Steve Snell’s Gundog Blog

I am a little overstocked on dogs.  I have 10 runs at my kennel and 14 dogs that stay there the majority of the time.

That means we have a few dogs that have room mates. 

I really don’t like to kennel dogs together, but I do it sometimes.  I really need to add a few runs if I am going to keep this many dogs.

I got to the kennel last night to find that Apple had chewed off Mac’s leather collar.  Here’s all that was left.

I’ll be seeing the rest of of again soon but in a slightly digested format.

I guess it could have been worse.  At least they didn’t eat the metal too.

It’s my fault.  I like using leather collars but they taste better than nylon or coated nylon.

It reminds me of a situation that happened to my dad pack in the early 1980’s.  He had just purchased his first bark collar.  Back then bark collars were pretty expensive.  If my memory is correct, he spent around $300 on it.  Keep in mind that that was $300 in 1980 dollars.

The first night he put it on a dog in a kennel run with another dog.  It seemed to work really well since there was no barking that night.

He woke up to find that the reason there was no barking was because the kennel mate had chewed the collar strap off the dog and the two of them spent the night destroying his $300 bark collar. 

There was little left.  It was a hard lesson learned.  Much easier for me to replace my $15 leather collar.

Steve Snell

Gun Dog Supply