My dogs don't wear collars......however...I'd venture to say that 99% of pet people have collars on their dogs 24/7.....personally as long as it's a well fitted buckle collar I really don't see a huge safety issue...and there are benefits...especially if the dog wanders from your property. There are some people that feel any dog that doesn't have a collar on is a stray.....not a good thing. Cindy www.cinosamgsd.com --- On Thu, 3/18/10, sheila lieberman <dgshwpromo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: sheila lieberman <dgshwpromo@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] collars To: "the list" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 11:05 AM My dogs have been wearing nylon chokes for as long as I can remember, all day and all night, in and out of the crate, for baths too. I have had one play session that went south because of a collar, but as soon as they were pulled apart and the tangled one was free, the incident was over. I hear such stories all the time, but my dogs seems to get it, like my kids. I never really did "kid proof" my life. No one got electrocuted, no one ever bashed their head in on the glass tables either. So I am either very lucky, or I am doing something right. I have no clue which and will stay the course. sheila ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================