Sewing Your Own Dog Collar

06.30.2010 · Posted in Dogs

Do you like expressing your own personal style? Would you like to design your own custom dog collar? If you have some basic sewing skills and a good sewing machine, you are a perfect candidate for making your own custom dog collar.

Along with a sewing machine, you will need a few other items before you begin. You can find these at home, order them on-line, or get them at your local sewing center. You could also get them from an old dog collar if you have one available.

First of all you need hardware for the collar. You need a side release buckle, a Dee ring, and a slider. All of these need to fit the same width webbing. This leads to the next item, webbing.

You need webbing that is about a foot longer than your dog’s neck measurement. It needs to be the right width to fit your hardware. If you want to sew a decorative ribbon down the center of the webbing, you need some of that as well.

A one inch webbing width is common for many dog collars. If you want your custom dog collar to show up more, you can go wider. You can go up to 2 inches wide for a larger dog, making sure the hardware is the same width.

The easiest decoration is to sew a ribbon down the center of your webbing. Stitch it along both sides of the ribbon. You can add other decorations later if you wish.

Thread one end of the webbing through the female end of the buckle and fold the webbing over about 3 inches. Sew close to the buckle. Put the Dee ring through the open end of the webbing and bring it up near the buckle and stitch along the other side. Stitch both places several times to make sure they are secure. Stitch along the end of the webbing, making an X for increased strength.

Take the other end of the webbing and weave it through both holes of the slider, and then through the other buckle. Keeping the webbing flat, loop it back through the slider around the center post and loop it back on itself. Sew securely close to the center post. Your custom dog collar is now complete and ready for the dog fashion show!

The owner of the dog ought to be well-informed about the types of collars available and how to use them properly as to not inflict injury to the dog. Jim Witt recommends visiting Country Brook Design to view the wide assortment of custom made Martingale Collars that are available in many sizes and colors.