Celtic Collars

01/19/2024

Brand new logo in the works...what do you think?
Also new collar designs coming soon to kick off the new year ✨️
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12/31/2023

Who has said this before 😅🙋🏼‍♀️

07/02/2023

Two fabulous days in the Shuswap🌞 we had such fun meeting everyone and their amazing pooches at the Blind bay market and Canada day. Thank you to everyone for supporting our small business it means the world to us to share our love for martingale collars.

05/13/2023

Green Celtic knot design.

05/12/2023

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05/12/2023

The green goddess of collars! This beautiful collar is trimmed with green satin lining and gold thread. What colour coat do you think will match this collars the most? 😍 🐕

05/12/2023

05/10/2023

We are so delighted and grateful to be working from this incredibly beautiful country.

05/09/2023

Summer is almost here!

05/09/2023

Shop Handmade Dog Collars. by CelticCollarsDesigns located in Tappen, Canada.

05/09/2023

After a long hiatus and a huge move for Celtic Collars our little Etsy store is back!
We are now working from the beautiful Canadian countryside in British Columbia!

08/01/2019

Handmade Dog Collars. Made in Ireland. by CelticCollarsDesigns

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03/23/2019

Safe rescue dogs needing homes

A truer word was never spoken 👏

I think people need to stop looking at rescuing a dog as if they’re doing us a favour. Rescuing is a great thing to do don’t get me wrong, but it’s also a privilege to be able to do it. You are taking on the responsibility of a life, a living creature that’s been through stuff and seen stuff or is simply a product of its inherited genes. I am increasingly frustrated whilst talking to prospective adopters with hearing comments like “we want one that just fits straight in with us” or “we’ll know when we meet the dog if it gels with us straight away”. Seriously? No you won’t. Any relationship in life needs some work and some compromise. Rescuing a dog isn’t about getting a cheap dog and it isn’t about the dog being eternally grateful to you for the selfless act you’ve undertaken. Every dog should have a home but remember you want a dog, you’ve taken the decision to go out looking for a dog and you have to try your utmost to make it work. This morning I called someone who emailed us about one of our dogs, as the conversation went on he told me he’d just returned a dog to the rescue because it wasn’t right so had to go back. It was a lovely dog but was too young, not house trained and had no recall. I waited thinking he would go on to tell me something catastrophic this poor dog had done but that was it. So I asked in what way was the dog too young? I mean it hadn’t got younger since the day he’d signed his adoption form had it? So he said well it was just into everything. So I asked why he didn’t train the dog rather than return it to which he replied he didn’t have time. Actually if you didn’t have time for that dog you don’t have time for one of my dogs either.

This is not a game. We’ve got half the population telling us it’s too hard to get a dog from rescue because we’re too strict and the other half returning dogs for being exactly what they’re supposed to be. We’ve invested in these dogs, not just financially but far more emotionally. Whilst they’re with us we treat them as our own and when we let them go it is a massive leap of faith in the person taking them. Every reputable rescue will take their dog back if it’s really not workable but give them a chance to settle. We’ve had the same dog returned twice in two weeks less than twenty four hours after adoption for not being house trained and having separation issues..... you cannot possibly say that in less than a day you haven’t even started to get to know each other!

I know I rant a lot but I’m seriously tired of these kinds of attitude. If you want a dog to slot instantly and tidily into your perfect life go to Argos and get a stuffed toy. If you want to give a home to a dog that hasn’t had it easy and you’re prepared to nurture that dog with love and kindness to show it the way you live and teach it what it needs to know to achieve a mutually beneficial and lifelong relationship then, and only then, should you start contacting rescues!

02/11/2019

Ireland AM - Monday, 11 February 2019

For anyone who would like to see Audrey's "Valentine's Gifts for Pets" segment on Ireland AM this morning (because maybe you're not a morning person 😂) here is the link. If you want some great ideas for gifts for that special canine companion in your life look no further. Also please take a look at Pawtrait Ireland page if your thinking about getting some professional pictures of your pooch she's a very talented lady 😊 Virginmediatelevision.ie/player/show/809/154610/0/ireland-Am

Audrey Dalton from Pawtrait.ie, was in with some cute and quirky gifts ideas for the pet lover in your life, not forgetting your four-legged friend!