If previously I talked about cat’s collar, now I would like to share about collar styles for a dog. Actually there are many styles of dog collars to choose from depending on your dog’s size, character and your training needs. Commonly, a traditional nylon or leather dog collar is tolerable. For this discussion I explain 5 dog collar styles excluding “remote training collars”
1. Traditional Dog Collars 
- Available in a variety of styles, colour and widths. Ensure that this collar style is not too loose enough to slip over the pets head and that you can fit two fingers between your dogs neck and his collar which could avoid coughing and improper breathing. Be wise to match the collar to small dogs / puppies or wider and bigger dog.
2. Halter – Type Dog Collars 
- This collar style will give you the best control over your dog. And look more like a horse’s halter, with a band going around the back of the head and another around the nose. The lash snaps onto the collar under the chin. So when you pull on the leash, the dog’s head will either be pulled down or to the side which makes it impossible for the dog to move ahead or pull you forward.
3. Dog Harnesses
- With a design which goes around the neck and around the shoulders behind the front legs, this is highly recommend for dogs that have upper respiratory disease or disease of the throat or trachea such as collapsed trachea. If a dog with a collar pulls on the leash, it places pressure on the throat and trachea, causing irritation and coughing while harnesses relieve that pressure.
4. Chain Slip Dog Collar 
- Chain-slip collars, also called check chain or ‘choke collars,’ provide effective training and retraining tools when used correctly and on appropriate dogs. These collars are most often used for dogs that are strong-willed, pull when on a lead or those that do not respond to training when wearing traditional collars.
- If you plan to use a choke collar on your dog, have a trainer show you how to use it correctly. Correct usage involves a quick ‘tug-and-release’ action (as opposed to a steady pulling) that tells the pet a different behaviour is desired. These collars should only be worn during training sessions, never in a crate, and avoided in pets with delicate trachea, such as Yorkshire Terriers.
5. Pronged Collar 
- Sometimes known as pinch collar, they contain blunt prongs that protrude inward from the left. Designed for only the most stubborn pullers, they are temporary training tools used to change behaviour on dogs that do not respond to any other collar.
- Halter-type collars give you more control and are much less likely to harm your dog.
We have found that owners who know how to correctly train dogs rarely need these types of collars. Rather, they learned they were training their pet incorrectly, and were able to successfully train their dog using other collars after learning proper methods.
