How to make my puppy feels comfortable with the chain?
But, the little guy was totally crazy when i was trying to wear the chain on his neck. So, does anyone got any good ideas on how? |
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| Have your tried a regular collar? |
| or a haltie or gentle leader...??? Very good results from these. |
| Your putting a chain on a 2 month old pup? I don't know anyone who uses a chain. |
| At two months old, I'd suggest just a flat collar - no chain, prong or head collars at this point. You want him to get used to just having something on - at that age you don't have any control problems (hence no need for a training collar).
I'd suggest putting a flat collar on, and then doing something he enjoys so that he forgets about it. Then, just before you're done with the fun thing, take it back off. Work up to longer periods of time, and in no time you'll have a dog who comes running when you get his collar out. |
| collar is good ,but i am afraid in the gorwing age, it's hard to find a proper one can use from kid to adult dog |
sskset wrote: collar is good ,but i am afraid in the gorwing age, it's hard to find a proper one can use from kid to adult dog
You can't. It is important that you use a properly sized collar. A puppy with go through any number of collars it's first year, needing a new one as it outgrows the current. A chain collar is inappropriate to leave on all the time, should not be used on such a young dog and is for training purposes NOT every day use. Please go to your pet store and get an inexpensive nylon collar, yes you will need to replace it when the pup out grows it but that's the joy of having a puppy. |
| I found the martingale collars can grow quite a bit with the dogs and last quite awhile. We just put a new one on the newfie pup and there is probably 5 inches of growth area on it. |
| Don't use a chain unless you're training anyway. It's not something that you'll want to leave on the dog all the time not only because it can get in way of trying to train with it, but also because he could get hurt and strangle himself if he gets caught on something when you aren't looking. |
| A puppy will be bothered by any collar at first... they gradually become adjusted to this strange thing around their neck.
Quote: A chain collar is inappropriate to leave on all the time, should not be used on such a young dog and is for training purposes NOT every day use.
Exactly... you don't want to come home and find that your dog hung itself or strangled to death. I was a bit upset when I realized one of mine had flown to me with a choke chain on. http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Conten ... ourceID=28 Choke chains are for training only. The most you'll probably need to invest in are two collars for a dog, maybe three, as it grows... a smaller puppy collar and one when he/she reaches full size... replacements from time to time. You can go to Walmart or a similar store and get a clip or buckle collar and they're relatively inexpensive... $5-$7... it's a good $10 to $20 investment for a pup from baby to adult size. And be sure to frequently check collars on a growing puppy... collars need to be adjusted as the pup grows. You don't want it too tight... but not too loose either so it slips off the head if the dog backs away or too loose that it too can be hooked on something and cause the dog to choke. There have been dogs found with collars embedded in their necks because owners failed to adjust or replace them as the pup grew. Probably too much info 
Good luck to you and your pup! |
| I actually don't leave a collar on my dogs at all. Some may not agree with that but my collars hang on a hook by the door and go on only when we leave the house.
Ty is crated and Tasker loose during the day when we are not home. I have heard too many stories of dogs getting hung up on their collars when unattended and strangling. The dogs also play quite roughly at times and the dollar can be a choking hazard then as well. |
Tasker's Mom wrote: I actually don't leave a collar on my dogs at all. Some may not agree with that but my collars hang on a hook by the door and go on only when we leave the house.
Ty is crated and Tasker loose during the day when we are not home. I have heard too many stories of dogs getting hung up on their collars when unattended and strangling. The dogs also play quite roughly at times and the dollar can be a choking hazard then as well. I actually also don't leave collars on the dogs either. they know the command collar and come to me to have one put on or taken off. and of course they have quite a few |
| Just a quick note -- due to language barrier issues, I reread the first post.
The OP, sskset, might have intended "collar" instead of "chain". |
| So sorry if we misunderstood the collar/chain thing.
I don't put collars on mine either unless we're leaving the property either. Their collars have tags including rabies/license, contact info and microchip info. We have several looped leads in a few different places that we can use if we need to keep a dog close. There are pros and cons to collars and no collars and I do understand this. I took a lovely mix to AC earlier this week because she was running loose and I was afraid she'd be hit by a car. This happened to a boxer pup that lived behind us and the guy right behind us has lost a few of dogs to cars over the years. If it were my dog, I'd rather she be safe/alive and we do have some caring AC people here. I had taken her to a few houses to see if they recognized her but no one did. She did not have a collar on so I was unable to contact the owners. I mentioned this before but here it is again... my Schipperke-mix was strangling when collars/tags/clips became entangled. We were fortunate to get them apart... my Schip-mix then attacked the other dog because she thought she was trying to kill her... nothing serious but it was a huge scare for us. Since that day we have not kept collars on them while on the property. It's just a personal choice. I can and do grab my dogs by the scruff to move them around when needed but they've been kind of desensitized to this type of handling. |
Quote: I can and do grab my dogs by the scruff to move them around when needed but they've been kind of desensitized to this type of handling
Yep Marley runs agility nekkid and I have been known to grab a handful of coat by her neck if she is being difficult |
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