Animal protective collar

A soft, mildly protruding animal collar for denying said animal access to medically sensitive body parts comprising:

• a ring-shaped flexible walled housing having a split which forms a gap in said ring, said housing having an internal chamber, said ring having a center hole, a fastener assembly mounted on said ring and extending across said gap, said fastener assembly to releasably secure said ring together across said gap, an access opening formed in said housing;
• an inflatable flexible walled tube inserted through said access opening into said internal chamber and spread out within said internal chamber with said tube substantially occupying the entire said internal chamber, an inflation valve mounted on said tube, pressurized air adapted to be conducted through said valve to inflate said tube to press said tube tightly against said ring while said ring expands to an expanded position, said tube being deflatable which causes both said tube and said ring to assume a collapsed position;
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• said center hole has a walled surface which is part of said housing, a plurality of collar loops mounted on said walled surface, said collar loops adapted to provide an interconnection with an animal identification collar.