Gypsy, You know what's interesting... I never put it together until I just read your post about Pippin's 'racy red collar' but there is something special and important about getting a collar for a dog. We have every single collar Badger has ever owned, and it just felt wrong to use his, like it was 'replacing him' it was wrong to use his collars for her,for his sake, and for hers.
I brought this collar home and it is sitting on our dining room table, every time I pass it, I pick it up and hold it, its like the first part of having her. It feels huge, and awesome to think that in a few weeks we are going to meet a spirit that we are going to love forever, and that I can already look at the new collar she will wear.
I'm getting stupidly emotional about this collar thing, but I think it's just more important than I realized.