What's the biggest threat? The most common way aggressive dogs and coyotes injure or kill is by biting their victim around the neck. That is the best way for one canine to dominate another. The bite is often accompanied by a violent shaking action intended to fatally injure the neck and end the struggle immediately. Protect against neck bites with a CoyoteCollar™ The CoyoteCollar protects the neck with outrageous 1" battle ready spikes! If an aggressive dog or predator tries to bite this collar it will bite back! When your dog is wearing a CoyoteCollar it becomes much more difficult for anything to forcefully grab them by the neck and kill them with a death shake. The oldest trick in the book? In fact spiked collars work so well they've been used to protect dogs for thousands of years. But most of the collars on the market today are more about style and less about function. So we did a lot of research trying to come up with the perfect "everyday" spiked collar that meets the following requirements for small domestic dogs: Serious Protection Waterproof Lightweight Easy On/Off Highly adjustable to get a perfect fit Super comfortable for the dog Durable and easy to clean The requirement to be waterproof essentially restricts the choice of material to nylon webbing and the same hard chrome plated plastic spikes we use on the CoyoteVest. The spikes are lightweight and they're not dangerous to handle, but with enough pressure they're sharp enough to hurt. After much trial and error we found the best way to meet the rest of the requirements is to attach the spikes to nylon webbing using a special type of stiff double sided Velcro. It might sound crazy but with the right materials it actually works very well! The result is an adjustable collar so easy to use and so comfortable and so durable you will use it all the time for years. That's really the only way to ensure your dog will have some protection when an unexpected attack happens. The CoyoteCollar can also be used with the CoyoteVest or the SpikeVest. It can be used as a throat guard underneath the vest - simply remove spikes until there is just enough to cover the throat while wearing the vest - afterwards you can put the spikes back on for full neck coverage. You can also use it on top of the vest (as shown below) to have additional throat protection and more spikes around the neck. If you want to use it on top of the vest be sure and measure the neck circumference with the vest and then order a size large enough to fit. CoyoteVest SpikeVest Sizing Guide Our CoyoteCollar comes in three sizes each with enough spikes to cover the maximum size listed in the table below. You can't adjust the collar bigger than the maximum size but you can adjust it smaller by removing spikes and tightening the collar. To choose a size measure the circumference of your dogs neck and then select the collar that has a maximum size at least as large what you measured. You can always select a size larger than what you need - and then just remove spikes. And if you wish the collar was wider you can always get two collars and put them both on at the same time. Collar Size Spikes Maximum Size (neck circumference) Width Small 10 12" 3/4" Medium 12 14" 1" Large 15 17" 1"
