acommondisaster
Active Member
It's taken a couple of weeks to get to a point where I could post this. My sons two dogs were playing together when the smaller dog's collar got twisted around the lab's jaw. The buckle was stuck in the lab's mouth, making it impossible to release the collar. My son was home alone, and as hard as he tried to free the dogs, the lab was scared and struggled.
Unfortunately, the smaller dog suffocated, and it took my son and his neighbor to finally free the dogs.
Before you judge my son, know that this happened in a matter of minutes; my son is a very attentive owner; the problem was the inability to free them because the collar was so tightly wound that he couldn't get a knife or scissors or even a box cutter in between to free them and because the lab was struggling and clamping down on my son while he tried to save his beloved dog.
Please, if you have multiple dogs, be sure you have quick release collars - or better yet, don't let them play with their collars on. It still seems like a bad dream.
Unfortunately, the smaller dog suffocated, and it took my son and his neighbor to finally free the dogs.
Before you judge my son, know that this happened in a matter of minutes; my son is a very attentive owner; the problem was the inability to free them because the collar was so tightly wound that he couldn't get a knife or scissors or even a box cutter in between to free them and because the lab was struggling and clamping down on my son while he tried to save his beloved dog.
Please, if you have multiple dogs, be sure you have quick release collars - or better yet, don't let them play with their collars on. It still seems like a bad dream.