07/27/2021
You need to be AWARE of the very serious DANGER OF DOG COLLARS. I have experienced this personally with my dogs and at least 6 of my puppy people and their Vizsla's have too. That's only the ones that I know about. Thank goodness, none has ended in a fatality, but little Birdie (aka, Daisy) came very close. In fact, she lost consciousness, and wasn't breathing. Her owner brought her back and suffered a few bite wounds in the process.
The problem is dogs becoming tangled up in each other's collar. Usually while playing. Vizslas are very mouthy when they play.
My 2 males were playing right in front of us. Kam's jaw/teeth got caught in Dot's collar. I think one of them flipped or rolled trying to get away. Dot was choking, Kam was stuck. Both are freaking out! Growling and Screaming! At first glance, it looked like they were fighting. My daughter grabbed Kam. trying to pull him off, when I noticed that his jaw was stuck. We were able to release Dots collar with its quick release buckle. Thank heaven. Kams jaw wasn't broken, and Dotty never lost consciousness. Sadly, the same can not be said for many others in this same situation. Many dogs have died, while others have serious jaw injuries. Not only from playing with other dogs. There have been instances where dogs have gotten hung up on vegition while hiking, or their tag becomes stuck in their crate or even heating/air vents. When this happens, dogs panic, twist and struggle. The end result is suffocation. The event itself may only lasts for moments, but the resulting psychological trauma and possible behavior issues that can arise from it, will last much longer or can be permanent.
The psychological trauma is to both dogs and their people.
Just talking about this with my daughter this morning, the memory nearly brought her to tears. The lasting result in our household is, my males can no longer be together. I believe they both think that the other one tried to kill them that day. So now, they try to beat each other to the punch. So, PLEASE NO COLLARS ON DOGS when they are at HOME or when they are PLAYING Or at DOG PARKS. Microchip for ID. The image and the SOUND of it will NEVER leave you.