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.
My dog is a nudist at home. She only wears her collar outside. We don’t have to worry about her slipping out, I can leave the door wide open and she’ll stand there staring outside, but she won’t leave.
Edit to add; I guess it would be helpful to say why. Two reasons. One; we noticed that she tends to scratch at her neck when her collar is on for long periods of time, like it gets itchy there. Experimenting with leaving it off, we found that she seemed more comfortable. Two; she has a crate that she’s allowed to go into if she needs a safe space. It’s enclosed (has a cover) and that can be helpful if she’s anxious. We don’t want her in there with a collar on in case it catches on something.