Strong Dog Collar Recommendations

neveah123

Can anyone recommend a good, strong, reliable dog collar?

I have a lab x collie and need a strong collar for him. I don't have an enclosed garden so I have him tethered to a line out when he's in the garden, he chases cats, birds, anyone driving by the house and it strains on his collar and they eventually snap.

Just to add, no I don't have him chained up all day unsupervised. It's only when he's needing the bathroom or we're playing out the back, even if I throw a ball for him and it goes out of his reach he will strain on the collar, so I'm looking for a strong collar as he's fairly strong himself

TIA

tk123

You should really be using a harness for tethering him so he can't injure himself.

volchitsa

Definitely a harness, as I have found from experience.

We don't normally need to tie our similar-sized dog at home but we have to whenever we're camping or visiting other people whose gardens may not be safely enclosed.

So I bought one of those long metal cables cased in plastic for those occasions, thinking it would give her a bit of freedom, but in some ways it's worse because she forgets she's tied up. So I've seen her run at full tilt on it, (because she wasn't used to being tied up I guess, and thought she could run where she wanted) and be jerked up sharp at the end of the cable. Even on the harness she was a little winded. If the cable had been on her collar she'd have really hurt herself.

VonVix

I'd recommend a harness for when he is tethered, so he can't hurt himself if he runs after a ball. He could do serious damage to himself if he is suddenly jerked back on his neck especially if he has drive to chase, at least with a harness on the force will be a bit more distributed rather than solely concentrated on his neck.

neveah123

volchitsa wrote: »

Definitely a harness, as I have found from experience.

We don't normally need to tie our similar-sized dog at home but we have to whenever we're camping or visiting other people whose gardens may not be safely enclosed.

So I bought one of those long metal cables cased in plastic for those occasions, thinking it would give her a bit of freedom, but in some ways it's worse because she forgets she's tied up. So I've seen her run at full tilt on it, (because she wasn't used to being tied up I guess, and thought she could run where she wanted) and be jerked up sharp at the end of the cable. Even on the harness she was a little winded. If the cable had been on her collar she'd have really hurt herself.

That's the same as I have, I've had it since he was a puppy. He's fairly used to it now but sometimes the urge to chase takes over and he either forgets he's tethered or doesn't really care. I have a halti training harness I've been using since he broke his collar yesterday so I'll just stick to using that? Only thing is I find harnesses encourage him to pull even more, he's just broke the tether using the harness from chasing after the birds.

Latatian

If you tether him on a training harness he could also injure himself.

If hes pulling hard enough to snap his collar he's probably giving himself long term damage that could affect his breathing in future. Labs often won't stop when injured and will ignore pain if it suits them (think happy wagging dog running about the place with a leg that turns out to bw broken). I'd say either a strong harness, working with a dog trainer, or just not tethering him. Some dogs aren't really safe to tether and he may just be one of them.

sillysmiles

Latatian wrote: »

Labs often won't stop when injured and will ignore pain if it suits them

I can't comment on the tethering, but definitely this. Had damaged cruciate ligaments and was obviously in a lot of pain but was happy and wagging and still took off after stuff. It's only now, 2 years post op, that we can see that he must have been in a lot of pain and he didn't show it.