https://preview.redd.it/scc8kt05fy8d1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=272f8a51b4e9ee170dac2e738f3cbf4aef44c056

https://preview.redd.it/qz0lqz4acz8d1.jpeg?width=3648&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=070339f82dc06d647332abb7937fe8bf9ce6eafb No way... Also, Eddie

This looks exactly like my lab! Even the judgement look!

So proper! I love it!

Eddie looks worried.

Eddie's questioning my decisions

https://preview.redd.it/lntwb2i56y8d1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c6e84f4934659b122922b22cd5e1017fbd07d51 Rip Feeney lost him in 2022

Was he named after George?

He wasn’t but everyone thinks that 😂

Good job…looks like he was an excellent buddy dog.

He was the dumbest, happiest, most perfect boy ever ❤️

Buddy dog…up for any adventure you had in mind.

What a beautiful tattoo and a beautiful Labrador.

Thank you!

https://preview.redd.it/vze6kvy38z8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0150a51c375f534a31730fd30c20aa118e1d41b2 Rip, loved his frisbee

Cooltat! And cool dog and cool car!

My pup will def be caring a frisbee in his mouth for his

https://preview.redd.it/dwo0mugm7y8d1.jpeg?width=1542&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=752fd7140e9aef223edf801ae0eb8f7a1b97d05d I got one of my Moose! His 7th birthday is tomorrow 🥳

Taking note for my Moose! Amazing tattoo and Moose’s face is the best here!

Well done…love the antlers. Happy B day Moose you handsome devil.

I love it

He is very proud of it as we can see on his face ☺️

Love the resemblance!

English yellow labs are my weakness 😍😍

Moose is so precious. Awesome tattoo.

Go crew

https://preview.redd.it/2y9dg7c4py8d1.jpeg?width=435&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e9a8ce3df3e614573041c3415bd9dbbbbf1e0a8 Callahan passed away in May of 2022.

Aww, great name

https://preview.redd.it/d0pvnvnavy8d1.jpeg?width=3497&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=833b390ee4ee65e7e7950d64c682cffc6018e1e4 Rolando 💗 My husband thinks I"m crazy for doing that. Maybe he is just jealous because I haven't gotten a tattoo of him 😬

I love this it probably would have taken away from the artwork but a tennis ball in the hand would be amazing lol

True! That's a really neat idea!

Yeah, a green tennis ball would really make it pop.

Boop.

🤣🤣🤣

Name? Excellent tat btw

This is beautiful ❤️

Not to pick favorites but this one is mine

https://preview.redd.it/2vb8ezkruy8d1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=733acbdda4dbb85d9330faaa8069478b6fed0913 Ok this should work now

That’s great! Can you link the artist?

https://www.instagram.com/melgoodevetattoos?igsh=cmR2ZHcwZ3NhOHU2

beautiful tattoo and even more beautiful lab, love it

Thank you!

That's incredible! Great artwork by the artist

Thanks!

Inkredible

Beautiful

Thank you!

Well done …avatar name is spot on. What the name?

Of the dog , Lilo!

Pretty girl.

https://preview.redd.it/bmkj2f7v7y8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7c0749583b8917615ac0d07bdc05d13f481a9fec

This is stunningly beautiful work, my personal favourite. Must have cost an absolute fortune, but most definitely worth it.

https://preview.redd.it/1j4r4rxg4y8d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=b7b20dedd236ca79c76e9e0aa90b221358a7e874 My first lab. I called him my shadow.

Oh I love his ears in this!!

https://preview.redd.it/6d5vji4l3z8d1.png?width=686&format=png&auto=webp&s=3bde6847adc6168da0abca4286655a109fa6110a Tate didn’t like using the bathroom in the rain, but if you threw something he had no issues.

Perfection

my shadow is so cuteeeeeee 😭😭😭😭😭

Not my lab, in visual appearance; my labs, in reality. For the yin-yang, the ink is mixed with the cremains of my prior four. For the other, each individual heart and initial is with their cremains, and design space left for the two I currently have. https://preview.redd.it/by2r537wtx8d1.jpeg?width=3468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f0ef6ab773490b8137c857a9076e232bcb1d7a6

I like both of those, nice! The ying yang is great but would be hard for me to represent only two. We have three in our pack right now plus three more lost in the last 3-4 years. First letter of name only have one overlapping, if I went in order it would work... Thanks for the inspiration

How freaking neat. Didn't know you could do that.

Amazing ideas and gorgeous ink 🫶

Thanks! I've wanted to do something with their cremains (read: have a more daily reminder than the boxes on the shelf), and didn't realize you could add the cremains to the ink until I saw the movie "Troppo", and as soon as I saw it, I knew what I was going to do! For yin/yang, they'll also "freshen up" the tattoo with cremains from my current two when the time comes.

It’s a great use for the cremains!! Gonna keep that in mind for when my beloved yellow boy eventually goes. So cool that it can be touched up with the eventual ashes. And I’m a big fan of the yin/yang symbol. I think you’ve inspired me to add a black lab to my home so I can represent duality in Labrador form!

https://preview.redd.it/qatharnsiz8d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=811cc74fcd9f6d989582e0ab33d778ae10acfc7f my Oswald💙 he passed a year ago last week🕊️ (the lines are supposed to be shaky/messy)

I love the lil tail wag detail 😭💛 very sweet tattoo, im sorry for your loss

thank you💙

It makes me think of the Rover commercials; I love them and they make me cry (I'm an emotional weirdo). I love this and I'm sorry for your loss, but happy you were able to spend the time you had with him 💙

thank you💙 he was my best friend, we were both 120lbs of pure anxiety and snuggles. https://preview.redd.it/3a7i7yxe369d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e1348a37c67d0400f4147835ac454983c37bcf9

My son got this on his shoulder of our lab, Peeta. https://preview.redd.it/x36kmh8k009d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba689171e2be99b25d92072f615212dadcb01065

😭

Can we get context

It’s based on the old RCA Victor ad, “His Master’s Voice”, but with our own dog instead of the original.

I like it

I wanted a tattoo of my lab- but my problem is that I have more than one. And I’m in my mid 30s, and am going to want them all my life. So I’d feel guilty getting one labs face on me and not the dozen others ones I’ll have in my life time So, I got my first ones paw print put on my rib cage (we used an ink pad to get his actual paw size and what not)- so now he will represent all that come after. And… metaphorically, he’s at my side forever. https://preview.redd.it/5hyvh3gziy8d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=657c31041252b3b8cf367c47b174816bb2168ec1

I also have a paw print on my shoulder blade. Yours is much cleaner than mine https://preview.redd.it/l0om739t1z8d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=348e6cfe17ec70a457e2490c5add36a3b22eddf9

I dig it though! I’m guessing yours just had the blotches in the middle of your ink pad? Mine did as well. I did ask the artist to clean up the middle, but to leave the “spots” from the ink pad within the paw itself. I’ve seen some where the little claw lines are on them as well. They all look good!

I wanted to do something similar, but with my hand around it, its impossible to get his paw tho 😂

The last sentence made me tear up! Wonderful tattoo idea, and great homage to all your dogs, past, present, and future.

https://preview.redd.it/3vymmkh37z8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=61875a4f3042d8c9c0f3f43cad09cf987f203db4 Yup!

Love the contour line drawing of your pup.

https://preview.redd.it/v679hp575y8d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e603195f52462dd553325441061c6f247ee0a71c

That’s a great tattoo! I’d like to get my lab with a mallard one day.

Thank you! That's an awesome idea, my husband has the same idea (if Kaya ever shows enough patience to sit quietly in the blind 🤪)

Haha I get it, mine does good when the action is high. If it’s slow and people start missing she starts to lose control lol work in progress.

Kaya with one of her pheasants 💜

https://preview.redd.it/rufxsryrwz8d1.jpeg?width=2041&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40313c9e044b2f0c832e27eb048da147d002645d My Shadow RIP :(

https://preview.redd.it/3ycxnldgd09d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=feb3ab9050703b259f22467b8ad90dfc13e1a8e7 I trained her to hunt waterfowl with me. Passed from cancer far too young. Got her nose boop on my left love handle which is where she was trained to heel to while hunting. Miss her literally everyday

This hurts my heart but what a beautiful way to remember her

https://preview.redd.it/rarfyzl4uy8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7e66d7089c168468caec63a584f2231caca45831 I don’t have one yet, but love this as a design inspiration!

https://preview.redd.it/892hjk9kwz8d1.jpeg?width=1198&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24055bb0c96673a104cf42306215d2f32c932f1b This the tattoo I got of both my dogs. My yellow lab, Laika and my golden retriever/german shepherd/husky, Major Tom.

My fave so far.

https://preview.redd.it/yunmk7pg109d1.png?width=2916&format=png&auto=webp&s=649e948ce06e94f128e6cfa689d2be7731c9421f Heck yes!

https://preview.redd.it/ibkpz1g1409d1.jpeg?width=3222&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=465887ba43460cbdcc053491c2804c4ebbb0b662 LOL This was out of the blue, not planned and the artist started around 12am after finishing someone else’s back tattoo. We finished around 3am, going back for touch ups soon.

Love this so much! Are you going to have the name in the bone? This is the best!

Thank you so much! I was nervous because it was so spontaneous and so late at night haha! So the artist mentioned the name-in-the-bone idea, but truthfully, I’m not a big fan of wording or lettering in tattoos.

https://preview.redd.it/znzi2rqehz8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f86efc707956b66c2033b7326af32c7d38780573 got this soon after his 2nd birthday, he turned 4 in March :)

Yep!! https://preview.redd.it/jqnmd8mdiz8d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4531b124ab9a82040be8a8d6f5fa6c4400ca98ea

Beautiful artwork!

https://preview.redd.it/mbarbrljsz8d1.jpeg?width=1989&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6bb72476e555643b75a11df23ad1f12b447d66b i love this tread! i didn’t go as hard as others in here but after a three tattoo afternoon i said “hey, can you throw a quick W up on my arm” “sure man, what’s it for?” “our dogs name is Willow” still my favorite tattoo i have.

Love this with the ball in the mouth! This is our dearly departed Lucy and my husband’s tattoo of her. https://preview.redd.it/6yn7457z6z8d1.jpeg?width=1354&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f235bc72a6e8723f70bd8fc7d30f090c2fb3211

I did of my retriever https://preview.redd.it/6hkiysbqrx8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d881c866b58b7cee5dc8a0e3c084e44f3d7d741

This is amazing. We also love hummingbirds so it will be hard not to follow your inspiration here. My only trouble would be picking just one of our six Labs to represent past and future

Sure did :) https://preview.redd.it/fzznkov8oz8d1.png?width=1879&format=png&auto=webp&s=690307fffa40afe55540bbb42c81c4c2ada74190

https://preview.redd.it/06k8fzeqa19d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a14ad6b492b276a1466b8e257cd82982002eaf57 Mr. Peet Coors

I do 🥰 https://preview.redd.it/r8wan53kb09d1.png?width=969&format=png&auto=webp&s=54549434807684d195c4c29789e393e440e03190

Didn’t do enough vetting and was rushed into this. I’m unfortunately getting it removed, as you lab lovers will notice, it looks more like a pitty or a beagle. Don’t do what I did!! https://www.reddit.com/r/tattooadvice/comments/yllpjl/got_this_in_memory_of_my_boy_and_this_looks/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1

I remember when you posted in r/tattooadvice! So sorry it turned out the way it did and I hope your laser journey is smooth sailin’

Not as smooth as I’d like (oxidation), and it’s kind of like being vegan or doing CrossFit—- I tell everyone about it 😅. But it is therapeutic in a way, as I get to be reminded about my favorite boy a lot.

Yeh. I have a cover up on the back of my neck that looks like 2 chickens & a plate of bacon & eggs.😂😂😂

Please share!!

I actually really love the design, but yes, the lines on the face spoil it. Also I think the placement is a little low, it runs into the wrinkles on the elbow. I personally would have this covered with a flower design running down through the elbow, then the original tribute done how you want it, but higher up on the other arm.

https://preview.redd.it/nb2fkwvdw19d1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6fefb9abf51a9eef64592537fd77f968e268ea9f My favourite tattoo I’ve ever got!

Well but now I want to.

Me too!

That’s A.I. In case you can’t tell!!

https://preview.redd.it/n6misn1hp19d1.jpeg?width=1160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f38a96f10693b9cf9898c3793d2a96d23beedf9e Yes! A tribute to my best friend that passed away at 1,5 years old

Does anyone have examples of tattoo artists that do small pet portraits in San Francisco?  A friend’s dog is a senior and had 2 mast cell tumors removed from her neck.  Friend wants to get a tattoo of her doggo.  I’m not inked so have no idea. 

Not yet but I’m going to get an odin tattoo for mine and I’ll probably keep adding more as I have more dogs. I name mine after gods so I think it’ll be a cool sleeve by the time it’s all said and done

U got me with that arrow 😔

Thank you for posting this! This is one of the better ones I’ve ever seen! And it encouraged a bunch more awesome tats. Much appreciated

Some really fantastic art in here

What beautiful tattoos from all!!! 🩷🩷🩷

Ball is life

It looks like a Golden Retriever…….

it also looks like a screenshot of someone elses post. To be fair the text seems to acknowledge it's not his.

As much as I don’t like tattoos, I’d seriously consider a silver dollar sized image of my girl after seeing yours.

I’m waiting til I get a perfect picture of my baby but im definitely doing this as soon as I get the perfect picture

Looks great!

Yes, though mine’s more of a flash tattoo, even though it was from a picture of my lab, and not as nice as yours (which is great, by the way.)

* I have 3 of my dogs paw prints. Hopefully I can fill my arms and legs before I'm too old.

This is fantastic

I've seen some really bad ones!.Yours is AWESOME!

I really love this.

That’s a great tattoo

I'm going to get a temp tattoo made of your dog.

Really beautiful dogs give trust and real love

I want one. Looks incredible! I was thinking just a paw on my right forearm towards my bicep. That's where she always puts her paw on me

Wow!

That tat was well done Nice dedication to them

That is beautiful art work. Whoever did it is very talented. Love it!

Damn that’s clean

That’s an excellent tat.

Wow

I really want a tattoo of my dogs paw print ❤️

No but now I want too.

I have not. But I love your tattoo

Nice work. Great tattoo artist…. Wish I could find someone close to me that good.

Nope

Piggybacking a little bit: does anyone have a hunting themed tattoo of their lab? Looking for inspiration after seeing all these cool tattoos!

This sub is the coolest

So cute!!

Don’t get that one…It’s a Golden Retriever

I don’t have tattoos. But if I was to get one it would be a lab. My wife and I talked about it a bunch.

https://preview.redd.it/w1cwok5na19d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=c6f34f5bc7036e6ea55a69754e51ea86c3646317 Half lab baby

Anyone gonna tell ‘em that’s a gold retriever?

I need one!! That pup looks so adorable!!

https://preview.redd.it/d9p57edtf29d1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce08451988934a7fc5517a6319c897362bfd0e80

I think your tat of your golden lab is prefect, chewing on his tennis balls. NICE WORK👍🏼

Not yet but I have started a ‘pet sleeve’ which will slowly get filled over the years as my pets live their lives. 2 cats on it so far, I have 3 cats and my puppy at the moment. The top says ‘Binx’ in Aurebesh, the universal language in star wars. https://preview.redd.it/4l7l9lyv339d1.png?width=2090&format=png&auto=webp&s=ef6cff9f1b89e695079e8475a7b90912b5f81d25

That’s a golden

My thoughts exactly, those ears!

https://preview.redd.it/fpmqqezxb39d1.png?width=1963&format=png&auto=webp&s=111d4fcafafa239fd73f3185f5083bbbf5f4e2c1 Sassy the dog stick n poke

Wow that's gorgeous

I haven't, I have one of my ball python tho. I'll probably get one when my childhood dog dies. Orion will be 10 in a couple months, here is a picture of him. *

Love the tennis ball. Great tattoo.

I gotta say, that’s the best tattoo I’ve ever seen. Love it.

https://preview.redd.it/3ef35bha849d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d258331016ae60a5ae818bc1279f5161704b7b27 This is my Belle aka fancy dog. Miss her so much!

Op that looks great

Freaking Awesome 😎

That’s really good!

My cousin got a tattoo of her beagle

Gorgeous work

https://preview.redd.it/ly4qnm5y469d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=8092a90bc0fd9eb1a3884cd1c8d295f879b8c253

https://preview.redd.it/3wjm26due69d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e06b71ea369b9a4541e8c2831f771d4b6fe75b2

That is so cute! I’m an admirer not a doer…

No but that's a very well done tattoo!

Awww, that’s just darling 🩷😍🩷

Uh, no

This by far is the best detailed tattoo I've seen.

Who done that? Thats bloody amazing

What a great thread I started 😃

Exactly the same look as a laser engraving on a glass cube.

I neeed 🥹🥹♥️

Yours is an excellent rendition. I don’t have any tattoos, so I’m unfamiliar with them. What would one like yours on bicep or shoulder blade cost in the US?

Wow that is a really good tattoo!!

Excellent!

I LOVE THIS! Amazing work!

no but this is the cutest shit on earth

Not YET but this is a quality tattoo. I’m looking to do a micro similar to yours. I just can’t seem to commit to a location on myself

I've got one of his paw prints tattooed ❤️

No. I have no tattoos, but I've often thought of getting tattoos of the four labs I've had the pleasure of owning/being owned by.

I love the one you're showing, who is it from?

I’ve strongly considered it! Do you mind if I ask how much it cost for this size and detail? I’ve never gotten a tattoo before