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.
Nope, mine are nudists at heart. One loves the sound of us bringing out the harnesses knowing it means going for a walk or car ride. The other goes and hides. She is insistent she doesn’t need it and acts like we are punishing her when it is on.
Yup! I attached the vaccine/ID tags to the harness, so it jingle jangle jingles like a dinner bell, screaming “TIME FOR A WALK!”
Exactly. The Pavlovian response for going outside.
Yeah, both of mine get all excited and start hopping up and down if I go anywhere near the coat rack where I hang their collars up when we come in lol.