{"product_id":"keepsake-service-dog-collar-lead-memorial","title":"The Keepsake Service | Turn Your Dog's Old Collar or Lead Into Something You Keep","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a dog dies, the collar is the thing nobody can throw away. It goes in a drawer, or it stays on the hook by the door, and it sits there doing nothing except being impossible to look at and impossible to bin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the other option.\u003c\/strong\u003e Send it to me and I will take it apart and make it into something you carry. The same rope, the same leather, the same brass, worked by hand into something that goes with you instead of sitting in a drawer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have done this a handful of times, quietly, for people who asked. It is the work I have been most glad to do. So it is a proper service now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou do not need to know what you want.\u003c\/strong\u003e Most people do not, and it is the wrong place to start anyway. What a piece can become depends on what it is, how much of it there is and how it has worn, and I cannot tell you that from here. So this starts with you showing me what you have, not with you choosing from a list.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSend me a photograph.\u003c\/strong\u003e Just that. \u003ca href=\"mailto:hello@greendog.pet\"\u003ehello@greendog.pet\u003c\/a\u003e, with a picture of the collar or the lead, laid out flat if you can. Tell me anything you already have in mind, even if it sounds unlikely, and tell me if you have no idea at all. I will come back to you with what I think it could be and exactly what it would cost, and you can decide then. That costs nothing and commits you to nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOr start it here for \u003cstrong\u003e£45\u003c\/strong\u003e if you would rather get it moving, and I will come back to you the same way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat people have had made\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003ekeyring\u003c\/strong\u003e, from a collar or a length of lead. The one asked for most, and often two or three from the same collar so the family each have one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003ephone lanyard\u003c\/strong\u003e, from a rope lead.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003ewrist strap\u003c\/strong\u003e, for keys or a camera.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003ebag strap\u003c\/strong\u003e, rope or leather, with fittings to suit the bag.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003ebelt\u003c\/strong\u003e, from a leather lead, cut and punched to your waist.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003echarm or a tassel\u003c\/strong\u003e, on its own or worked into any of the above.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlmost everything on that list was a customer's idea rather than mine, which is the real reason this page does not have a menu on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat it costs.\u003c\/strong\u003e £45 starts it, and for a small piece that is the whole of it: a keyring, a charm, a zip pull, a wrist strap, nothing more to pay. Larger work costs more because there is more of it, and I will give you the exact figure before anything happens. As a guide, two or three keyrings from one collar usually lands between £70 and £95, a lanyard or a bag strap between £65 and £110, and a belt from a leather lead between £120 and £160. You are never charged a penny you have not agreed to first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNothing is cut until you have said yes.\u003c\/strong\u003e When your parcel arrives I photograph it, tell you exactly what I would do and where I would cut, and wait. If you change your mind at that point I send it straight back and refund you in full. You are not committing to anything by posting it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEverything comes back.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every offcut, every fitting I do not use, every last piece of it goes back in the parcel with the finished keepsake. I do not keep anything and I do not throw anything away. That is the whole point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe name tag.\u003c\/strong\u003e If there is a tag or a disc on the collar, tell me what you want done with it. It can go on the keepsake, stay where it is, or come back to you loose. There is no right answer and I will not decide for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you would rather I did not clean it, say so.\u003c\/strong\u003e Some people want the mud and the smell left exactly as it is. That is not a strange thing to want and I will do as you ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat I can work with.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rope, paracord, nano and micro cord, BioThane®, British wool, woven cotton, veg-tanned leather, and solid brass or steel fittings. It does not need to be something I made. What I cannot rebuild by hand is fused webbing, printed nylon or plastic hardware, so the photograph settles that too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd if I cannot do it, I will tell you.\u003c\/strong\u003e Some pieces are too far gone, and pretending otherwise would be the worst thing I could do here. If that is the answer, you get a full refund and your dog's collar comes home the same week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere is no discount on this and there is no rush on it.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is bespoke work, so the automatic offers on the rest of the shop do not apply. Your Green Dog loyalty points do, because you earned those. And if you order and then find you are not ready to post anything, tell me and I will refund you. Some people wait a year. That is completely normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade by hand in Britain, by me.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Green Dog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58363824275839,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/4585\/0612\/files\/keepsake-service-hero_fbfd1681-2b2d-440d-a884-a5034aa1e18a.png?v=1788539487","url":"https:\/\/greendog.pet\/products\/keepsake-service-dog-collar-lead-memorial","provider":"Green Dog","version":"1.0","type":"link"}