When Pepper and her sister Keeta were about 3 months old we decided they should probably be wearing collars. They would soon need shots and would need someplace to carry their tags, so we bought woven nylon collars. Within a couple of days the collars were gone. We found pieces of them all around the dog pen, so decided to try leather-thick leather. Same problem with disappearing collars. We decided they had to be chewing them off each other, so we bought chains. They still managed to get them off, and we put them back on several times. Finally Keeta's chain disappeared, and after looking diligently I finally found it under a layer of dirt and dust, she had buried it. Such determination deserved to be rewarded, so we stopped putting the chains on and just attached the tags to leashes so they would be displayed when they were taken for their walks. Neither dog ever again wore a collar of any kind.
I have to say, dogs are smart.
"To err is human, to forgive, canine." Melinda Dodd, Woman's Day Magazine-May 5, 2009
Blessing and hugs from
Grandma in the yellow house
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