ID COLLARS FOR NEW PUPPIES WHAT TO USE??????

[gracielou]

I've always use Vet Wrap you can get a lot of colors from KY Vet and if you have a huge litter I just use 2 colors. I just make sure everyday Mama doesn't pull one off until I Microchip them.

[M&Tdoodles]

Thanks to all who gave us this idea. It has helped tremendously. They stay on!!!

Don't fray and expand a bit with growth.
We found ours at qcsupply under the name "co-flex bandage" for $1.51 a roll , this will outlast us but hey thanks to you all our search is over.
Hope this heps anyone else out there trying to find the same solution to this problem.

http://search.qcsupply.com/search.aspx? ... ack%7e1.51

[mtd885]

Originally Posted by dixiedi

What a beautiful array of colors I love litters with a variety, good luck

I never found anything to work better than the vetwrap. If you have more puppies than you do colors of vetwrap, just twist two colors together

Perhaps I'm getting OLD but whatever happened to using clipping patterns to ID PUPS?

[dixiedi]

I've never heard of clipping patterns, maybe that is even a better way. Please share

[Maureen]

I've never heard of clipping patterns either but thanks, M&T for the link on the cool site! I've never heard of QC before.

[M&Tdoodles]

YOU MEAN "CLIP THIER FUR"????
IF SO IT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE WHEN BORN BECAUSE THEY DONT HAVE MUCH FUR TO CLIP....
THE WRAPS ARE WORKING MAGNIFICO....
QC SUPPLY IS SUPER! & FAST SHIPPING TOO.

[mtd885]

[quote="M&Tdoodles"]YOU MEAN "CLIP THIER FUR"????
IF SO IT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE WHEN BORN BECAUSE THEY DONT HAVE MUCH FUR TO CLIP....

That's the way I used to do it with GR. different patterns on each pup. Snip on RFPaw=M males snipped on r/side LFPaw=F females snipped on left side. Each one then had an ID clip associated with the buyer ie: 1 clip on tail goes to Annmarie-2 clips on tail to Nancy etc. (or on the rear legs) It's an easy system (if you write it down)

[M&Tdoodles]

With our luck we would plan it all out, write it all down , then Monet ( 7 mos old) would come and eat the paper and we'de be left with a huge question mark?
Thanks for the suggestion tough..sounds like a good idea with maybee a smaller litter...then the fur would grow out and wede forget to reclip..lol the silly list of the stupid things we would do or not do goes on & on...
Does any one else clip?

[Calliedoodle]

Our breeder used breakaway nylon safety cat collars that they bought at a dollar store. (They removed the bells, of course - a choking hazard for baby doodles!). They were able to get enough different prints to cover Callie and all her siblings (a litter of 12! 10 blacks, a chocolate, and a yellow, even split of 6 males, 6 females).

[Mhyles30]

I purchased vet wraps from Amazon-10 different colors and they are wonderful-they even gave me 1 free roll!! They don't come off, adjustable, and I don't have to worry about them chocking the puppies. I have tried ribbons and other things before and I will not trade vet wraps with anything else-they are very convenient to use. Thank you all for sharing this information.

-Maila
www.coloradomountainlabradoodles.com