How to measure for our collars
Buckle collars
Our collars are measured along the leather from the buckle to the 2nd hole.
The best way to get a good fit is to take a collar that fits your dog well and measure it along the leather from the buckle to the hole that you normally use. This will give you the size needed.
If you don't have a collar to measure take a flexible tape measure and measure round the dog's neck where the collar should sit. For a comfortable fit you should put two fingers under the tape when measuring.
Slip collars
Our slip collars are made to the actual measurements that you send as we have to make sure that they are tight enough that your dog can't slip out and big enough to go over the head.
For slip collars we need two measurements:
Head - over the widest part where the ears are (so we can get the collar on the dog and more importantly off again over the ears).
Neck - at the narrowest point just behind the head (so we can size the slip so the dog can't back out of the collar).
Martingale collars
Our martingale collars are made to the actual measurements that you send as we have to make sure that they are tight enough that your dog can't slip out and big enough to go over the head.
We do three styles of martingale and each of these need different measurements:
Buckle martingale
As the buckle martingale will adjust to allow for any size of head the measuremts needed for this collar are:
Neck - at the narrowest point just behind the head (so we can size the slip so the dog can't back out of the collar).
Neck - at the point that the collar should sit for normal wear.
Loop martingale
As the loop martingale will adjust to allow for most sizes of head the measurement needed for this collar is:
Neck - at the narrowest point just behind the head (so we can size the slip so the dog can't back out of the collar).
Standard martingale
As this collar will need to go over your dogs head as well as being tight enough to not come off we need the following measurements:
Head - over the widest part where the ears are (so we can get the collar on the dog and more importantly off again over the ears).
Neck - at the narrowest point just behind the head (so we can size the slip so the dog can't back out of the collar).
All measurements are subject to slight variations as our collars are handmade
Wider and longer collars can always be custom made to order. Please see our custom designs page for more information.