Matting Around Neck

[Colleen Hall]

My puppies beautiful coat matts around his neck in the back. Anyone else know how or have any ideas to keep it from knotting up? We try to keep his collar off as much as possible overnight, crating, and down time, and mainly keep it on for outdoor use. I'd hate to keep his coat short, especially as the weather gets colder.

Thanks!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Keep the hair short around the collar area. And try a rolled leather collar.

[Leslie, Yogi & Maci Bear]

We have the same problem with Yogi around his harness. Same as you, he only wears it as needed. I do have to brush him daily, since he turned 8-9 months. I'm curious about the rolled collar that F mentions.

[Jaime + Oliver]

Oliver had major matting issues around his collar.  We keep the immediate area a little shorter (not noticeably so), and switched to a rolled leather collar (not this exact one, but shows you what it looks like).  Doing this has made a world of difference!

The flat nylon collars would catch his hair and make it a tangled mess until we had mats galore.  Changing to the rolled leather collar eliminated those mats.

We still use a nylon harness for walks because we have yet to find a rolled leather harness large enough, but I have hope one exists out there.

[Colleen Hall]

http://www.dogcollars.net/harnesses.html

They have leather braided/rolled harnesses here!

[Jaime + Oliver]

You do not even know how long I've searched for a size that would fit our medium doodle.  I want to cry tears of joy right now!  Brushing out mats under the front legs cause by the nylon harness has been the pits!  (heh heh heh)

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Use a rolled leather collar or a slick water collar. We use Cowboy Magic on those neck mats. I actually prefer the water collars from HotDogsAllDressed where they will customize the add-ons.

[Bren & Reagan]

Keeping that area a bit shorter and using the rolled leather collar works very well.  I used this for Bindi.  I would only add that if you have taken her to be groomed or groomed yourself, assure she is completely dry when putting the collar around her neck.  

Have a nice Thursday everyone!!!  Bren & Reagan