
release collar.

I do. My situation seems to be completely different from yours,
though. When my dogs wear collars, they're usually off-leash.
When they don't wear collars, they're at home or on a slip lead
at an agility trial.

So far, though, when I do use the combo, quick release collars
with leashes work around here.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.