Puppy FREAKS OUT when putting his collar on? HELP!

Hi guys, new to the forum, and have been looking on here for advice, and it's been really helpful so far, but I have a question I couldn't really find an answer to.

We adopted our corgi, Bowser, 2 weeks ago, he is now 10 weeks old. We bought him a collar the day after we got him. Every time we attempt to either put it on, or take it off, he FREAKS OUT. Growling, squirming around, nipping.. He is NOT happy about it for some reason, and I don't understand why. We try to reward him with treats whenever we do get it on, and praise him with a lot of "GOOD BOY!'s" and pets, and have been trying to put it on, take it off, as much as possible, to try and familiarize him with his collar. We tried leaving it on for a couple of days to try to get him used to it, and once it's on, he's completely fine.. But when we crate him. I always take it off, as I understand leaving the collar on while he's crated is not a good idea, but he makes me nervous about putting it on, as he gets so fired up about it. Any suggestions for this? I'm sort of at a loss as to what we should do.

Thanks in advance!

Mak, Jacqui & Bowser.

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Permalink Reply by mosesbotbol on August 16, 2012 at 1:15pm

Good for him! Great job.

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Permalink Reply by Napolean (Joan and Gabby) on August 17, 2012 at 6:27pm

It's only natural lol. When we first put the collar on Napolean he was literally screaming, whining, and went pouting about in our home until we took it off. At the time we didn't know anything about this since he's our first dog, but we called the breeder and he said it was TOTALLY natural. He told me Napolean won because I took it off. Napolean won the satisfaction of not having the collar on, making him the leader and us, the followers. I think your pup is putting up such a huge fight because he knows eventually you will take it off and he gets what he wants. I suggest keeping on the collar and ignoring everything he does and the drama will go away soon. Once he stops his tantrum take off the leash and praise, but NEVER take off the collar before then, otherwise he wins. Good luck!