Paracord 550 will make a very strong and reliable Paracord Dog Collar. After all the 550 stands for a breaking strength at 550lbs. In WWII the military came up with paracord for our aerial troops, that commercial cord makers have adopted and created a huge following with infinite paracord colors.
To begin a paracord dog collar you will need:
2 -inch and a half solid steel rings
1- lighter
A sharp knife or sharp scissors
Needle and thread to tie off the ends
One Carabineer
24 feet of Paracord 550 or two different strands of paracord colors at 12 feet each fused together is a standard
Fold the paracord at the middle join so each strand is equal length. Hold one steel ring and bring the middle join through the steel ring about two inches. Then bring the remaining strands through the ring and also through the paracord loop and snug up to attach to the steel ring.
Take the other steel ring and slid it down the open loos end of the strands. Slide it up to the length you need the collar. You can measure this length by wrapping it around your dog’s neck. Don’t let go of the untied strands and the ring. This is the beginning of the paracord dog collar.
Attach this ring to a hook and straighten the strands so they are nice and flat with one color of two strands on the right and the other color of two stands on the left. Keep all four strands untwisted managing all four strands 2 with your left hand and 2 with your right hand. Don’t worry you’ll get used to it.
Choose a color of paracord that you want on the outside, and start your loops with the other color. Sounds whacky but here now we begin the weave. Let’s say you have black on the left and red on the right and you want black on the outside of the collar. So with red strand on the right, form this “back” red strand into a kind of small “S” shape creating a “loop” on the left and a “loop” on the right of the centermost two “front” stands.
Now take the “front” black strand on the left (the two strands closest to each other and closest to the ring are called the “front” strands) and lay it over the red “loop” shape on the left and push it through by 2 inches and then bringing it under the 2 centered “front” strands. Then push it up through the red “loop” shape on the right and pull the remaining length of this black strand all the way up and through. And snug the weave straight and tight-ish to the ring.
Next, take the red strand now on the left, form this “back” red strand into a kind of small “S” shape creating a “loop” on the right and a “loop” on the left of the centermost two “front” strands. Take the “back” black strand now on the right and lay it over the red “loop” shape on the right and push it through by 2 inches and then bringing it under the 2 centered “front” strands. Then push it up through the red ”loop” shape on the left and pull the remaining length of this black strand all the way up and through. Snug this weave straight and tight-ish up to the previous weave.
Now take the red strand now on the right, form this “back” red strand into a kind of small “S” shape creating a “loops on the left and a “loop” on the left of the centermost two “front “strands. Take the “back Black strand now on the left an lay it over the red “loop” shape onto the left and push it through by 2 inches and then bringing it under the 2 centered “front” strand. Then push it up through the red “loop” shape on the right and pull the remaining length of this black strand all the way up and through. Snug this weave straight and tight-ish up to the previous weave.
Alternate the above two steps to continue the weave up to the Steel ring attached to the center two “front” strands you tied in the very first step. Cut the remaining two strands and sew them into the last weave to present a clean nice finish.
Good luck and hope we helped you along your path to a great paracord dog collar using a very popular “cobra” weave.