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We also just had a "collar problem" which scared us very badly...
Thursday evening the boys were getting rowdy and were wrestling.
One of the ways they “play fight” is by grabbing some of the excess hair on the face or neck. Somehow Rocky got his lower jaw under Max’s collar. It was stuck there pretty well… apparently the collar was impaled on one of the canines. Anyway, the normal growling turned to something indicating something much more serious was occurring.
I got there first and Max was being choked to death. The collar was pulled so tight I couldn’t do anything to release it. I wanted to untwist them, which would release a lot of the pressure, but they were both absolutely frantic and both are fairly large for a Maltese
So even that was not easy. Peg then got scissors and we got them somewhat untwisted and Peg was able to cut the collar off.
The problem was solved at this point but I wasn’t sure about either pup. Rocky had a little blood on his hair and Max was breathing but making noises and was obviously still hurting some. We were just about to take off to a 24 hr vet in the area when I decided to call a doctor friend who also has a Maltese. She was of the freeway just a couple miles away and came straight over. She was here in a couple of minutes by which time we had checked them out fairly well and could see no one was seriously hurt. We never actually found where the small amount of blood came from but we think it was probably from Rocky’s gums. His teeth are all there and secure. Max’s throat was obviously hurt but in the space of several minutes, he was obviously feeling better.
After the pups were obviously okay, Peg nearly lost it when she realized how close we were to loosing one or both.
Everyone is fine now but we will never again put a collar on either dog. Both are micro chipped and would hopefully be identified should it ever come to that.
We use harnesses when we go for a walk. I’ve not always immediately taken the harness off after a walk and we have had the dogs manage to get its harness in its mouth, leading to problem… although much less of a problem than what occurred in this case.
Steve & Peg
Thursday evening the boys were getting rowdy and were wrestling.
One of the ways they “play fight” is by grabbing some of the excess hair on the face or neck. Somehow Rocky got his lower jaw under Max’s collar. It was stuck there pretty well… apparently the collar was impaled on one of the canines. Anyway, the normal growling turned to something indicating something much more serious was occurring.
I got there first and Max was being choked to death. The collar was pulled so tight I couldn’t do anything to release it. I wanted to untwist them, which would release a lot of the pressure, but they were both absolutely frantic and both are fairly large for a Maltese
So even that was not easy. Peg then got scissors and we got them somewhat untwisted and Peg was able to cut the collar off.
The problem was solved at this point but I wasn’t sure about either pup. Rocky had a little blood on his hair and Max was breathing but making noises and was obviously still hurting some. We were just about to take off to a 24 hr vet in the area when I decided to call a doctor friend who also has a Maltese. She was of the freeway just a couple miles away and came straight over. She was here in a couple of minutes by which time we had checked them out fairly well and could see no one was seriously hurt. We never actually found where the small amount of blood came from but we think it was probably from Rocky’s gums. His teeth are all there and secure. Max’s throat was obviously hurt but in the space of several minutes, he was obviously feeling better.
After the pups were obviously okay, Peg nearly lost it when she realized how close we were to loosing one or both.
Everyone is fine now but we will never again put a collar on either dog. Both are micro chipped and would hopefully be identified should it ever come to that.
We use harnesses when we go for a walk. I’ve not always immediately taken the harness off after a walk and we have had the dogs manage to get its harness in its mouth, leading to problem… although much less of a problem than what occurred in this case.
Steve & Peg
