How To Make A Martingale Dog Collar

Martingale collars are a very popular choice for dog trainers. They are not a severe as a regular choke collar since they cannot infinetly tighten and choke the dog. This instructable will show you how to make a martingale collar from scratch.

I have recently started a DIY pet blog called Bloggie Stylish where you can find other cool tutorials like this one.

Step 1: Tools & Supplies You Will Need

You will need some sort of webbing. There are many kinds out there like cotton, polypropylene and nylon. Three D-rings, which you can scavenge off of an old collar. Scissors. I have two pairs, one for cutting and a small pair of trimming scissors for cutting the threads. A flexible measuring tape for measuring your dog's neck. A sewing machine (that's a given) and sewing thread.

Comments

[biffula]

This is a great idea, but my issue with it is that it is silent. If you properly use a chain slip/choke collar, part of the training is the sound. After a use or two, a dog is conditioned to the sound of the chain slipping through the ring and realizes, "Uh oh, I know that sound, I'm about to get choked if I don't stop pulling."

[dogologie]

Those are very cute!

Check out these designer dog collars I made!

[▒☺▒]

cool.

[wendoze]

Thank you! You've inspired me to save $$ and have dogs with pretty interchangeable martingale collars.. it's so hard to find nice martingale ones reasonably priced - this is GOLD!

[vrkelley]

Thank you, I bought some reflective webbing. It is also helpful to burn the edges with a lighter to prevent fraying.

[your dog]

is that a weimaraner?

[J@50n]

Either that or a vizsla Weimaraner (grey/silver in pic) vizsla (Brown/red in pic)

[Doggie Stylish]

jersey is a little vizsla girl

[your dog]

Cool! i have a Weimaraner. She is not as young anymore though, now a year old

[Doggie Stylish]

ooh, so very cute!!