I leave a collar on my dog all the time. But I read these two articles and now I am undecided.
I appreciate any inputs on this.

http://www.keepsafecollar.com/pages.cfm?id=22
http://www.breakawaycollar.com/yourdog.cfm

I didn't read those articles, but I noticed my dog had a horrible "collar line" around his neck when he had a flat collar on all the time. My dog is collar free all the time in the house, sometimes he's even outside with me without a collar, I only put a collar on him for obedience training or for walks, and a harness for agitation n bite work.

Unless they are outside of my house or yard, my dogs do not wear collars.

First, they have long hair and the collars cause rotten matts under the chin. Second, too much chance they could catch on something, or get caught in another dog's jaw during play, etc..... I've heard horrible stories.

Lastly, it has always forced me to better train and manage the dogs. I recommend to anyone I know getting puppies that they not use collars in the house or yard. It's amazing how many people rely on collar-grabs to "control" their dogs.

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My dogs are microchipped and they wear collars whenever we go anywhere but not at home.

Same here. Mine are microchiped and have tatoos. I have id tags/collars for thema nd I keep them attached to the leashes I use to take them out for walks/visits. I just slip the collar with tags on and go!

Common sense, if dogs are inside or where they are controlled, take collars off, give them a break. If they are where they could get loose or out they need to be collared. My dogs are also microchipped but according to local laws they are supposed to be collared with I.D.

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Common sense, if dogs are inside or where they are controlled, take collars off, give them a break. If they are where they could get loose or out they need to be collared. My dogs are also microchipped but according to local laws they are supposed to be collared with I.D.

I disagree for two main reasons. One, without a prong collar on at all times you loose the ability to correct, and henceforth, modify your dog's behaviour. Two, selective collar routines produce collar smart dogs. They much more obedient with them on as oppossed to when they are off.

Finally, if you read those articles they all begin with "I was gone for a few minutes", or my dog was unsupervised, or "I left the room". And there are the same testimonials on both pages. Another product for lazy owners IMO...

No need for a collar if the dog is in a secure environment. And a "breakaway" collar isn't gonna hold your dog if he bolts. Train more, so you don't need to deal with weird collars, and so your dog doesn't bolt out doors. That would be my advice.

I almost always have a collar on my dog. Always switching and wearing multiple collars so he does not get collarwise. The only one I want him to recognize is the aggitation collar. I have two Dobermans that I messed up with that know the E-collar and will do anything with it on and know when it is on. don't leave one on if dog is unattented and could get caught and hurt. Sorry for the spelling.

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I almost always have a collar on my dog. Always switching and wearing multiple collars so he does not get collarwise. The only one I want him to recognize is the aggitation collar. I have two Dobermans that I messed up with that know the E-collar and will do anything with it on and know when it is on. don't leave one on if dog is unattented and could get caught and hurt. Sorry for the spelling.

I don't think it should matter, a dog needs to listen regardless of what collar he wears, wether he's collarwise or not a voice correction should be plenty. I'm not saying my dog's perfect, he's ohhh so far from it, but he listens just as badly regardless of what collar he's wearing <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> He's definately collarwise, but it doesn't affect his obedience at all. All it means is that when he doesn't listen, I can't correct him as easily when he's not wearing a collar, but he's still perfectly capable of ignoring me on an e-collar, or a prong collar, or any other collar, because he's a stubborn lil ball of fluff... but dangit, he's MY stubborn lil ball of fluff! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> And no he's not 100% disobedient, but sometimes he thinks other things are more important than sitting, or he'll sit down instead of lay down, or he'll lay down instead of sit down, or he'll wait a few seconds n "think about it" before he does it, or he'll get too distracted with the smell of pee in the grass... n when that happens, you can correct him all day long as hard as you can on the prong collar n he'll still ignore you, you have to literally drag him away from it when he gets that fixated on things.