The history of the dog collar must have begun on the day when one lonesome hunter decided to try capturing a wild dog. That hunter lacked the advantage given to the present day cowboy. Not a single wild dog had a pair of horns.
Therefore, that lonesome hunter could not jump on a wild dog and grab its horns.
The determined hunter must have tracked a small pack of dogs. No doubt, he tried to identify the most docile dog in that pack. He planned carefully his method for moving on those dogs. “Collar one dog” is the phrase that best represents the probable thinking of that one lonely hunter. That wise hunter realized that it would be futile to try pulling on the ears of a wild dog.
That determined hunter must have worked one arm around the neck of a not too wild dog. Of course, that hunter could not hope to accomplish much, while his arm remained around that wild canine. Maybe that hunter grabbed a nearby vine. Maybe he worked his way over to a bush and broke off some of its branches. Somehow he found a way to design a make shift collar. That first collar might have failed to meet the standards associated with a good dog collar, but it was certainly a functional collar.
Maybe after that hunter had returned to his primitive dwelling, and had shown his wife the dog he had captured, did discussion begin about possible improvements on the animal’s barely functional collar. Maybe that discussion pushed the new dog owner to search for better collar making materials. Maybe he even showed an interest in some of the suggestions that came from his wife.
A Fancy Dog Collar
Slowly but surely, that hunter must have created and tested various types of collars. Of course, those first collars bore little resemblance to any fancy dog collar, such as might be sold in a present day pet supply store. Moreover, the hunter who invented that collar had no way to patent his invention. He could not profit from his invention.
Still, that hunter had certainly demonstrated the usefulness of his invention. He undoubtedly trained his new canine pet to resist fighting placement of that collar. Over time, he had most certainly discovered the various ways that a pet owner can take advantage of a dog collar. The dog owners of today benefit from that one hunter’s brave and bold move.
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