Forget about the letters getting scratched, what I always found hard to believe was how deformed and mangled they get, like they were beaten with a hammer. I picked 4 from the tag graveyard. Clockwise from the upper left: a rabies tag, an AKC Companion Animal Recovery tag, another rabies tag and a cheap name tag.
The one on the left used to be the same shape and color as the one on the right!
When we go on late night walks (we're going out after I post this), I prefer stealth mode. The jingle alerts every light sleeping dog in their houses along the way. I just take a piece of aluminum foil, wrap it around the tags and squeeze. Its an effective silencer. I
want to hear tags jingling when on wooded trails. Nicky loves to race around helter skelter and is often out of ear shot. When I call him, I look like a dog - I stop and listen for the jingle. When I think I hear it, I turn my head this way and freeze, then that way and freeze, trying to zero in on the sound. I cant make my ears stand up though.
He doesnt usually run around the house naked either. I can keep track of where he is what he's doing or when he comes in from the yard. The other night he had his collar off. I left him sleeping soundly in the bedroom and went downstairs to the kitchen. I was standing at the counter and turned around and he was sitting there watching me. It scared the wheaties out of me because I didnt hear him come down, he was just...there. <cue creepy music>
