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.
All my dogs wear their collars at all times unless they’re getting washed. Don’t want to risk the situation where they get out of the yard because someone left the gate open.
They’re all microchipped, but that requires taking them to a vet to get their info. Much better to see the name and phone number embroidered into the collar.
My dogs can come and go inside/out back as they please: I installed an automatic door opener and hooked up motion sensors on either side, down low (dog height). They know to put their nose under the sensor to let themselves in and out (to the back patio).
Whenever another dog
sounds the alarmbarks, they all spread out and cover every area of the yard withadditional alarmsextra barking. Letting the whole neighborhood know thatthe visibility perimeter has been breachedwe’re getting a delivery.