[MamaAllNatural]

Just wanted an official answer. Thanks.

 

[thekimballs]

What type of collar, which breed, and for what activities?

 

[MamaAllNatural]

For the kind that they wear all day, every day for everything. Nylon? Average.

For my dogs or just a general guideline for all dogs. I did just get my dogs new collars and I tend to have them on the tighter than looser side. I don't want them to get caught on anything and I don't want them to be able to slip their collar. I was just hoping for a more official answer. I don't like these collars as much as the ones I used to have but I already took the tags off so....

 

[thekimballs]

An everyday flat buckle collar, which functions to hold ID tags and for emergency attaching of leash, should be tight enough not to go over the head by accident. A collar worn while walking, training, etc. should be up right under the ears, at the smallest part of the neck. Most of the time that's not a flat buckle collar; it's a smaller, thinner collar that allows the dog to feel your signals and a correction.

 

[MamaAllNatural]

Well, I do have them trained to walk nicely on the leash so that it's not a problem w/their regular collars. If they are ever naughty though or need reminding I do tighten them, and put them up high on their neck and then they get pleasure of walking in circles again and again and again with me until I feel they got the message.

Do you have an actual "this many fingers" type of gage(sp)?

 

[shannon0218]

2 fingers max.
Prong collars, one fingertip under a prong.
Slip collars, 2.5-3" longer than the measurment at the highest part of the neck.
Protection collar, one finger but collar is a minimum of 4" wide (mine are 6")

 

[EdlynsMom]

Shannon, whats a protection collar?

 

[shannon0218]

A wide leather collar to support the neck while doing bitework (leashed) but it also serves as a cue to the dog that we're going to do bitework (which is why most sport people leave it on during trial even though a leash can't be hooked to it.

 

[swampwitch]

Just wanted to chime in and say that we have leather collars that are pretty loose (two fingers) for their ID tags. For walking on a leash, we use harnesses because one tends to pull and has a typical hound build, meaning fatter neck and narrower head, like a greyhound. Combo collars work well for that, but we really like the harnesses because of her tendency to pull. The other one has some structural issues in his front legs and shoulders, so I like that the pressure is evenly distributed over more of his body. They seem to respond really well to us with the harnesses, but some of that could be their ages (5 and 6).

 

[mama2toomany]

We use a leather collar for everyday tags and stuff.... but he has a special walkin/joggin collar... i leave it attached to our leash and he gets soooo happy when we even touch it lol

i can get my hand under it but he couldn't slip it over his head.