Harley has a bit of a bald spot where his collar rubs on him. It's a leather HD collar that has a few studs and a couple of spikes on it. When we got it for him, his hair was fine, but now he has a bald spot there. At first I thought it might be a form of mange and then I got to thinking about how he scratches and how it rubs around his neck. It's not too tight or too loose. We don't use it for his leash, he has a harness, but I think he looks weird without a collar. Any advice? Thanks in advance.

I take it off of him every other day, just to give his skin a rest, but is there anything that would help? Like oatmeal shampoo?

This is the collar: http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2751452  And he's trained pretty good not to go to the door until it's time for him to go outside. I usually pick him up if someone knocks on the door when I'm not expecting them to and he backs up when I tell him "back".

Oh, and if you enlarge the pic of the collar, it's the second one in the window that pops up.

Lol! Well, Harley hasn't had his collar on since I posted this, but I found a rash on his neck. It was really red and irritated. I thought he was bleeding. I think I know why he's got a rash and a bald spot. He scratches his neck so darn much that now he has a rash and it rubs on his neck. Sooo, I'm going to take him to the vet tomorrow to see what we can do for him. Thanks for all the replies! And lol @ hubba hubba.

I know Ivy hated her collar at first and still sometimes tries to scratch it off  but I found just a light weight 1/4 inch buckle collar she likes much better.

Sorry that Harley is having a problem with that.. I hope its not mange or ringworm

I used to have collars on my dogs all the time but I had an incident where Boggie and Eddie (a beagle we no longer have) where rough-housing and Boogie's collar got snagged in Eddies lower jaw and boogie flipped over and started biting Eddie because he was choking.  By the time I caught Eddie who proceeded to drag Boog all over the yard in a paniced yelping hysteria.. Boogie was all but dead.  I had to literally puff air in his nose and pump his chest for several seconds before he gasped and then started panting.   

He is fine now but to this day if my dogs are out in the yard ... no collars.  The only one wearing a collar all of the time is my big Lab/Rott. .... We use the Easy Walk harness when we walk the dogs and they do have collars that they wear on bath day so I can hook them up in the tub. 

Sorry I kinda got off on that.. it is still very real to me.

The round leather collar sounds like a good idea unless he is just sensitive to the material.

 Please keep us posted on what the vet says... hope its all okay.

WOW! I am so sorry that happened. If and when we get another dog, no collars when they play. And I really hope its not mange or ringworm either, hadn't thought about that. Man, that would be so scary. Poor baby.  I looked at your site GrafixGirl, and I love Kodi and Bunny's coloring, very beautiful.