Digby & Fox Tweed Dog Collar – Classic Countryside Style - XS

Digby & Fox Tweed Dog Collar – XS

Tweed on the outside, leather on the inside. The check is a woven polyester tweed rather than wool, which keeps it from felting or shrinking when a dog gets caught in the rain, and the full leather lining means the part that actually touches the neck is smooth rather than scratchy. The buckle and D-ring are brass, with a zinc die-cast Digby & Fox tag on the ring.

Size XS on Shires' standard collar guide covers a 26–34cm neck — a terrier, a whippet, a small spaniel or a puppy of a larger breed. It is a shooting-field sort of collar, and it does look the part next to a tweed coat, but the leather lining is what makes it comfortable enough to leave on.

Performance & Benefits

• Woven tweed outer in 100% polyester, so it does not felt or shrink like wool.
• Full leather lining against the neck rather than raw fabric edges.
• Brass buckle and brass D-ring.
• Zinc die-cast Digby & Fox tag on the ring.
• Shires product code 6632, with matching pieces in the same tweed.

Suitable For

• Dogs with a 26–34cm neck, on Shires' standard collar guide.
• Terriers, whippets, small spaniels and puppies of larger breeds.
• Shoot days, country shows and anywhere a plain nylon collar looks wrong.
• Dogs that react to nylon webbing but are fine with leather.
• Not for a dog that swims or works wet ground daily — the leather lining will not take repeated soaking, and a webbing collar is the practical alternative.

How to Use

• Measure the neck with a soft tape where the collar will sit, and use Shires' standard collar chart.
• Buckle it so two fingers slide flat between the collar and the neck.
• Wipe the tweed with a damp cloth and let it dry naturally.
• Do not put it in a washing machine — the leather lining will not survive it.
• Treat the lining occasionally with a leather balsam, avoiding the tweed.

Specification

• Tweed collar with leather lining, size XS. Shires code 6632. Barcode 5051771631950.
• Outer: 100% polyester tweed. Lining: leather. Hardware: brass buckle and D-ring.
• Shires' standard collar guide gives XS as a 26–34cm neck, or 10–13.5 inches.
• Zinc die-cast Digby & Fox branded tag.
• Shires publish no collar width or weight for this model, so none is stated here.

Care & Caution

• The leather lining must not be soaked. No machine washing, no tumble drying, no drying on a radiator.
• A buckle collar is not a breakaway. Take it off a dog left crated or unsupervised.
• Do not use it as a tether point.
• Check the stitching where the tweed meets the leather, and where the D-ring is anchored.
• Replace it once the lining cracks or the tweed frays through at a buckle hole.