Lilly the Shepherd has the unfortunate habit of stripping little Shiloh the Beagle mix of her collar. Tonight things got out of hand.
Both dogs started screaming, so I ran in to see what was happening. Mr. Cracker was hollering that Lilly had Shiloh's head in her mouth, and he hit her twice trying to make her let go. She didn't. I was confused, because I wasn't hearing any aggressive noises, only distress sounds. Then he realized it was the collar and calmly asked me to get the scissors. Actually, over the cacophony, I heard him shout "collar" and "scissors." By the time that each of us came back successfully with a pair of scissors, the plastic buckle on Shiloh's collar had broken, and she was whooping in air like Ripley in Aliens.
When Lilly had put her jaw underneath Shiloh's collar to remove it, Shiloh had twisted 180 degrees, trapping Lilly's jaw in the twist, and starting to strangle her own self. Everytime Lilly tried to get free, she was choking Shiloh more.
It was very dramatic. Not as dramatic as violent thugs looting and burning to protest Nazis calling them violent thugs, but pretty darn dramatic nonetheless.
From now on, all Shiloh's collars will be made of dental floss.
Posted by floridacracker at October 16, 2005 09:00 PMThat happened with my sister’s dogs, a Shepard mix and a pit mix. She came home from work one day and found the Shepard had his teeth all tangled in the pits collar and the pit convulsing on the floor. Scared her so bad she won’t put a collar on either of them.
Posted by: Cindy at October 16, 2005 11:12 PMI don't blame her. From now on, Shiloh's collar stays attached to her leash and she'll stay naked in the house.
Mine promptly remove each other's collars in order to prevent such safety hazards. I've come to concede that they might be right.
That had to be frightening for both of them, not to mention Mr. Cracker.
Posted by: MaxedOutMama at October 17, 2005 05:50 PMYour dogs take each other's collars off?
What is the deal with that?
Mine don't wear clothes in the house. ;)
That's very scary, though. Good thing ya'll were home!!
Posted by: pam at October 18, 2005 11:36 AM