Puppy Identification Collars

Why Identify Every Puppy

A litter of eight cream Cavoodles looks identical for the first fortnight. Identification collars are how you know which puppy gained weight overnight, which one missed a feed and which one the vet flagged. Without them you are guessing about the animals whose survival depends on precise records.

What to Choose

Whelping collar sets

The puppy identification collar at around $33 and the puppy and kitten set at around $34. Soft, adjustable and colour coded, designed to be let out weekly as the litter grows.

Bowtie and decorative sets

The ten piece bowtie set at around $40 and lace bowties at around $39. These are for go home day photographs rather than daily identification.

Hair clips

Around $26 for ten. An option for long coated breeds where a collar disappears into the fur.

Fitting and Safety

Two fingers under the band, checked daily. Puppies gain weight faster than anyone expects in the first fortnight, and a collar that fitted on Monday can be tight by Thursday. Never leave a rigid or knotted band on unsupervised.

Keeping Records Against Them

Assign a colour on day one and write it down. Weigh at the same time each day, record against the colour, and you will see a puppy failing before it looks unwell. That is the entire point of the collars.

Trusted by RPBA Breeders

Colour coded identification from birth is standard practice for Responsible Pet Breeders Australia members and is what makes a weight chart meaningful.