Product Review: Dogit Style Collar

Hagen's Dogit Style collection features collars with a variety of heat-printed patterns that won't rub off. These are classic ring-end design collars, where half the plastic quick-release buckle must pass through ring before attaching to the other half. The result is a stronger collar with less force placed on the buckle itself. Dogit Style collars are available in tons of colors and patterns, and four sizes to fit dogs with necks 10-26" around.

Photo by Erin Koski

Hagen is a company I normally associate with aquarium stuff, but it turns out they own a bunch of familiar pet brands. Most of their stuff is for exotics and aquatics, they own ExoTerra, Habitrail, and Fluval, among others.

Their Dogit brand consists of what I would call economy basics. They make just about everything, at an affordable mass-market big box store price point. I consider it a cheap brand, but more reliable than dollar store stuff. Admittedly I had never really looked at their collars until I found this one in a thrift store.

I wasn't familiar with the process of heat-printing, so I had to look it up. The process involves evaporating ink from paper onto nylon webbing. Cool! I suspect that Buckle Down products are made the same way.

Pros

• Ring-end collar is very strong and durable
• Comes in tons of fun prints
• Inexpensive

Cons

• May loosen up over time

Bottom Line

These collars are probably best used to hold tags and look cute. If you're looking for a similar collar for a dog that pulls on leash, I recommend the Rogz Side Release Collar.

Treat Tuesday: Zoe Pill Pops

Zoe Pill Pops are soft, smelly treats that are just the right size for hiding a pill or two. They come in three different flavors, two of which are safe for poultry-allergic and egg-allergic dogs. The more widely-available Pill Pockets are all made with chicken liver, so I had completely abandoned the idea of using medication-specific treats for Brisbane until I found these. The bag is resealable, and the treats themselves are sealed in pairs to help keep them as squishy and stinky as possible.

Good For: Hiding great big capsules for endless 20-day courses of antibiotics. Giving meds in the morning without getting a spoon covered in peanut butter. Getting Brisbane to take his pills without finding half-chewed capsules on the floor later. Dogs with poultry allergies.

Not Good For: Constant daily use, they get expensive and there's not that many in the bag.

How Much We Like Them: I had a moment of panic when I realized we were going to be out of them in a couple of days. Fortunately Amazon will get them here before I have to go back to hiding those giant pills in a tablespoon of peanut butter.