What collar is the best for the OES?
Do somebody has opinion about that? I keep my sheepies with the long coat. |
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| I don't leave my collars on my dogs in the house. I only put on their collars when we are out in public. I used to keep Asterisk's collar on all the time and it left HUGE matts.
For the short span that our dogs wear their collars (3 mile walk or 60 minutes at the dog park) I don't think we've had any issues with matting and we have reflective nylon collars. |
| Also don't leave collars on. When we do use collars it depends on the activity and we have nylon, prong and leather collars for different activities. |
| Ditto.
I dont leave collars on. Chain for obedience and nylon for agility and tricks training. |
| Yep, another vote for no collar. Make sure your dog is chipped in the event there is some catastrophe and s/he escapes the house naked.
When traveling she wears a very light and loose nylon choke collar http://www.cherrybrook.com/index.cfm/a/catalog.prodshow/vid/429992/catid/399/vname/Cherrybrook_Championship_Nylon_Choke_Collars - I use the lightest weight one with a small ID tag. This is an oversize collar (e.g., if the correct fitting collar would be an 18", the nylon collar is a 22") more for the ability to have the ID tag attached and it serves as a handle when necessary. But even this can cause matting when it is left on for several days. For walks I use a wool slip lead. It doesn't break coat and it is easy on my hands during her spring loaded moments. I haven't seen a lot of these around, but they are great if you can find one. These dogs can turn their undercoats into a huge mass of felt in no time. Prevention will save you lots of radical grooming later. Good luck! |
| I keep a "rolled" leather on my OES with full coat every day and only take it off at bed time. Rolled leather collars do NOT mat the coat like other types of collars. You may notice some coat breaks, but it is very minimal and nothing to worry about unless you plan on showing.
Microchipping is also good idea, but if your dog gets loose in the neighborhood, a good samaritan will just see a dog without a collar, which may inhibit return back to you. |
| I also do not use a collar. I used to but like one of the other members mentioned the matting was terrible. I can't even imagine if I kept mine in full coat...I keep him shaggy because of his allergies. Nylon and prongs are kept for going out. I microchipped him also to be on the safe side. |
| No collars here. I just use slip leads when we go out and, if it's somewhere that they need a collar, I use nylon slip collars.
I've heard people say that the rolled collars are better at keeping the dog from matting but my mom's dog wears one and his neck is a wreck where the collar touches. It probably depends on how active the dog is, too, since there'd be more or less rubbing. |
| Chalk me up for the rolled leather collars. The girl's coats are long, with the undercoat combed out - no issues with matting. |
| We use the flat nylon collars, although not in the house, just when we go out. Ru is in full coat and I run him every day, no problems so far (he's 2). |
I use a nylon collar as well. Again, only when we are on a walk or out and about. I use a no-pull harness on Beemer as well.. he tends to get a little crazy, especially when the geese and ducks mock him while we walk around the lake! 
I learned the hard way about keeping the collar on. One week straight, and I went to brush him... WHAT A MESS! HUGE mats.. they were terrible. Never, ever again!  |
No collars on either here as well, matts the neck coat if left on full time. The main thing you have to be carefull of with leather collars, rolled or otherwise if they get wet they dont leach the colour off onto the neck coat, seen that a few times and hard to remove the dye colour from the neck coat, #2 son brought Syd a red leather studded collar to make him look like "Syd Vicious", he has not had that on as I suspect from the colour he would not like a pinky/red ring around his neck if it happened to get wet while he was wearing it  .  He is surrounded by enough females so he does not need pink in his coat as well.
Soft collars when we are out and about, one is a seperate collar and lead the other is all in one and they dont tangle in the neck coat. 
For showing or training, jewellers fine link chain or snake chain as it does not rip out neck coat.  |
| Edgar has something a lot like this one. I like it because it hangs very loose around his neck. He use to never wear a collar until we moved. Now he wears one all the time as we don't have fences up so every potty break requires a leash. http://www.ryanspet.com/ryanspet/produc ... tItemCnt=1 |
| No collars at home, round nylon choke collars for walks and snakechain or round nylon collars for show.... |
| No, I don't use collars at home either, if only I forget to remove them in time. But it seems that even one hour ( or even less) a day the collar has its side effect. I used leather since it looks more relyable if a 35 kg dog decides to run after a cat being with me on the other side of the lead.
The chain is a surprise for me, I always thought that a chain would catch hair. The snake chaine is a must, or some other tipes are good as well? If the dog suddenly pulls, can it cause an injury, say cut the skin? On the picture they look quite thin. |
| Chelsea the chains are fine on an older dog, would not use them in the showring or out and about on a young puppy just starting out and learning the ropes,I always start puppies on a soft rolled nylon thin correction collar or nylon slip lead..
No they do not hurt the dog at all and are sort of rounded, no sharp edges, the one down the bottom of the previous photo is actually one I progress too after the pupper stage, after they have settled down a bit with not pulling so much, if they are still learning and pulling it does not go tight around there necks and keeps their head up while gaiting around the ring or just progressing to general walking and out and about for more controll while still youngsters. Also with the what I call show chains, there acutally higher up on the neck, just under the ears for good controll of the dog when gaiting around the ring. I have uploaded a close up of the "Snake" & "Jeweller" linked chains so you can see & when approved will post, they have no areas in the links for hair to be cut or caught in and work good in the showring for good controll on the more mature, stronger dog or even just out and about walking if they still pull and you want to still have the better controll factor, my older dogs who dont still pull are walked in the soft nylon collars.
Snake link on left, Jewellers link on right 
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| Thank you very much Lisaoes
I just was thinking about something good for showing. I have got a nylon showlead, but it turned to be uncomfortable to use and the dog was so overexcited meeting many other dogs, that I didn't risk it. |
| I only put a collar on MacKenzie when I'm out walking him.
Tragically, my brother-in-law's dog (not an OES) hung himself on a door handle with a collar and this is why I don't like them. Nick |
| I guess our doggies don't like them too. I wouldn't!
It almost happened to one of my dogs, I mean hanging on a collar.The dog didn't like bathing and tried to jump out with the slightest opportunity, so I 'chained' her to the tap. Somebody rang at the door and I went to answer it. Thank God, I had heard some noise from the bathroom. My dog jumped out and was hanging on the collar. |
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