What collars do you use for what purpose?

[cassadee7]

Do you have different collars you use for different purposes? At what age did you start using something other than a flat buckle collar on your pup, and why?

Saber's in a flat buckle collar. My OB instructor talked about possibly getting a different type of collar for OB (later, not this young) to use for mild corrections. She said often people use a choke collar in advanced OB, not to "choke" the dog but to "jingle" the chain a little as a reminder to the dog to follow through on a command. She also talked about martingales. And I have heard about fur savers as well.

What do you use?

[jocoyn]

I use one flat ring hunting collar for everything on my working dog. He gets a bell if he is offlead in heavy brush. I don't fret about his neck hair being mussed up.

[Jax's Mom]

All of them. You name it, I've got it. Contrary to what DH says, yes I DO use ALL of the
For me It just depends on what we're doing, what type of outing it is, etc.

[Castlemaid]

From all the stories I read about Saber, you won't need a correction or training collar collar of any sort. At two years old, doing tracking/Schutzhund obedience, bite-work wit Gryffon, I still almost exclusively only use a flat, one-inch leather collar. (Keeta, on the other hand, has a nice assortment of prongs and an expensive electric collar just for her!)

All you need is your voice, or even a little jiggle of the leash hooked to her flat collar to get her attention. Keep doing what you are doing, it is working!

[RogueRed26]

I have a flat collar with tags that I never take off for safety reasons. I use a prong collar or the gentle leader when walking her or taking her to obedience - she is a puller, so they are needed. I have been trying to wean her off the leader with the prong and hopefully to the flat collar, but at times, the gentle leader is needed when she goes into pull mode.

[Wolfiesmom]

I use a flat collar for Wolfie's ID tags, a prong collar for walking on a leash, and a choke collar, just in case the prong collar drops off.

[onyx'girl]

Flat for tags(only on the dogs when off property)
Fursaver for tracking and obedience
Fursaver and prong for protection work
For a younger dog, a harness or agitation collar for protection.
So far no electric....I use a wide variety of leashes(lengths and materials), collars not so much.

[Rerun]

They all wear flat collars w/ID tags, rabies, and their homeagain tags. This is 24/7

Walking = prongs

Training - prong or flat collar, depending on what I'm working on that day

Also have one e-collar when needed. Use it for a variety of things. Dante was a TERRIBLE poop eater - after religiously wearing it and getting popped from inside everytime he tried to take a bite of a pile of poop, he's significantly better about it. Akira used to jump horrifically bad at the back door. To the point I was afraid she was going to go through it. Tried every method in the book. She's 100% cured now after several training sessions with the e-collar. Occasionally use it for off leash training when necessary, though usually mine are very good at OB so that's not an issue.

I have an assortment of things I've acquired over the years - gentle leader, halti, harnesses, various size of slip chains, martingales, etc. For the most part they all hang on their hooks and don't move. I find all but the martingale (which I use prior to prong use) to be useless.

[Kay]

My gal wears a pinch or 'fur-saver' when training and working, and she has a martingale that she wears at all other times. I rotate between the martingale and a 'fancy' buckle collar with tags on it when we go to the park (by fancy, I just mean it has stripes on it, no bling haha). She had a plain buckle collar until she was about 5 mths, then I switched to the martingale(she can be a heavy puller).

[selzer]

All my adult dogs have a flat leather collar lined with deer skin for their dog tags. These go on when they are about to leave the property. At home, they are naked.

For instances requiring a lead, ie going to the vet, dog training, dog shows, I have a soft leather martingale with a chain section. I feel the martingale is safer than a flat collar as a dog can slip a flat collar, but cannot slip a martingale.

For puppies I use an adjustable nylon martingale.

I have a black chain link martingale because it is kool.

So far, martingales and flat collars have been sufficient for my needs.