British Wool Dog Leads
The Sheep Shed.
British wool woven by hand. Veg-tanned cowhide. Solid brass, load-tested by its manufacturer. Made entirely in an Oxford studio.
Green Dog's British wool range: hand-woven collars and leads made in my Oxford studio from Brampton, Dingley and Swaledale wool.
4 pieces · handmade to order
4 pieces, £58–£68. Every piece is handmade to order in Oxford, with a 2–6 day lead time.
Add a collar to your order and 10% comes off the lead. No code needed: it comes off at checkout.
The Sheep Shed
Classic & Hybrid
British wool woven around a veg-tanned leather strap. Develops a patina with every walk. The original Sheep Shed collar.
The same Brampton and Dingley wool weave, now finished with a waterproof BioThane® adjustable strap and paired with 10mm PPM rope leads. Three materials. One collection.
Find the right lead length
Every length made in this collection. Leads here run 130–130cm.
Hybrid
Hybrid
Nothing here
is an accident.
Every material in The Sheep Shed collection was chosen carefully. British wool for warmth, texture and natural odour resistance. Veg-tanned cowhide, Italian, French or British, chosen for each piece rather than to a single origin, because it ages into something better rather than wearing out. Solid brass because it holds its structure and its finish under load. None of it was chosen for convenience.
The wool arrives as finished British rope and braid. Graded at British Wool in Bradford, spun in Huddersfield, then woven entirely by hand in my Oxford studio. Naturally odour resistant, breathable and warm. The weave distributes pressure evenly across the collar, kinder on the neck than a single-strand design and more comfortable on long walks. Ages beautifully.
Veg-tanned cowhide, Italian, French or British, chosen for each piece rather than to a single origin, then cut, detailed and finished by hand. It is the strap the wool is woven around, and it is the part that ages: it takes on a patina with every walk rather than wearing out.
The Sheep Shed meets performance. The same hand-woven British wool paired with a fully waterproof BioThane® strap: wipe-clean, and built for dogs who live active lives without compromising on craft. The wool itself is untreated — it will felt a little with wear, which tightens the weave. For the dog who works, walks in mud, or simply refuses to stay clean.
British wool.
Modern materials.
The Sheep Shed Hybrid range brings together what Green Dog does best. British wool woven by hand, combined with 10mm PPM rope and BioThane® in colours that feel like they were made for each other.
Three materials. One piece. The rope for comfort and character. The BioThane® for waterproof detail and colour. The wool for something no factory can replicate.
The kind of thing that only comes from a studio.
Made by hand.
Every single one.
The Sheep Shed was designed to be Green Dog's most considered piece. Not because it uses more materials but because it uses better ones, and takes longer to make. The wool weave alone requires a technique distinct from anything else in the workshop. The veg-tanned cowhide is cut, detailed and finished to a standard most manufacturers do not attempt. Every Sheep Shed piece is made by one person in Oxford. There is no production line, no volume target. There is just the work and care.
The leads in the Sheep Shed are made two ways. The Swaledale and the Brampton are 14mm British wool, hand-spliced and then whipped over with 1mm hemp cord, with a veg-tanned cowhide tab at the handle: brown on the Swaledale, black on the Brampton. Swaledale is a native Yorkshire breed; Brampton is the charcoal grey wool, an undyed colourway rather than a breed or a place.
The rope is also made for seaweed farming and has been tested by its maker submerged in seawater over 90, 180 and 270 days.
The Hybrid leads are nylon or PPM rope hand-whipped with 2mm wool instead, which handles wet weather better. Made in my Oxford studio in two to six working days. The woven wool collars use the same wool as a flat braid rather than as rope, and the wider rope and paracord range is there if you want the handling of a synthetic rope without the wool.
If the length or the handle is not right for how you walk, tell me and I will put it right at no cost to you under the Perfect Fit Guarantee. Where a lead is bought as shown rather than built to your own spec, it is an ordinary purchase and you have 30 days from receipt to change your mind, unworn and in the original packaging. The returns page has both.