Ancol Viva Adjustable Dog Collar Purple 45-70cm Size 5-9

Ancol Viva Adjustable Dog Collar – Purple, 45–70cm (Size 5–9)

Purple appears only at the top of the Viva adjustable range: 45–70cm, Ancol's size 5–9. If it is the colour you want, this is the collar, and the neck it fits is a large one — from a big gundog at 45cm through to a giant breed at 70cm, with no purple option at either of the two smaller sizes.

The 25cm span is the widest of the three collars, and on a heavy-coated dog that is a practical feature rather than a specification: poly-weave webbing, a quick-fit and release buckle, and a sliding adjuster that holds a set length instead of jumping between punched holes.

Performance & Benefits

• 25cm of adjustment, 45cm to 70cm at the neck — Ancol size 5–9.
• The only size in the Viva adjustable range made in purple.
• Poly-weave webbing, which Ancol describe as lightweight and weatherproof.
• Quick-fit and release buckle rather than a pin buckle and holes.
• Slider adjustment, so a seasonal change in coat thickness is a two-second correction.
• Rated by Ancol for swimming, and machine washable at 30°C.
• Widely recyclable, plastic-free packaging.

Suitable For

• Large and giant breeds measuring 45–70cm at the base of the neck.
• Anyone who wants purple specifically — it is not made in the smaller two sizes.
• Double-coated dogs whose neck measurement changes between summer and winter.
• Multi-dog households using colour to keep collars apart.
• Dogs under 45cm at the neck need the 30–50cm size 2–5 Viva adjustable collar, which we stock in black, blue, pink and red but not purple.
• Where the ranges overlap between 45 and 50cm, this collar is the better choice: it sits early in its adjustment while the 30–50cm collar would be at full extension. Ancol make no Viva adjustable collar above 70cm.

How to Use

• Measure round the base of the neck, where the collar will sit, with a soft tape and the dog standing normally.
• Ancol's numbers 1 to 9 are their own collar scale rather than breed sizes: 1 is 20–26cm, 2 is 26–31cm, 3 is 28–36cm, 4 is 35–43cm, 5 is 39–48cm, 6 is 45–54cm, 7 is 50–59cm, 8 is 55–63cm and 9 is 59–68cm.
• Because those sizes overlap, a large dog can look like two of them at once. An adjustable collar removes the decision: "size 5–9" means it covers all five, and Ancol give the working range as 45–70cm.
• Set the length so two fingers lie flat between webbing and neck — Ancol's own fitting check — then thread the tail back through the keeper.
• Re-measure and re-set after a strip, a clip or a heavy moult.
• Machine wash at 30°C, without bleach, tumble drying or direct heat, and dry fully before refitting.

Specification

• Adjustable to fit a 45–70cm neck. Ancol size 5–9.
• Colour purple, made only in this size across the Viva adjustable range.
• Poly-weave webbing. Ancol publish neither a webbing width nor a fibre composition, so no figures are given here.
• Quick-fit and release buckle with a sliding length adjuster; the buckle material is not published by Ancol.
• Ancol product code 313280.
• The range also runs as 20–30cm (size 1–2) and 30–50cm (size 2–5), neither of which is made in purple.
• Ancol publish no specification for the lead attachment ring on this collar, so none is stated.

Care & Caution

• Check the buckle for cracks monthly. It is the part that fails, and on a 70cm dog it fails under load.
• A collar is not a restraint or a tie-out point. Do not tether a dog by it or leave it clipped to anything unattended.
• Replace the collar if the webbing has frayed where it doubles through the slider.
• A webbing collar is for walking and carrying a tag. For a large dog that lunges, a harness spreads the load far better.