Yes, it has already been suggested by another board member that I use them all at once.

Be careful with bright LED's. They can damage your and your dogs eyes!!!

Good point!

I will. Thank you.



(Maybe this is a good place to add also that I will never use laser pointers or flashlights for play with a dog - dog chasing the light - because of the significant number of dogs who become obsessed with them.)

I find that looking directly into those LED lights makes me very uncomfortable. It's hard to describe it but it's almost like a cross between pain and a sick, nauseated feeling. I have to look away immediately and rub my eyes to try to get rid of the sensation. Kinda weird, I guess, but I've heard other people say they're bothered by them, too. I really hate the car headlights that are made with them now.

I don't think I have looked directly at big LED lights, and now I never will!

Of course, I will never shine it at my dogs' faces, either, even though these lights are so puny.






They all wear this outside at night: http://leerburg.com/1201.htm

I set it on steady, rather than pulse, but either way, it is of course under the dog's chin and unable to be looked at by the dog. (I have to add, mentioning this for probably the millionth time, these things are so easy, so inexpensive, and so useful .... I haven't been without them for "outside at night or twilight" in years.)

But I digress.

I myself don't understand the all the science behind why some people are sensitive to LED light and others aren't. I am also sensitive to fluorescent light, being one of those people whose brains can detect the flicker and hum, even in the compact household bulbs. So it was a sad day for me when the incandescent ban went into effect. I've got a decent stash. I hope they last for a while!

Connie, I didn't mean to imply that you would be causing discomfort to your dogs by using those little finger lights. I hope nobody took it that way. I'm guessing that animals are like humans, some are sensitive to that type of light, others are not. I only mentioned it because, just in case your dog has a negative reaction to it, that could possibly, maybe, be the explanation.

I too don't see anything wrong with the collar lights, and I can see where they would really come in handy. Like you mentioned, they are in a position where they are not directly in the line of vision.

Anyway, sorry for veering off topic. There's a lot more info out there on the Web for anyone who may be interested in learning more about the dangers of LEDs, fluorescents, etc.

"Connie, I didn't mean to imply that you would be causing discomfort to your dogs by using those little finger lights. "

No no. Of course not. And it's not off topic! What if I hadn't realized it? Or another reader? These safety reminders (like the one about laser pointer obsession) belong in every thread where they come up, IMHO.

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Well, today I rec'd the "this has shipped" email, and realized that a set of them is FORTY, not FOUR!

I will have EIGHTY!

Im dying... you did not...

Yup. I have eighty (two sets) of the little finger-lights.

Connie you could just toss small stones at them for markers.