A slightly amusing coincidence, or a reflection of a dream:
I went over to a friend's house last night, brought her dinner and we watched a movie about Esther, from the Bible. This is an old, old friend whom I recently reunited with after many years, and she lives alone, and must move about on crutches.
My friend has a chihuahua dog, very tiny. It is cold here this week, and someone had put a little baby t-shirt on the dog to keep her warm. I've never seen her in a covering of any kind, and hadn't visited for a little while. Little Ruby.
She cuddled up on the sofa with me, burrowing into the blanket. The t-shirt was too tight on her little legs, but I didn't say anything. We watched the movie.
After a while, my friend asked me to take the "arms" of the t-shirt off the little dog's legs. So, one by one, I bent her little legs up and carefully stretched the tight cloth over them to free her. After I did one leg she gave me a big, slurpy dog-kiss.
When I was done, she leaped over me where I was stretched out on the sofa and darted off into the bedroom not to be seen again by me.
I guess, not a dog "collar," but close enough.
love, blink