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For all that I totally understand and love the flea collar on pastern thing - did the pet store think you had a bunch of dogs? a dashchund kennel? I'd still put the ID on my horse's headstall. It's right at the rescuer's eye level, specific to the individual horse (unlike the saddle), somewhat less likely to get lost, and is a logical place for such stuff. How many people would think to look for ID on a pastern? Not me, or anyone I know.

Come to think of it, maybe it's time to check the dogs name tag. There's a lot of action there, too, and this thread has me wondering if the info is still legible on Monty's tag.

Oh, Monnnntyyyy...

(It's OK, but the dog is confused "What was THAT all about?")

Well, anyone slick enough to catch a horse would surely notice it ws wearing a bracelet!!

When I was a kid, like 10ish, we were up at my great aunt's cabin way up north in MN. We woke up in the morning, and my dad told me there was a horse in the front yard. I went out in my pajamas and "caught" it, but they wouldn't let me keep him! They told me it was from the summer camp down the road, and I had to return it. I had a rope to lead him with, and as soon as I was out of sight of the house, I had that horse weaseled up against a bank at the side of the road, climbing on. The camp was happy to get him back...

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Originally Posted by crazycanuck

The road I.D concept is wonderful however i've not seen anything like this down this way..

Snappypix,lighsabre & the other down under chickies...do you have anything like this???

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I have been looking for something since I first saw ROAD ID discussed here
You can buy cheap "junk metal" 'dog tags' here from places like Hallensteins (do you get Hallensteins over the ditch?) but I haven't seen ones the right size - saw perfect ones the other day - two on a chain for $20 ... but one of the tags had 'trendy' holes in it and the other had some kind've red synthetic stuff on one side - rendering them both useless for my purposes.

You can buy silver 'dog tags' from the jewellers - but thats about $60 for one...

And the cheap ones will be more resistant to wear and tear anyways.

I might just have to give up and use ROAD ID - gonna enquire about a discount for my family next week.

ID'ing the headstall only works when the headstall is on :) Fine for when you are out riding, of course, but not if the horses get loose out of the pasture (a recurring theme at the facility my horse is boarded at).

Or when he goes running off and steps on a rein and breaks the whole headstall off- because they always break where the adjustment holes on the sides are.