What type of leash/collar
 

Berlin is almost 9 months old now, and pretty much done growing in regards to collar size. What type/brand of collars do you guys use on your GSD's? I am leaning toward a nice leather collar/leash but obviously there are no nice ones at Petco/Petsmart...so I have to order online. Please share what type/brand you use and where you got it from! Thanks :)

Mine don't wear collars except when we visit a park or the vets office. In those cases they wear slip collars because it's possible for them to back out of a regular collar. My female was pretty skillful at backing out of a collar.

What type of leash/collar
 

Berlin wears his collar when we are out.. But not in the house. He has just a regular nylon one for now.


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in the house Penny only wears a choke chain (ive never used it for its "intended purposes") its light and does not mess with her fur... outside she wears just a plain flat buckle leather collar.... Diesel was the same with inside and the choke chain, outside she would wear her spiked leather collar or just a regular flat leather collar

Gunther just has a basic nylon collar (petsmart) and a double handle leash(humane society). But I just looked up dog collars and it looks like Coach makes some if you want to go that route...

Wrigley has worn a rolled leather collar for a long time but I recently found one on Etsy that I love (the Trista stripe): Custom Dog Collars Leashes Harnesses & Accessories by 3pooches I also just ordered this seller's no-pull harness. We struggle with the Easy Walk not staying put. I haven't received the harness yet but it looks like a good design.

I do like the look of the rolled leather collar on a GSD, it doesn't mess with their fur the way a flat collar can. It's subtle and sophisticated. I guess I switched to nylon for a little spring color!

I've never tried a leather leash, I like nylon and have tried those soy ones too; both are durable.

Check here Katie. When Lisl grows up I'll be shopping for a collar for her here.

https://www.rayallen.com/category/Collars_Harnesses

My favorite is Paco Collars Custom Leather Dog Collars - Paco Collars they are expensive but very high quality and have a lifetime guarantee.
I've been thinking of having them turn my dog Pooch's Paco collar into a memorial bracelet, they offer that as a free service.
You can also order a matching bracelet when you order a collar, I did that with Bianca's milan heart collar (matching leash too).
They also make belts.

Avery has a nylon rolled slip collar for training. He typically wears the collar I got custom made by this lady BOPA - Dogstyle which is nylon on one side and neoprene on the other which also has a matching leash. I do have floating about a regular nylon leash but I don't like how it feels on my hands. I have yet to try leather because well most of the leather I've seen at the pet stores over here runs about 80 euros or about 105 USD. I love the fact that all of the BoPa leashes are custom made and standard have loops in a few spots to make the leash different length depend on what we are doing.

I'm very fond of a leather collar our trainer asked that we buy.
 

We got it from www.activedogs.com.

It's mil-spec and not cheap. But it's very, very sturdy.

As we intend to have the dog protection trained it'll stand up to that.

Here's a link.

Military Spec 1 1/4" Brown Leather Collar