Attaching tags to collar...

• 06-12-2008 11:41 AM

  Liesje Joined on 03-02-2007 Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts 6,647 Points 850

  Attaching tags to collar... Reply Contact What do you guys use to attach tags to a collar?  Here, tags are required by law.  I use different collars and harnesses depending on what training or activity we are doing.  I've used the tiny carabener tip clasps but they always break or stop "closing".  I also had a regular O-ring that has the little tooth on each side so it hooks shut, but that is unreliable as well.  I want something very small that doesn't hang way down the dog's chest and bounce around, b/c Kenya is a smaller dog with smaller collars.  So far the only reliable things are the rings that come with tags, but it's such a pain to detach them multiple times a day.  Her tags are currently in a Quiet Spot that has a ring attached, so I need something small but reliable and easily removable to attach this to her collars.   My Blog - http://24ft.dutchbingo.net My Site - http://liesrosema.com

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• 06-12-2008 12:26 PM

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  fuzzy_dogs_mom Joined on 09-10-2007 Davis, CA Posts 6,440 Points 200

  Re: Attaching tags to collar... Reply Contact I've always used on of those things you put keys on - the bigger, stronger size.  It works fine and the only time I've ever had a problem with it was the one time I accidentally attached the leash to the key ring instead of the loop that's part of the collar.  It stretched out and I had to replace it, but they're usually only about 25 cents anyway. Joyce

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• 06-12-2008 12:28 PM

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  Liesje Joined on 03-02-2007 Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts 6,647 Points 850	Re: Attaching tags to collar... Reply Contact  That's what I have now but it's a royal pain in the butt to be taking them on/off multiple times a day, I keep splitting my fingernails. My Blog - http://24ft.dutchbingo.net My Site - http://liesrosema.com
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• 06-12-2008 12:51 PM

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  micksmom Joined on 09-10-2007 Warren Co, NJ Posts 1,756 Points 200	Re: Attaching tags to collar... Reply Contact I've got Caleb's tags on a Tag It.  I've also got them wrapped in a piece of velcro wire wrap so they don't mar his coat.   http://www.bigpawdesigns.com/tagitreidtag.html My name is Sue How do you do?
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• 06-12-2008 1:09 PM

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  fuzzy_dogs_mom Joined on 09-10-2007 Davis, CA Posts 6,440 Points 200

  Re: Attaching tags to collar... Reply Contact How about one of those things that people use to attach a set of keys to a belt loop? You could just put one of those on the key ring and it would be really easy to slip off and on. Also, awhile back someone posted pics/links of something just like that but made for dog tags. I can't remember what they're called, but the person who posted it liked to change collars frequently and this took all the hassle out of it. Joyce

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• 06-12-2008 1:14 PM

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  Liesje Joined on 03-02-2007 Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts 6,647 Points 850	Re: Attaching tags to collar... Reply Contact How big is the Tag-it?  Most of Kenya's collars are 1/8"-1/2"  My Blog - http://24ft.dutchbingo.net My Site - http://liesrosema.com
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• 06-12-2008 1:49 PM

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  samshine Joined on 09-10-2007 Denver, CO, USA Posts 376 Points 0

  Re: Attaching tags to collar... Reply Contact I never switch the tags. We have an every day collar where the tags stay permanently. When we get to training class we switch to which ever collar is appropriate. I've never felt that my dogs need to have their tags on when training, and I don't think anybody else worries about it either. In fact, when you show in AKC the dogs are not allowed to have any tags on while in the ring.

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• 06-12-2008 1:52 PM

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  Liesje Joined on 03-02-2007 Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts 6,647 Points 850

  Re: Attaching tags to collar... Reply Contact samshine: I never switch the tags. We have an every day collar where the tags stay permanently. When we get to training class we switch to which ever collar is appropriate. I've never felt that my dogs need to have their tags on when training, and I don't think anybody else worries about it either. In fact, when you show in AKC the dogs are not allowed to have any tags on while in the ring.   I train on public sidewalks, in stores, and in public parks and the dogs are required to be tagged and licensed with the county or you get steep fines b/c those are public locations.  Also at both training clubs I belong to, we train outdoors in rural areas and it wouldn't be the first time a dog spooked for whatever reason and got away.  It has never happened (or come close to happening), but never say never   Different test also require different colors (no tags, but it still means possibly taking tags off the collar).  For example for TDI I had to have a flat buckle, for TT we have to have a choke, etc. My Blog - http://24ft.dutchbingo.net My Site - http://liesrosema.com

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• 06-12-2008 2:27 PM

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  samshine Joined on 09-10-2007 Denver, CO, USA Posts 376 Points 0	Re: Attaching tags to collar... Reply Contact Any reason you can't leave the plain collar with tags on the dog, and then add the training collar? The collar with tags usually rides lower on the neck and should not interfer with the training collars. I've done this plenty of times.
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• 06-12-2008 2:35 PM

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  TheDogHouseBCMPD Joined on 11-06-2007 Maryland Posts 1,239 Points 190	Re: Attaching tags to collar... Reply Contact I have the tag it, too.  I think it would fit up to the 1/2 inch but not much bigger than that. ~Steph "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein
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• 06-12-2008 3:01 PM

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  Liesje Joined on 03-02-2007 Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts 6,647 Points 850

  Re: Attaching tags to collar... Reply Contact TheDogHouseBCMPD: I have the tag it, too.  I think it would fit up to the 1/2 inch but not much bigger than that.   Thanks, come to think of it I think my friend has one so I can look at hers.  It would be perfect as long as it's not so heavy that it drags the collar down or hangs loose.  My Blog - http://24ft.dutchbingo.net My Site - http://liesrosema.com

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• 06-12-2008 6:04 PM

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  calliecritturs Joined on 09-10-2007 Central Florida Posts 6,920 Points 1,935	Re: Attaching tags to collar... Reply Contact I just add a collar.  Their regular collar stays on ... and I just add the training collar.  Taking on and off something's gonna come up missing at some point.
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• 06-12-2008 7:18 PM

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  dagwellismypiggy Joined on 06-22-2007 Posts 8 Points 0	Re: Attaching tags to collar... Reply Contact  I don't have a dog yet, so I can't say for sure, but I think this would work well. http://collarmania.com/inc/sdetail/3098
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• 06-12-2008 10:34 PM

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  Liesje Joined on 03-02-2007 Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts 6,647 Points 850

  Re: Attaching tags to collar... Reply Contact calliecritturs: I just add a collar.  Their regular collar stays on ... and I just add the training collar.  Taking on and off something's gonna come up missing at some point.    I change collars and harnesses all the time.  I don't like collars on her at home b/c twice now she's gotten caught going in/out of her crate.  Coke's collar "gets lost" in his fur, but since Kenya's fur is flat hers gets caught on stuff.  Also collars mess up her coat b/c GSDs have a lot of undercoat and a medium length coat.  Any collar wider than her 1/8" show collar (slip collar, like a shoe lace) pushes her fur straight up and she's constantly scratching at it.  She really needs a fursaver for a permanent collar but I don't have one. I did find a better solution than what I had - one of those silver clips you'd buy at a craft store to make a necklace with.  It's very small, strong, and can't break like the carabener style ones do b/c it's a single part (this is the only pic I can find where one is used - http://www.theprayerbox.com/lanyard-christian-jewelry-wholesale.jpg ). My Blog - http://24ft.dutchbingo.net My Site - http://liesrosema.com

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