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Booker got a new necklace today.

Some would call it a collar but we don't use it that way.

He has a harness for walking and that is enough for restraint purposes. Not that restraint is ever needed for the "gentle giant" as our friend Lynda called him today.

He has had a "martingale" type collar which is a web loop twined with a web collar. The loop pulls up and tightens the collar slightly if you want restraint.

He was collar trained in Las Vegas at Airedale camp and he was quite responsive with it but with the harness it is not necessary. The "martingale" is a humane alternative to choke chains. It does not choke. It pulls up behind his ears and actually works on the chin.

One touch or slight pull on the collar was enough to get him to stop whatever he was doing. But the harness negates the need for the collar.

That is a long explanation on a practical plane for what is, essentially, a decorative item and practical only in the sense that it has his id tags. They jingle.

He seems to like the addition. I would think it a lot more comfortable than the one inch wide web collar.

Just for comparison, the chain is 20". Franklin's was 18". Big Booker.

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