PetSafe Quick Snap Buckle Nylon Martingale Dog Collar

This may be a fine collar generally. But tonight something very scary happened while 2 of my dogs were out in the yard together. One dog got its jaw wrapped so tightly in the extra loop that the other dog couldn’t breathe. I never considered that I should take it off except when walking them, so maybe it shouldn’t have a low star rating, and maybe common sense would tell people not to leave this on their dogs when playing. But I just never even thought of this possibility. I was in a panic bc I couldn’t untwist it from one dogs jaw and the other dog couldn’t breathe. They are both okay. But never never leave this collar on your dog as a “full time” collar. Terrifying lesson learned!!

It is so frustrating getting pet supplies when they do not have correct sizes listed. Bought the "small" collar which says it is for necks 9-11 inches. Adjusting down to the absolute smallest size possible, the collar is 12.5 inches. My dog's neck is 10 inches so this is too big. I was buying a new collar because his old one was too big. ARRRRG! The quality of the collar is great but PLEASE correct your sizes

I ordered this item because it seemed like the sizing was very flexible for a Martingale collar for various dogs and I have dogs of different sizes. However it really only works on large dogs. It’s too loose on any other kind of dog including at the lower end of the designated size range. I should’ve known that something this cheap wouldn’t be very good.

So my dogs have thick neck fur and smaller heads. (Brains are huge though.) They understand that the collars they wear are just loose enough that they can slip out of them if they just pull back when on leash. I didn't want to resort to a choke chain (not my thing) but the possability of them slipping out of their collars when they wanted to wasn't working for me either. These Martingale collars work great! I only use them on walks or in public though.(faster than trying to wrangle the slippery beasties into their harnesses) For around the house they have a regular collar.

I measured my dog's neck size in inches and it was 16 inches so I ordered a large as it says large is "13-20 inches". I received my order two days later and it was a bit big so I adjusted the collar as much as possible and it was still too big. Long story short, I couldn't make it any smaller and it was too big for my dog.

At first we thought the collar was too big for our pup but realized that it was supposed to fit that way and is great when attached to the leash for walks our girl gets anxious at times and tries to back out of her collar this one doesn't allow her to get out of it

I have old PetSafe collars that have lasted for several years. I could not remember or determine their sizes. I measured the dogs and old collars (15 inches) and ordered large ones, which were advertised to fit 13 inches and larger. They are too big for my hounds, so I reordered mediums.

The flawed design was the tab near the quick release buckle where I placed the tags. For the martingale function to work, the metal loop must be positioned at the top of the neck where you attach the lead. When the dog pulls, the metal loop causes the collar to tighten which then corrects the dog’s behavior. That leaves this plastic tag with a hole near the buckle which is positioned near the chest if the metal tightening loop is on top of the neck. Logically, that’s where I placed the tags. Unfortunately, the tab is attached to the collar with a nylon piece which tore off and I lost my dog’s ID and rabies tags. Purchased in October. Tab tore off in January. In the Q & A section, the reply The flawed design was the tab near the quick release buckle where I placed the tags. For the martingale function to work, the metal loop must be positioned at the top of the neck where you attach the lead. When the dog pulls, the metal loop causes the collar to tighten which then corrects the dog’s behavior. That leaves this plastic tag with a hole near the buckle which is positioned near the chest if the metal tightening loop is on top of the neck. Logically, that’s where I placed the tags. Unfortunately, the tab is attached to the collar with a nylon piece which tore off and I lost my dog’s ID and rabies tags. Purchased in October. Tab tore off in January. In the Q & A section, the reply was to place the tags on the metal loop which would not make sense. In fact, there is no other reason for that tab to be there. I wish I had a photo but the tab tore off. The best representative photo is the one another reviewer posted of the collar laid out straight with the ID tag with “Doby” engraved. The martingale function of this collar is fine. The sizing is absolutely incorrect as mentioned endless times in the reviews. I had to get a smaller replacement. As always, Chewy was extremely reasonable and refunded this purchase. I’ll be looking for another collar on Chewy. … more

I’ve bought several of these martingale collars, they have all broken within a few months of purchase. The most recent has only lasted for a few weeks and then ripped clean through.

I wanted a collar for my little dog’s tags but I didn’t know this was an unusual collar. I use a harness on her because I don’t want to lead her around by the neck. That means I won’t be using the one I bought.