mhow leopards lurking around the famous patalpani waterfall in mhow know exactly which farm to steer clear of when they raid nearby villages its not the guard dogs they are fear but whats around their necks a spiky trap the dogs owner farmer dinesh rajput fashioned the spiky collar after leopards killed his favourite pet dog a cow and her calf i was distraught when i saw the carcasses i realized that the leopards clamp their teeth on the neck to cut off the jugular so i decided to make a neck armour of sorts that will also act like a weapon rajput told toi he got his servants to attach sharpened iron spikes up to 3 inches long on collars specially designed to carry the weight all three of his watchdogs now strut around with spikes it seems the leopards got the pointthe dog had only minor injuries and was trembling due to the trauma but lived to bark another day