Lucy's Collar Crisis!

This past week, I have run into a terrible collar crisis. I had Lucy outside with her leash shut in the door. When I went to let her in, I found her there with her collar in her mouth, and the neighbor guy telling me that she broke her collar off. Luckily she did not run away, but just came home, with her collar in tow. That tone collar, that you set a tone off to distract her when she does naughty things, like chew the carpet, was expensive. A guy at work put it onto a new collar to go around her neck. THEN one of the screws to get the batteries changed was stripped and a different mechanic had to put it in a vice and use an electric drill to get it out. Then Lucy has started barking again. Loud barks for no reason that I can see. I could not get the battery in straight in her bark collar. I finally figured that out too. We are back in the game, but let me tell you, I lost control of my house for a couple days! Lucy does her tricks like a pro now. We are working on her ringing a big bell that hangs on the door knob at the front door to tell me she has to potty outside.