Dog people would you buy this type of collar? ?

[LauraSaidIShouldBeNicer]

I posted a few weeks ago about some cat bits I made and got great feedback so here I go again.

I am starting to do craft stalls with homemade pet bits and have made some collars up. These are made with strong polypropylene webbing, extra strong thread and strong welded D ring fittings so will and can handle a dog that pulls.

I am thinking of charging £7 for the 25mm collars and £5 for the 20mm collars.

Whippet/Greyhound owners would love these ❤ fabulous price too.

I would charge a bit more though as cheaper may indicate "cheap made, not strong"

@LauraSaidIShouldBeNicer

ShesComeUndone already sorted insurance out

What insurance do you need to do this?

For when I do stalls I have public liability insurance.....my first fair is in 2 weeks

I like them. They look well made but they’ll need to be to hold up to my dogs,

But I would be wary of licensing issues, Disney will pounce. As a dog owner I would also be wary of strength, you need good insurance.

I wouldn't without testing on them to check strength. But I do have large breed dogs.

I really like these.
And as opposed to some pp's I like the fastening. Easy and quick to release if something gets stuck in their collar.
I never use a collar with a belt type fastening.

I'd buy one of these, especially the Gruffalo one! However, our dog is bloody strong so he'd have to wear it as decoration alongside his normal one

They're lovely! I don't have a dog but I would buy a similar one for my cat.

We have a collar for our Bedlington Poodle cross simply to have his dog tag on display. Dogs must have an id tag under The Control of Dogs Order 1992.

He has a harness to attach the lead to for walks.

Your designs are lovely but I too prefer to trust a metal buckle.

You could point out that dogs must have a tag in your marketing, the collars are for that purpose rather that for attaching a lead.

I love the collars! I have a large breed dog and his collars have always had the plastic clip like yours. Never had any problems with breakages etc.
I've paid alot more than you are charging too!

You may want to look into product liability insurance too. Public liability only covers you while at the craft fair if someone trips over your stall or something. Product liability in case something happens like the buckle fails and a dog escapes and runs under a car.

@WeAllHaveWings

I don't mind the plastic fastening as long as it is solid and good quality, we have always used plastic fastening with our 9 year old labrador and never had one fail on us.

I prefer plain styles so wouldnt buy, but think you could really up the prices if you wanted to. You could try selling at dog agility events.

I think the same about the plastic fastening - I would only buy a good quality one. I don't like the patterns but loads of people would. I think they will sell well at that price (except to pointy dog owners like me who go for a different collar). Good luck!

I think you will sell a good amount of those. I only use leather ones, that are like belts with metal buckles. I did have a fabric one once, that was adjustable, but I found that when my dog pulled the collar also became looser due to the adjustable function and then he could get out of it. So, because of that I wouldn't buy one for my dogs, but I do see a lot of those collars on other dogs, so I am sure for some people they work really well.

Just adding to the licensing issue - it's not only that Disney might find out and come after you. It's just wrong to steal other people's work and make money out of it. Not sure how you weren't aware of that Either design your own collars or seek permission and pay the owners of the artwork you want to use - and not just the famous ones or the ones you think might sue.

Basically grosgrain ribbon which costs pennies and has a design on, stitched to a webbing strap with a cheap clip (as an idea these clips are about a fiver for 50). The ribbon mostly comes in from China so is already very unofficial.

They are cheap and easy to make and don't really take much time, so they are at every craft fair with people charging anything from a fiver to £20+

I might put one my dog for decoration, I wouldn't use one to walk him and I would be wary of selling one for that purpose tbh.

I do like the look of them, but are they fabric? DDog loves rolling in things, and swimming in the river, so I opted for a biothane collar.

@LauraSaidIShouldBeNicer

For when I do stalls I have public liability insurance.....my first fair is in 2 weeks

You need product liability insurance too. The same insurer should offer it and it's not expensive.

@MrMrsJones

Whippet/Greyhound owners would love these ❤ fabulous price too.

I would charge a bit more though as cheaper may indicate "cheap made, not strong"

Whippet and Greyhound owners generally have horrendous collar shopping habits. However - those of us with long necked giraffe dogs tend have very particular requirements... I'd buy one of those for a tag collar for the needle nosed one but I like matching or coordinating house/tag+ martingale collars (nice and thick ones) for walking with.

If you can nail down sighthound collar designs... you've got sales potential like mad! We're also quite partial to "posh" collars for special events and co-ordinating collar tassels, leads and coats.

No, I like a plain leather collar with a buckle. I’m sure they will be very popular though, as I’ve seen them at fairs etc and they go like hot cakes.

They’re a bit tacky for me tbh. Especially the Disney ones. But I’m sure some dog owners would. Plus anything too patterned is lost on us anyway as DDog is so hairy it gets covered up and you can’t see it anyway. As PPs have said metal clips are better than plastic and also, as a small business seller, you also need product liability insurance. Direct line do a pretty good arts and crafts insurance package that also covers things like contents and stock insurance, theft of takings etc.

I would buy a Very Hungry Caterpillar one for my Very Hungry Cocker! All his collars have plastic clip fastenings and we've never had one break - he's always walked on a harness anyway.

I wouldn't. Resident Collie hasn't had a collar with a clip for years. We use a so-called "house collar" which has no fastening. It's easier for me as, being a wide collar, I'm able to adjust it better up and down.

No - they're not safe.

I'm a dog walker and collars like this are a nightmare - I won't use them and will put my own leather, buckle collars on dogs instead. The reason for this is because they loosen up and the dogs can slip them within seconds.

Before I changed my policy, I once had a dog slip one while walking along a busy road - thank CHRIST he had a good "wait" command or I dread to think what would have happened.

As an aside, you must product liability insurance to sell any goods to the public, not just public liability insurance. If you sell something that causes injury/death to a dog because it failed, you could be in real trouble without it.

I think they are probably a reasonable price for what they are . Personally I wouldn’t buy one as our dog only wears a loose house collar and I get him rolled leather ones from Petiquette . With regards to harnesses , again I use a harness on ours but I wouldn’t buy from a random stall at a craft fair as I like to know that the fixings will hold / they was well etc so I stick to brands I already trust .

I'd buy one - I think they're lovely! For me it would have to be one with no white on it though as it would be ruined in minutes once the dog started rolling in mud.