Random thought I had from another post made me curious if what I’m doing is weird or normal.

I don’t have my dogs wear their collars inside. Before we go out, they sit while I put their collars on them, and when we come back in, I take them back off. Kind of like a “no shoes in the house” rule.

They’re both trained to not bolt out the door (and the “get your collars on” routine definitely helped with that) and the yard is fenced, so I’m not worried if one or both would slip out. They’re also both chipped and registered.

Why? I just feel like they’d be more comfortable without wearing them all the time. Plus, my older dog is basically Houdini when it comes to slipping hers off, so it has to be incredibly tight if I wanted to prevent her from slipping out of it.

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Both of mine wear collars all day but very loose. I usually refer to putting them on as “wearing their clothes”. when I walk them theyre in harnesses rather than a lead on the collar