The Holdfast Martingale Collar

Wilde American founder Carter Wilde’s dog Kelsey is nicknamed “The Tiger Pig.” She’s a 75-pound striped rescue dog from Baltimore City. Carter found out later through a DNA test that she is a mix of 4 breeds: Rottweiler, Pitbull, Catahoula Leopard Dog, and Boxer. She’s the John Wayne of rescue dogs: tough as nails and doesn’t take shit from anyone. She’s friendly as can be, but Carter has never seen her back down from any challenge either. The Tiger Pig Slip Collar is a simple collar that Carter uses with her, and it works well for any dog.

A choke chain typically has a large enough diameter that it can go over the dog’s ears and head in order to get onto the neck. That also means that inevitably the collar can keep sliding down the dog’s neck until it gets wider at the base. If you put pressure on the collar down low like that, you can damage the dog’s esophagus or windpipe. That’s why you hear dogs that are pulling on loose collars choking and struggling for breath.

Because our collar is custom fitted to the dog’s neck and has the ability to attach and detach, you can get a much closer diameter in collar/neck measurements, thus eliminating the possibility for choking.

That depends on what you want to do with the collar. If you want to have a loose collar that will be effective in a moment of need, then measure where you would like the collar to sit on your dog’s neck and add 1".

If you’re using the collar for training, measure right behind the ears. “Right behind the ears” can sometimes be a difficult spot to find, but by following these instructions, you’ll get the proper measurement. If you feel around the sides of your dog’s neck, you’ll find a ton of really strong muscles. If you follow them up toward the skull, you’ll feel them get a bit narrower right at the top before the skull starts to widen. That divot is the sweet spot. From the perspective of applying pressure, that’s where you have the most control of the dog. Measure that smallest measurement on your dog’s neck, as high as you can go before it starts to broaden again at the skull, and add 1".

There are two rings on The Tiger Pig Slip Collar: a floating ring that can slide up and down the collar and a dead ring which is fastened to the other end of the collar from the snap.

In order to make the collar operate as a slip, you will fasten the snap to the floating ring.

If for some reason you don’t want to use the slip function of the collar (for example, if you’re on a hike and your dog is dragging a long line behind them), you can attach the snap clip to the dead ring and then attach your long line to the floating ring.