Chewing Other Dogs Collars Off

[stolz]

I have a 6 month old mini schnauzer pup that loves to chew off our mini daschunds collar!

Anyone have any suggestions as to how to stop her doing this?

thanks

[BUGGA-LUGZ]

I would remove the collar till she forgets about it or you can get a bittering agent to stop dogs chewing things. I dont know what its called as ive never used it.

Hope this helps. :D

[Teebs]

i dont use collars, i know a few people who have come home to find one dogs jaw stuck around the other dogs collar, very lucky to have caught it before something bad happened

[poochmad]

If you do use collars you can purchase 'quick release' collars, which break away if the dog gets caught on something.

You could try using bitter spray to deter the dog from chewing on it.

[Gayle.]

Mine don't wear collars at home for that exact reason. They like to pull each other around by the collar/neck fur and to come home to a dog with it's jaw stuck in another dogs collar would be my worst nightmare, so I remove their collars and just have them attached to their leads.

[Yacket's Mum]

:D Sorry I find that very funny as my greyhound puppy is chewing off the yard muzzles on our foster dogs....He ate 3 in 2 days....grrrrr So I know how you feel.

I to do not have collars on our dogs for safety reasons and puppies will be puppies...

While we are assessing new greys who have there muzzles on we now also have to muzzle my pup so no accidents happen...

[sandgrubber]

There are some wide chain collars that are pretty much chew-proof . . .but like others, I skip collars when the dogs are at home.

[Erny]

As it is, I don't have a collar on my dog when we're at home and especially not when he's home alone. But most definitely I would not have collars on dogs when there is more than one of them. If I found myself in a situation where them wearing a collar in my absence was absolutely necessary (imagination prevents me from thinking of such an instance though), I would have them wear nothing less than a 'break-away' collar, however if your dogs fool around with each others' collars you'd probably find them more off (and chewed) than on.

Flava (DOL member) lost one of her dogs this way. It was a very sad and tragic evening when she came home and found him.

Edited April 22, 2009 by Erny

[Anna H]

We're going through a similar thing at the moment, my younger one likes to drag my girl around by her collar. They both wear breakaways and yes, I starting finding them off more than they were on (it had become a game to get the collar off )

I'm having some success with bitter spray, but I need to reapply it often (at least once a day) for it to work. Might be worth a try?

[becks]

As the others have said, it isn't worth the risk toleave the collars on the dogs when at home.

[BellaEvie]

It isn't worth it, i have heard too many stories of dogs being stangled.

If your animals are chipped then if they get out they will be reunited with you anyway...hopefully