It is rather difficult to figure out without assistance the huge variety of collars that is offered by modern pet industry. We will help you to make the right choice and to dress up your pet with a suitable accessory for him.

One can divide the types of collars first of all in accordance with their assignment:

-soft classic (walking, with handle for protection and guarding work). Such collars are manufactured of leather, synthetic material or combination. Usually such collars have soft padding (felt, fleece, thin leather with soft filling) in order to guarantee the maximum comfort for a dog.

Walking collars are the most wide spread type. As a rule, they have one semi-ring for the leash fastening. It may be located near the buckle that will not hinder the animal in this case to move its head. Or in the opposite collar side – then the dog owner won’t need to look for the ring to fasten the dog (the buckle as the heaviest part, tends to the bottom on the dog’s neck)

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Protection training collar is equipped with an easy-to-use handle that one can hold the dog back. The ring for a lead is located either on the handle itself or right under it.

Usually there is also still one semi- ring near the buckle and it’s better to fasten the dog during the work exactly to it.

Guard collar is the most reliable and time-tested type.

It is oriented towards dog’s being on a leash constantly that is why it should have the ruggedness. The main peculiarity of the collar is that the collar strap is passed first through the semi-ring and then the strap is fastened with the buckle.

In such way the energies of dog’s jerks are made not to the buckle, but to the dense material passed through the ring.

The buckle is located on top and does not disturb the dog.

Choke collar (metal chain, leather, synthetic). Such collars are usually applied as training or show collars.
However the small weight makes them convenient in the daily life as well. The choking action of collars is perceived by dogs as the closest to the natural conditions of breeding in a pack: a mother teaches her baby animal by light choking its neck.

However any similar influence of the dog, particular on a puppy, must be brief and accurate; else any training value will be lost. The experienced instructor before allowing for the beginner to use this collar must tell in details and show how this collar must influence the dog.

Metal or jerk chains must be manufactured from the durable alloy, all links must be soldered or welded and the coat must be put in such way that it won’t injure the dog. At present many dogs suffer from allergy to alloys that include nickel. That is why one developed special composition on the copper basis called curogan that is in color a little darker and redder than brass, but it does not cause dogs allergy.

One should remember that some mot very qualitative chains can tincture the coat of the light dogs. Hence before you go to the dog show it would be better to try it. And one more remark:

short-haired dogs or dogs with long fluffy coat are shown with thin, nearly very elaborate work chains. It’s because not to divide the dog’s neck visually and in order the coat not be rumpled. But the smaller the link is, the less chain cuts the dog’s coat. That is why the shepherds’ owners use chains with long links (up to 5 cm):