Collar death - I knew better

Alice In TX/MO · #21 06/16/09, 06:28 AM

It was nylon with a plastic snap. Not a buckle.

goat newbee · #22 06/16/09, 07:00 AM

Wow!! I never thought of my dog collars on my goats as being dangerous. Everyone I know in this area uses them and has never had a problem. I'm definitely having second thoughts.

Penny-Ontario · #23 06/16/09, 07:06 AM

So sorry to hear this.

tnd5 · #24 06/16/09, 08:43 AM

Alice....I am so sorry. My heart hurts for you...

I use the plastic link "break away" collars from Hoeggars, also. They are great, however, I did have to take it off my 4 year old buck. My horned does figured out how to hook it with their horns and would drag him around, (he is hornless). I was afraid they would end up killing him! Luckily, he is friendly and will come to me, so I can catch him easily.

hoofinitnorth · #25 06/16/09, 12:53 PM

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

If you want collars, try the break-away Lupine collars. They are "guaranteed for life, even if chewed". They also come in all sorts of fun patterns and they aren't terribly expensive. There are several rescue sites that sell them online and I just ordered up a bunch. Most everyone up here uses them and we like the dog collars, not the cat collars that release too easily.

hoofinitnorth · #26 06/16/09, 01:45 PM

http://Lupinepet.com shows their whole line and they have a list of dealers. I just bought a whole bunch from the Shiba Inu rescue at http://www.savingshibas.com/lupine_store.html and there is another site that donates portions of the proceeds to animal welfare charities.

For my Nigerians, I use the 9"-12" 1/2" or 10"-16" collars, does usually wear 12"-20" 3/4" collars, and the big boys wear the 12"-20" or larger 3/4" and 1" collars. I wish they had more gender-neutral or boyish designs, though.

Many vet clinics carry them too.

Again, the cat collars are too easily released so I recommend the dog collars. They do stand by their guarantee as I've already sent one collar back and received a replacement, no questions asked.

ozark_jewels · #27 06/16/09, 01:56 PM

Oh Shoot, Alice, was this Milord? What a shame.

I'm sorry.

where I want to · #28 06/16/09, 02:04 PM

I use the plastic chain collars on my big girls (Boers) and I can tell you they certainly do break whenever the girls have caught them on something. I have found them hanging off the fence when the girls rubbed on it and caught the collar.
But I take them off if the doe has kids under three months old because I can see a baby climbing around it's mom and getting a leg through the collar- I don't think they are heavy enough to cause it to break then- a baby might break it's leg first.
If you order these collars, order extra links- you'll probably need them.

Vicki McGaugh TX Nubians · #29 06/16/09, 06:12 PM

Heather that's the same buckle that is on my collars, a guy started making them for me on ebay, and I also get them embroidered from sewitalls.com

Sorry about that Alice, I have never not had them break when put under any kind of tension, just the other day a gal tried to jump down after milking and got her collar hung up, it busted the plastic into a millon pieces with not even alot of jerking from her, certainly nothing I even got panicky about.

I just hate those big clunky plastic chain collars, they are way to eaisly pulled off and you will be fetching collars from the pastures all the time! Now you can order the cattle tags, they will engrave names on them, does make it at least personable. Think it's Nasco that you can order them from. Vicki

hoofinitnorth · #30 06/16/09, 06:56 PM

Good to have another source! About how much do they run? I usually pay around $5/kid collar $8/adult collar.