Amstaff Specialty – Apr 2010 | Sydney Dog Photographer

Amstaff Specialty – Apr 2010 | Sydney Dog Photographer

Saturday was a double whammy for us at the American Staffordshire Terrier Club of NSW's specialty. We had our second outing with our Ruthless Leather stall and it was also my first event as the official club photographer! It was held at Erskine Park which is in the...

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Dobermann Nationals | strong dog collars

Dobermann Nationals | strong dog collars

Ruthless Leather had it's first public outing this weekend. We were invited to have a stall at the Dobermann Nationals. Even though we got there a day after everyone else we still managed to score a prime spot outside the main entrance. Cheeky buggers that we are! We...

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Boo the Great Dane | Sydney Dog Photographer

Boo the Great Dane | Sydney Dog Photographer

This weekend I got to borrow Boo the Great Dane to model this 1.5" Rocknrolla collar in black and antique brass. We met at 7.30am on Sunday in Camperdown Cemetery. It was nice and quiet. In fact the sun wasn't even quite up yet so when Boo wasn't doing zoomies or...

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Ruthless Leather Update #8 | strong dog collars

Ruthless Leather Update #8 | strong dog collars

Finally, after a year and half of research, prototype making and many late nights, it's finally here: strong leather dog collars. It's a work in progress and we still have lots more exciting things to add to it, but let's not dwell on that, let's celebrate the fact...

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Her name was Lola | Sydney Dog Photographer

Her name was Lola | Sydney Dog Photographer

She was a Staffeeee. No yellow feathers and whatnot, but she did have some fancy dance moves! I put a call out on my Facebook page for a medium-sized red dog to model a collar for the Ruthless Leather website. I asked for a Viszla or a Stafford, but I was open to...

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Ruthless Leather Update # 7 | strong dog collars

Ruthless Leather Update # 7 | strong dog collars

Fingers crossed this is the last update promising that the website is coming soon! I've taken an ad in the MDBA Awards programme which is being held on Saturday night, so I'm really trying to have the website live by then. If I never have to build another website...

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Ruthless Leather Update #6 | strong dog collars

Ruthless Leather Update #6 | strong dog collars

We're getting there, slowly but surely! The fine tuning on the website is finished and I hope to start populating it next week. We still haven't 100% finalised our hardware, so the whole range may take some time to get up there. It will be worth the wait though! This...

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Ruthless Leather update #5 | strong dog collars

Ruthless Leather update #5 | strong dog collars

We custom made a tracking harness for Divani [Furia's mother], so I called over yesterday to photograph it on her. As it needs to be attached to a collar and lead we made a few additional pieces for her to wear for the shoot. She was happily napping on her sofa until...

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More collars

More collars

It looks like the Ruthless Leather website may take a little longer than anticipated to finish, so I thought I'd add some more photos of our designs to the blog. Chopper's reflector set has been really popular. We've already made an identical one for a Beagle and this...

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Chopper’s new bling

Chopper’s new bling

Apparently Santa didn't get the memo this year about Chopper sometimes being a bit naughty, so on Christmas morning this shiny little number was under the tree for the boy. Doesn't he look handsome? It's 6mm thick brown bridle leather with solid brass hardware and...

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about ruth

Based in Sydney, Ruth O’Leary, is one of Australia’s most sought after dog photographers. She takes colourful and emotive photographs of dogs in stunning locations. Since the launch of Ruthless Photos in 2008 her images have brought tears of joy to hundreds of loving pet owners across the globe.

If you’d like to find out more please contact Ruth today.

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About Ruth

Based in Sydney, Ruth O’Leary, is one of Australia’s most sought after dog photographers. She takes colourful and emotive photographs of dogs in stunning locations. Since the launch of Ruthless Photos in 2008 her images have brought tears of joy to hundreds of loving pet owners across the globe. If you’d like to find out more please contact Ruth today.