Ancol Viva Padded Dog Collar Blue 39–48cm Size 5

Ancol Viva Padded Collar – Blue, Size 5 (39–48cm)

Size 5 fits necks of 39–48cm, which puts it on a mid-sized to fairly substantial dog. The useful thing about buying it in blue is that Ancol run the same blue through the Viva padded leads, so a collar and lead can actually be matched rather than approximately matched — and the choice you then have to make is the lead width, not the colour.

For a dog with a 39–48cm neck the honest answer is usually the 19mm lead, which Ancol rate for dogs up to 50kg; the 12mm is rated to 20kg and will feel thin in the hand on anything heavier. Padding on the collar and padding on the lead handle do different jobs — one protects the dog's neck, the other protects your palm — and on a dog this size both are worth having.

Performance & Benefits

• Fits necks 39–48cm, with 9cm of adjustment.
• Soft padding behind poly-weave webbing, spreading the load off a narrow strip of neck.
• Satin buckle and ID loop.
• Colour-matched to the Ancol Viva Padded Lead Blue in both 12mm and 19mm.
• Weatherproof, rated by Ancol for swimming, and washable at 30°C.

Suitable For

• Dogs measuring 39–48cm at the base of the neck.
• Owners putting together a matched blue collar and lead set.
• Dogs paired with the 19mm lead — Ancol's rating for that width is up to 50kg.
• All-weather walking including swimming.
• A dog over 48cm needs the Ancol Viva Padded Dog Collar Blue 45-54cm Size 6; a small, light dog under 39cm the Blue 35-43cm Size 4, and for that dog the 12mm Ancol Viva Padded Lead Blue is the better lead.

How to Use

• Measure the base of the neck and buy on the figure.
• Adjust to two fingers of clearance under the webbing.
• Match the lead to the dog's weight rather than the collar's size — 12mm to 20kg, 19mm to 50kg on Ancol's own guidance.
• Machine wash collar and lead together at 30°C, do not tumble dry, air dry both fully.

Specification

• Ancol size 5, fitting necks 39–48cm. Blue.
• Poly-weave webbing with soft padding, satin buckle, ID loop, fully adjustable.
• Ancol product code 696070.
• Matching Viva padded leads: 1m x 12mm (Ancol code 135770) and 1m x 19mm (135970) in the same blue.
• Ancol publish no fibre composition, no webbing width and no buckle material for this collar, so none is stated here. They publish weight guidance for the leads but not for the collars.

Care & Caution

• Check the buckle and stitching regularly, and the lead's snap hook at the same time.
• Remove the collar for unsupervised crate or kennel time.
• Not a lifting handle, and not a point to tether a dog to.
• No bleach, no tumble drying, no radiator drying — heat hardens poly-weave webbing.