When choosing a collar for your whippet there are some special considerations you need to be aware of:
1) Many whippets have a neck that is bigger (in circumference) than their head
Heavy whippets (especially males) can have thick muscular necks and long thin pointed heads, with ears that can lie absolutely flat to their head. This means if a whippet is frightened by something whilst out for a walk (and some are terrible babies) it may panic and simply back out of a normal collar.
2) A badly chosen whippet collar can injure and possibly break the dog's neck neck.
It is said that a whippet can accelerate from 0 to 35mph in 4 seconds. Whippets are bred to chase and hunt so they can be expected to show 'considerable interest' in cats or rabbits. As the dog reaches the end of its lead the collar can jerk its neck with considerable force. To protect the dog's neck/back from injury a whippet collar should span two vertebrae. This means a minimum width of 1.5 inches.
All Barefoot Leather whippet collars meet this standard
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