Tuesday, 7 of February of 2012

Colours, Fabrics & Measuring

*SCROLL DOWN FOR MEASURING ADVICE

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Fleece Padding Colours to choose from:


Patterned: (left to right:) pink flowers/blue flowers/candy stripe/zebra/fluffy cream/multi-stripe/tiger/pink stripes/blue stripes/pink camo/green camo ….ALSO red tartan

Pale Shades: (tend to be  a littler paler than represented here) lilac / pink / baby blue / fluffy cream / lemon…..ALSO mint

Darker Shades: (tend to be  a littler brighter than represented here) red / chocolate / royal blue / black / burgundy / ivy green … ALSO purple / raspberry


10mm (Narrow) Webbing Colours:


black / red / royal blue / sky blue / emerald / purple / lavender / raspberry / baby pink

20mm (Medium) Webbing Colours:

black / chocolate / burgundy / red / royal blue / blue with reflective strip / emerald / sky blue / purple / raspberry / pink

25mm (Wide) Webbing Colours:

red / black / burgundy / royal blue / sky blue / pink / lavender / purple

10mm (Narrow) Prints/Brocades:


navy scottie/westie / pink stitch & stripe / pink skulls / black skulls / pink yorkies / blue yorkies / cherries / blue stitch / cupcakes / skyblue pink dot / hot pink daisy / pink & black polkadot / lilac lovehearts / black w. red heart / red w. black heart ALSO Red daisy / Poppies & puppies

Bandana Dog Collar Fabrics:

You can choose from these fabrics to go on any colour or width of webbing collar.


Pirate Bandanas: pink pirate / black & red pirate / black & white pirate / red & white pirate / blue pirate / pink crossbones / aqua crossbones


yellow spotty / red spotty / blue spotty / black spotty / pink & black polkadot / blue daisy / lilac daisy / pink daisy


green camo / pink camo / blue bones(SOLD OUT) / pale blue stars / candy stripe / black cherries / pink w. hearts / red w. hearts


Superdog / black bones / Batdog / dice / halloween / xmas gingerbread / red snowflake / green snowflake / blue snowflake


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Colours may be slightly different to the shades you see here – I do my best to represent the colours but photos, dyelots  and computer screens vary! Also the textures of the different webbings and fleece colours vary a bit as well.


Measuring for Collars:

I suggest you measure your dogs neck a couple of times just to make sure you get the right measurement. You need to insert two fingers between the neck and the measuring tape when you measure – this will give a comfortable and not too tight fit.  With a tiny dog sometimes 1 finger is enough – use your judgement. It can help to have someone to hold your dog while you measure, if he is wriggly!

If you don’t have a measuring tape, use a piece of string and then measure the string against a ruler.

Measuring an existing collar:

Its better to measure the dogs neck, but if you need to measure an existing collar instead, first make sure the collar is set to a comfortable fit for the dog, lay it out flat on a table, undone.

Buckled collars - measure from the centre of the buckle (where the tongue is joined) along the collar, to the centre of the hole that is used to do up the collar on the dog normally.


Quick Release Buckle collars – measure from the top of the solid (female) part of the buckle, along the length and stop at the point where the webbing folds around the pronged (male) part of the buckle – do NOT include the pronged buckle part in your measurement.


Collar Widths: To get an idea of which width of collar is best for your dog, it can help to cut a strip of paper the same width as the collars and try it on your dog to see how it looks.

*for fleece padded collars:

Narrow – 10mm collars are 25mm in total width, with padding

Medium – 20mm collars are 35mm in total width, with padding

Wide – 25mm collars are 45mm in total width, with padding

webbing widths without padding

Big or small – no problem!