Comments on: Bye-bye dog tags: Replacing them i$ a pain

By: Barb

Barb — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:25:41 +0000

I’ll add kudos for Boomerang tags! All of their tags are great quality but the slide-on tags are amazing. They’ve got styles to fit both regular and snap-on collars. I did have one of my dogs lose his slide-on tag a couple of years ago. No idea how that happened - but the company replaced it for free, no questions asked. So now I’m a customer for life.

I like their regular tags too, because you can have both sides engraved. I use the heavy duty plastic ones and have not only our phone numbers, but the vet’s number, and extra phone numbers of family and friends who could be contacted if for some reason we couldn’t be. Lots of information will fit.

By: hornblower

hornblower — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:20 +0000

Ditto boomerang slide-on tags! I engraved the licence # info from the municipal tags onto a boomerang tag & use that instead.

By: cheryl

cheryl — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:30:17 +0000

Yes - like SusanS - I have the boomerang tags. - great and guaranteed.
http://www.boomerangtags.com/p.....gs&k=h

By: SusanS

SusanS — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:39:44 +0000

I highly recommend the Boomerang slide-on collar tags. They never fall off when the collar is on the dog—you have to lose the collar to lose the tag. Info at:

http://www.boomerangtags.com/p.....gs&k=h

By: Phyllis DeGioia

Phyllis DeGioia — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:49:32 +0000

Dodger has a personalized collar with his name and our phone number on it. In this city, he is legally required to wear his license tag and rabies tag, but he does not have to wear his park permit. He has to wear ID but it doesn’t matter if it’s a tag or on his collar (I think).

Bolting them to his collar is an interesting non chew option for the Streak, or Rocket Dog.

By: H. Houlahan

H. Houlahan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:42:00 +0000

Bolt the tags flat to the collar.

I get good brass name tags from Bill Boatman & Co. in bulk, cheap. I use ‘em as luggage and gear tags, too.

If the licens and rabies tag has only one hole, drill another at the bottom.

No chew, and as long as he doesn’t lose the collar, he has his tags.

Bonus, no annoying jingling.

By: Dorene

Dorene — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:24:42 +0000

Do you have to have the tags on the dog? Here in PA, it’s the documents that are legal and the tags are a convenience. If you have the paperwork on you, then you are covered.

For just this reason, I suggest that people who are new to our dog park keep photocopies of their rabies certificate and liscense in their wallet/purse — those “snap” collars have a tendency to come apart when a dog is running/playing full-tilt and lots of people don’t realize that because their dog has never run/played like that before.

By: LB Johnson

LB Johnson — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:35:53 +0000

I think he should be called The Streak. heh, heh, heh

By: Original Lori

Original Lori — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:44:09 +0000

I wish our dog park required permits and had someone to enforce the rules. I’d definitely pay up for that!

I know Orvis makes collars with at least the name and phone number embroidered on them, that would cut down on tag volume, anyway.