Despite our best efforts, there are times that our pets get off of a leash or out of their kennel. Many pet owners have had the frightening experience of opening a door at night and that pesky little dog sneaking around your legs to escape. In a matter of seconds your pet can dart into the street into oncoming traffic and be killed. While it may be tempting to blame the driver of the car, we know in out hearts that with no warning there was nothing he or she could have done. If you pet had a reflective dog collar, there is a better chance for the driver to stop in time to save your pet’s life.
Twenty percent of drivers will hit a pet with their car at sometime. One fourth of those drivers will not stop to check the pet or make a report of the accident. There are millions of pets that die on the road annually and others are simply left to suffer.
As a responsible dog owner, you should consider a reflective dog collar for your pet. These collars are affordable and make your pet move visible to vehicles from a further distance than a pet without the reflective collar. While darkly colored animals may benefit the most from these collars, every pet becomes more visible with a reflective collar. Pets become much more visible in the one to six hundred foot range giving drivers needed response time to brake and miss your beloved pet.
There are two types of dog collars that are called reflective. One depends on prisms that have been formed in the collar to reflect the light of headlights or any other available light to allow your pet to be seen.
A second type of collar, sometime sold as reflective is actually a phosphorescent collar. These glow-in-the-dark collars absorb light and re-emit it even if there is other light present. The problem with these type of collars is that they must be charged by some time in the light and they give off their light after a few hours. If your dog has been sleeping in the dark, the collar may not have enough of a charge to allow it to be seen in the dark.
In addition to reflective collars, you will find reflective leashes. The leash can make both you and your pet more visible to drivers and increase safety for the two of you.
If your pet gets loose after dark, the reflective collar can help you to find your dog. Never chase a loose dog, but train it to come to your call. Chasing the animal can force it out into the danger of the street.
Be sure that you attach an ID tag to the collar. The ID tag should have a current phone number so that you can be contacted if your animal is found. This may save your pet a trip to the pound.
Even though you have a reflective collar, remember that you should always supervise your pet when it is off the leash. Never let him run loose unattended. The reflective collar can help you to find a hurt pet to get him the help that is needed.
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