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Dog memorial gifts: a keepsake for the dog who was family

For the wall, or to keep

Memorial covers

A quiet cover, all about them

Put the photo you love most on a quiet keepsake cover with their name, their years and the small things only family remembers. Framed, it hangs on the wall or leans on a mantel like the portrait it is.

Remembering a cat? Cat memorial gifts

Sending it to a friend

A sympathy gift for the loss of a dog

Many memorial covers are made by a friend, a sibling or a neighbor for someone who has just lost their dog. Find a photo they have shared, add the dog's name and years, and let the cover say what a card can't.

  • Ship it straight to them: enter their address as the shipping address at checkout.
  • Every framed print, canvas and studio print includes the digital file, so you can send a copy today.
  • Need it now? The digital file arrives in minutes, ready to email or print for a card.
  • Preview the whole cover before you pay and change any line.

A keepsake with their name on the cover.

  • Preview before you pay

    Personalize for free and pay only when you love it.

  • Digital file in minutes

    300 DPI, ready to share or print.

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How it works

Three steps to the cover

  1. Choose a cover

    A quiet design that keeps the focus on their face.

  2. Add their story

    Their photo, their name, their years and the lines you want to keep.

  3. Choose how to keep it

    A memorial frame, a canvas, a print or the digital file.

Before you start

Make it sound like them

  • What to write on a dog memorial cover

    Start with their name and their years, such as 2012–2026. Then fill the cover lines with details that were only theirs: the nickname the whole family used, the evening walk, the spot on the couch that is still theirs, the sound of the leash coming off the hook. Gentle titles work well: Forever a Good Boy, Best Friend Since Day One, Every Homecoming. If it fits your family, add a line about the Rainbow Bridge. Every line can be changed or left off.

  • Choosing the photo

    Pick the photo that looks most like them to you, not the most polished one. A clear face matters more than perfect light. Older photos work too: scan a print, or photograph it by a window in daylight, then move and zoom it in the editor. The cover is portrait-shaped, so a vertical photo fills it best, and the masthead stays small so their face is the focus.

  • A memorial frame, canvas or print

    The framed print is the one most people choose to remember a dog by: the cover behind a white mat in a finished frame, for the wall by the door or the mantel where the leash used to hang. A canvas reads softer, with no glass. A studio print fits a frame you already own, and the digital file is there to share with family or print again.

FAQ

Dog memorial gifts: your questions

Something with their face and their name that can stay where you see it every day. A personalized memorial cover puts your favorite photo, their name, their years and the lines you want to remember on one page, as a memorial frame, a canvas or a print.

A memorial cover made with a photo of their dog tells them you remember the dog too. Make it, preview it, and enter your friend's address as the shipping address at checkout. If you'd like them to have something today, the digital file arrives in minutes.

Most photos work, including older ones. Scan a print or photograph it in daylight, then move and zoom it in the editor. A clear face matters more than a perfect background, and you see the whole cover before you pay.

The digital file arrives in minutes. Studio prints are printed in-house and usually ship in about 2 business days; framed prints and canvases ship in 5–7 business days. Delivery time comes on top, and shipping is calculated at checkout.

Yes. The cat memorial gifts page has covers made for cats, and any cover can be made for another pet by changing the photo and the words.