Our StoryEdition 2026
PPupTrace · A Founder Letter
Graphite pencil sketch of Sunny, a sitting Labrador retriever on cream paper — the dog behind PupTrace
A letter from Felix

Our Story

Born from a whisper of love for Sunny.

An artist's hand drawing a graphite Labrador portrait from a printed reference photo, with pencils and an eraser nearby
From the studio · 2026

For Sunny —
and for yours.

I'm Felix. Sunny was my dog — a Labrador, the kind who treated every doorway as her personal welcome committee.

I grew up in Hong Kong, where most of us live in small apartments and having a dog means walking her at midnight when the heat finally breaks. Sunny was the bed in the corner, the reason I came home on time, the weight pressed against my legs every morning while I made coffee. She'd sigh — dramatically, theatrically — when she'd decided it was bedtime and I was still working. None of it was remarkable. All of it was the point.

When we lost her, I went looking for something to keep close. A small piece of jewelry, her face, something I could touch in my pocket on the days I couldn't say her name out loud. What I found were vague silhouettes on cheap metal. Generic dog shapes. Sunny was not a generic dog shape. No dog is.

So we drew her ourselves. We sat with her photos for a long time — the goofy one, the dignified one, the one where you could see exactly what she was thinking. We sketched until the lines felt like her. Then we engraved that drawing into 316L Surgical Stainless Steel — the kind that doesn't tarnish or ask to be taken off. I wore her every day. I still do.

Hand-Drawn

From your photo, by a real artist.

316L Surgical Steel

Hypoallergenic. Won't tarnish or ask to be taken off.

Made to Order

One pet at a time. No templates.

30-Day Promise

If it isn't right, we'll make it right.

Every piece we make now starts the way it started with Sunny. A real artist sits with your photo and draws by hand — one pet at a time. We can't bring them back. But we can give you something that actually looks like the one you lost — a way to keep them close.

Keep them close.

FelixFounder · PupTrace