Hand Made Dog Collars?

I have an idea for you, but you may think it's a stupid one. There is someone on my local Craigslist that has postings for hand made leashes and collars from time to time. I would wonder if this person does well with their sales. Maybe someone on your local Craigslist does this too, so you could go to the Pet Section and type that item/items in the search box. Then, if you found something, you could take a look at how you THINK the items are constructed, and maybe even contact them and talk to them about it. (without telling them that's your plan, so they don't think you would be taking business away from them) Safety and durability would be first on my list, rather than how fancy or pretty it was. I just don't get into that sort of thing, myself.

You should only be able to fit 2 fingers in the collar.. your whole hand is too loose and your dog will be able to slip the collar. The dog may be reacting to the nylon. Or it may be breaking the fur. Try a rolled leather collar and see if that makes a difference.

Not dog collars, but I made bridles and halters when I was a kid, and actually used them.

Mostly I braided them (four or three cord), but I also made some from leather. You could make collars the same way.

Its not hard, and as long as you use nylon cord, webbing, or leather, you shouldnt have any problem with strength.

You dont need to buy a professional sewing machine......they make heavy duty needles for leather, and you could stitch them by hand. You could also do appliques and apply them with hot glue. Nylon melts when it gets hot, so they would probably wear well.

I would want to see samples before buying.

I think that is such a nice idea but I think I would prefer buying my dog a collar in the

petshop just cause of safety reasons I think a lot of dog owners would feel the same way

The first thing you will need is an industrial sewing machine. Most commercial machines cringe at the thought of anything that heavy duty. I have an old Singer model 66 that handles the job but its fairly slow. Just thought I would mention that before you bought a bunch of supplies.

Look up para-cord Survival Bracelets if you learn how to make those you can make them larger then make the dog collars aand leashes!! thats what i do and i also sell mine but the money i make goes to our care packages we send to the army (because we have a friend in the army)

I did it with leather. I bought the hide, cut the strips, hand sewn, 6' leashes, different widths, collars from 2" wide & down with buckle & D ring. Simple, basic, nothing fancy.

Know what? I trained my 6yo Pitbull mix Charlie to stop barking at the delivery guy in just 2 days. nuthin 2 it. I wish we were faster to discover the Dog discipline magic system that I found with google.

Honestly, although that's a sweet idea, I don't think that I'd buy one. I want something seriously seriously trustworthy for the safety of my dog. I think I'd only trust larger companies for that.