leather collars need some opinions

[houndcrazy93]

Hey everyone gonna buy some new collars for the dogs, and was thinking about trying out leather ones, and wanted to know how the hold up compared to the day glow ones. Thanks for the help everyone

[pegleg]

in the right climate "very narrow window there" they do ok. I don't use them myself after trying them here and only getting three or four months use out of them for the price you can get a good "day glo" for a lot less and they last a year and a half to two here and a occasional collar may last longer. the color is a bonus to.

[houndsman2]

i had one on my hound and it is in great shape still had it on him a year but man do they smell bad after a month of running. got day glos on him now

[dwalton]

They will smell bad after a while as stated and the other dogs will chew on them. Dewey

[R.M.]

I got the double stitched leather collars from night light. They seem pretty tough, and are holding up real well! Pretty fair on the price too. I don't have an issue with them smelling or rotting, but it's pretty dry here. If you get a lot of rain or wet snow you may want to avoid the leather.

[BARTAMENKO]

Deweys right on the button dogs will eat them and pups eat them as fast as you put them on.

[plottpappaw]

i had all mine in leather colors for the first month of our pursuit season last year and i really regreted it. they stunk got heavy in the rain and you may think i;m nuts but it seemed to have the effect of them getting hotter faster around the neck due to the weight and thickness.

[Paul Conway]

I oil my leather collars before ever putting them on a dog and then when they look like they need it- baseball glove conditioner/neetsfoot oil/etc. It helps alot. Keystoneapul

[dogginca]

Oil helps alot also i found that leather collars dont seem to rub the hair off of a dogs neck. i just went back to leather collars because my grandpa used them and my dad and they had real good luck you just have to treat them and yes dont leave to much tail because you wont have one left. good luck ps dont use zeta collars i had some and they got rock hard thank