The worst thing ever to happen!

On Monday night the worst thing happened, Tyson and Paris were play fighting as normal before bed and i looked at them lying still all of a sudden... i thought it was a bit unusual until i relised Paris had her jaw trapped in Tysons CHAIN collar and it was tight aroung his neck. He couldnt breathe! I tried my hardest to un hook it from her bottom jaw, Tyson at this point was gasping. eventually after what seemed forever Paris managed to get free. She had small grazes on her jaw and of course blamed me! Tyson being Tyson was not fazed but i hadnt noticed at the time he had bit my hand obviously in the panic to get the chain off! I think i must of been in shock coz as soon as it was over i went faint and dizzy. It was also a hospital job but my poor babies could of died because of that horrible chain.

Oh, you poor thing, you must have been frantic! Hope you're ok now - did you have to have an anti tetanus?

I NEVER have a collar of any sort on my dogs indoors - precisely for this reason!

Really hope your all ok, what a shock for you. x x

I was given a strong course of anti biotics, it needs a couple of stitches but wont do it till its clear of infection. Bless him he must of just been desparate. I was in a right state crying like a baby once i got home and had time to think about everything lol glad the nurse understood when i was saying they are loved like my children!

Oh we are collar free now in the house!

Glad you're all ok - I bet both dogs have completely forgotten it by now!

hope yore better soon. the joys of owning staffys.

Thats the best thing you could do..getting rid of the chain collars.. Inca has never had a chain or collar on from day 1 as she much prefers her harness... but i can only imagine how terrified you must have been.. Thank god both you & your babies are ok ...

OMG...that's terrible.
Glad that you are ALL ok in the end

glad it all worked out in the end, and everyone is fine. We only out bilys collar on when he goes out for walks

Glad to hear you are sorted it must have been scary

How scary for you, you poor thing!

Oh noo! Thats terrible! Hope your ok now. My dog wears a normal collar but because it is just him & no other dogs i dont have any problems, i take it off when the harness goes on though!

I won't put any sort of collar on my dog indoors - they can get caught on all sorts of unlikely things & it isn't worth the risk.

Anyway, it must be so uncomfortable having to wear a collar 24 hours a day!

i dont have the collar on tight, it is loose enough to move around his neck, he never has got caught on anything but i am more or less always in the same room as him so if he did one day i would prob take it off him. I guess people just have their different opinions

Do you take it off at night?

My dogs always wear there collars apart from at night or whenever they are separated ie. kaos is in his crate. Having two males i have to have measures in place so if nessesery i can separate quickly and easily and for me personally i need them both to wear thier collars for that reason. If i only had the one dog they wouldnt wear it indoors though i dont expect x

no i take it off him at night, its just during the day he wears it.

blaze wrote:My dogs always wear there collars apart from at night or whenever they are separated ie. kaos is in his crate. Having two males i have to have measures in place so if nessesery i can separate quickly and easily and for me personally i need them both to wear thier collars for that reason. If i only had the one dog they wouldnt wear it indoors though i dont expect x

I know what you mean. I'm just very concious of the fact that 2 playing dogs can get caught up in each other's collar. If that happens to 2 males, you'll end up with a blood bath.

yea i see your point lol but its sort of a catch 22 situation with me....if i leave them on they could get caught and fight etc if i take them off and they start fighting i litterally cant get hold of them to separate. 95% of the time mine are great together but play can turn in a split second with no or little warning and i just like to be straight ontop of them pushing my weight around when it does turn nasty so they are in no doubt of who will have the last say lol x

i normally take memphs collar off on a night but there are odd times hes went to sleep in his crate early so he kept it on

How frightening for you. A few months ago Izzy decided that chewing Kita's collar was a new craze (one that I didn't find amusing), so Kita went "naked" for a while and it's only in the last week that she has been able to wear a collar without Izzy trying to chew it. It didn't stop her mouthing Kita's neck and being the younger, bigger & stronger of the two it is something I constantly worry about.

Sorry to hear about your fright, glad your all ok though.

And no collat wearer here either, in fact Lola has never had a collar only a harness for walks.

Chains collars if must used should be put on by the front door and taken off by the front door before and after walks.
The same happened with my nans dogs and my whippet roxy she got her tooth stuck and he nearly died.

wow that would have been scarey. I saw on a vet show here about a dog that tried to leap out the open window and it's choker chain got caught.. and it was hanging for ages... it was okay but put me right off leaving a choker on my doggies. Glad yours are okay...

Caryll wrote:I won't put any sort of collar on my dog indoors - they can get caught on all sorts of unlikely things & it isn't worth the risk.

Anyway, it must be so uncomfortable having to wear a collar 24 hours a day!

i always think that! It must be really irittating like having to wear a tie 24/7

Thanks everyone for your messages. It was so lucky i was there and i couldnt stress enough about collars off in the house. I do see the other side where you might need them to separate but i couldnt stress enough (Not a chain collar) My boyfriend thought Tyson looked more comfortable with it on nice and loose as they both get walked with harnesses but when something like that happens and you cant undo it your in a situation!

Aww what a horrible experience for you hope your ok too i dont have a collar on kaiser ever just harness when on walks bet it was scary for you

MissRogue wrote:Chains collars if must used should be put on by the front door and taken off by the front door before and after walks.
The same happened with my nans dogs and my whippet roxy she got her tooth stuck and he nearly died.

Chain collars (other than half check) should only ever be used for training, not for general wear/walks.

Oh, you poor thing. It must have been so scary for all of you, glad everyone is ok now.

i find it weird not to have a collar on. All my dogs iv ever had have always worn collars all the time, they look strange without them. I personally havnt ever had a problem with them wearing one all the time.

Plus if they get out and dont have a collar on with tags on you are breaking the law &/ people havnt got anything to grab hold of if needed.

Mouse's isnt a walking collar its just her collar, unfortunatly i have to put her harness on for walks because she throws up if you walk her on the collar cos she has a funny throat.

Its only like all 15 of my piercings never get taken out or my watch which i only take off when i go in the bath/shower. You just get use to it.

But then thats my personal opinions on the matter.