Blueberry Pet 4-Color Reflective Martingale Dog Collar with 3M Stripe - Adjustable Training Collar for Small Dogs (Olive/Blue-Gray) - Heavy Duty Safety Collar for Walking, Running & Nighttime Visibility

We have a black lab mix, and wanted a high contrast color that wasn't red. We got the striped Blueberry collar and leash for him, and the light purples and blues look great! He looks super adorable in these colors.I was interested to try a Martingale because I had heard good things from trainers, vets, and the shelter we adopted our dog from. It sits comfortably loose on him without feeling insecure, and it feels like it gives me excellent control with him on walks. I think he does better with a martingale on walks than he did in a full vested harness, and now it no longer takes me ten minutes to get him in and out of it when preparing for a walk. He doesn't want to run ahead and pull anymore, and has started to respond much better to commands and guidance on walks. He trots at my side and looks up at me regularly, which is a huge improvement!He was quite proud of his new look when we first put it on, and he walked around showing it off all day. This is a great quality brand with excellent designs. We also love that it's reflective without damaging the aesthetics. Our pup is extremely tall which makes him heavy, but with a really lanky body, so collar sizing charts are usually wrong for him. Although his weight indicates a large, that would be wayyy too big for his neck. Luckily I already knew this about him, and went with a medium, which fits perfectly.I have been looking for an attractive reflective color for my pup for some time and the selections are limited. I am really happy I found this collar. It is very highly reflective, there are two thin bands of the very bright reflective material that run through it. If I shine a flashlight on my dog, who is almost all black, the collar shines brightly. This will help to keep her safe when on walks at night. She is never out off-leash outside our yard, but you never know, if something bad happened and she wound up outside at night she would be highly visible in car lights or under street lamps.I must say she looks mighty fine in the olive & blue color as well, pictures are attached. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is that this model, the martingale style, doesn’t have a separate ring for tags so you have to either put them on the loop for the leash squeeze it in where the parts of collar are connected. That being said I like that they offer the martingale style. I recommend this and would buy it again.I just got this collar, so I cannot comment on anything like durability. Overall I really like the design, and it seems to reflect pretty well. However, for $17.99 I'm really disappointed in the martingale function. The martingale loop is far too small, so I have to tighten the collar quite a bit to get that function to actually work... Basically, it's kind of pointless because the loop doesnt allow for enough restriction for it to actually work as a martingale should. The last collar we had was a martingale, the loop is much bigger and I could keep the collar loose enough to slip it on and off the dog's head. Since he is a hunting dog, we actually do switch collars relatively often during hunting season (I don't like my nice patterned collars getting dirty and ruined on a hunt). However, that collar was not reflective and we really needed a reflective collar because my dog occasionally gets loose. This is very scary for us as he is dark colored and impossible to see. For his safety, a reflective collar is a necessity. It's very hard to find martingale collars that are also reflective, so I was excited to find this because it seemingly had everything I wanted: style, reflection, martingale. Considering the martingale part of this collar is pretty much useless, I literally could have gone to my local Menards and just bought a normal reflective collar for 10$ or less. So yeah, not very happy with spending an extra 8$ for literally nothing. 3 stars because I like the design and it serves its function as a collar, but minus 2 for me wasting money on a martingale feature that doesn't work.i got this and the ginger color collar one year ago and gave them a good scrub today and the fabric is barely weathered, which is a miracle considering the dogs that wear them. the color has hardly faded at all, and there's very little fraying of the fibers, though the reflective tape is not going to last much longer on my rowdier dog's collar. nbd for us. the metal fittings are fading to copper but i like how it looks. these collars are definitely flexible, i don't like to leash them by the collar if i can avoid it but these work fine in a pinch, and they haven't gotten caught on anything. overall, great craftsmanship, and the colors still look great. if these things wear out i'll definitely look to bluebell for new ones!Excellent collar! Seems very well made and easy to adjust. I love the reflective strands in embedded in the collar since our pup has black fur and can “disappear” at nighttime. The ONLY reason I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars is because the size guide made it somewhat difficult to pick the right size. Our dog weighs around 50 pounds which suggests she would need the Large collar but the circumference of her head and neck put her in the Medium range. I went with the Medium and I am very happy with my choice. If you are on the fence with sizes, choose the size based MOSTLY on head and neck sizes vs weight.Buena calidad, a pesar del uso y las lavadas se mantiene en buen estado. Solo las arandelas, con el paso del tiempo y el uso han perdido el brillo. Todo lo demás funciona perfecto. Lo he comprado de nuevo porque quiero que las arandelas se vean brillantes pero el collar funciona y se ve bien a pesar de todo.good looking and functional collar - not heavy like the chain martingale collars, though perhaps has a little less influence on the dog (my dog anyway!). If the collar is adjusted correctly on the dog's neck, there may not be much slack to take the collar on and off. It's a bit difficult on my dog as he has had ear problems. However, overall I like the collar - bit costly if you have a dog that might chew it!I love this collar, I wasn't sure about it when ordering. I'd never heard of a 'martingale' before. It's fantastic, my beagle, who loves to run away can no longer force his way out of the collar. Colours and material all great, very pleased.Strong, unlikely to break, my only criticism is having to adjust wide open to put it on, then re adjust. If you’re putting it on and leaving it, then it’s great.Love it. Much better than our previous one with a half check chain. Still anti slip, but soft and lovely.Not a collar that you can keep on, I came in to find my girl struggling to get it off her jaw had to cut the collar off