Well I learned a valuable lesson the other day - as Rocky is so small, even puppy collars were too big for him so I got him a cat collar. A couple of time the collar came off but we were in the house, so I didn't think about it but when we went out walking the other day it came off when he tugged at the lead and we were near a road - fortunately a quiet one - he went dashing all around the place and I was terrified of a car coming along. The thing that stopped him was that I have taught him to sit by the car door whilst I open it to let him in and as I had opened my car door, he eventually stopped running around and went to sit by the door to wait for me to pick him up!!!

It was only after this happened that I suddenly realised that cat collars have the in-built safety of coming off if tugged hard so that if cat gets the collar stuck under a hedge or fence the collar comes off so the cat doesn't get strangled!!

So needless to say Rocky now has his puppy collar on (still a little loose but he's grown a bit so fits him well enough so it won't come off) and we have learned a valuable lesson!!!

I was terrified he would get squished by a car only weeks after our poor lovely Chewie (cat) got run over

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Proud owner of Rocky the Yorkie, born July 2008, who came to live with us at 8 weeks old

blimey that was lucky, good job it wasnt near a busy road,eek: what about a little harness, my daughter has brought a very small harness for one of the shih tzu puppies, they fit very nicely,

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have you tried the nylon ( i think thats what they are) collar and lead? thats what i got my 2 as they were so small.and they dont have holes in the collar you just push the pin thing in and through the nylon.glad your pup was ok

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I have a cat collar for Dora, I havn't put it on her yetbut it is only to get her used to wearing one, I wont use it when she starts to go out on the lead, not now anyway
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aww bless him, glad all was well in the end,. doesnt it make your heart skip when they manage to get off there leads near roads

why dont ya just cut the smallest dog collar down u can get...and make ur own holes...i did...i know doing that would fit on rockys neck.

so glad it wernt me going thro wat u went thro, il ave bloody heart attack.

We did that with a material one and it went all frayed at the end............ and he he kept chewing it - I am happy with his puppy collar now he is a bit bigger, it won't come off his head!

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Proud owner of Rocky the Yorkie, born July 2008, who came to live with us at 8 weeks old

Yeah I second this. I did this at first. They grow fast though!