Ruffined Designs

23/02/2026

Who likes winning stuff?

Ruth O'Leary is an award winning pet photographer based in Sydney, Australia.

28/01/2026

I can’t clean with one hand while I video with the other but believe me, it’s so quick and easy to make our Biothane wares look like new again 😅

30/06/2025

Spike has a large selection of hand me downs that he can wear while he’s still growing but I needed to make him his own (adjustable) harness to wear on the slat mill. Ninja’s fits him but it’s hard to swap it between two dogs that are mad for the mill 🤪

I cut the belly strap the wrong size but that just meant I was able to make a matching collar for the photoshoot and it’s now in the ready to ship section along with the leash. My stuff up, your bargain - if your dog has a 46cm neck.

14/04/2025

Kira in her second Ruffined Designs set - a custom Selector collar with a matching leash in purple and lilac. Showing off her latest trick that I’ve never succeeded in teaching my dogs 😩😄

13/04/2025

A fancy Selector martingale in silver and polar blue BioThane with pyramid decorations and a matching leash. My dogs have more outfits than me 😄

Should I add decorated BioThane collars to the online store?

02/04/2025

Miss Kira came to the studio to collect one of her new bespoke sets, which was made in the colours of Chinese New Year. I'm sure her person can take most of the credit but she's gone on to win a lot of scent work titles since she started wearing it, just saying 😄

If you like this weave there are two in the Ready to Ship section. If they're not the size you're looking for you can also buy one made to order.

02/04/2025

Keeping my Instagram grid curated will be the death of me! I didn't take a flat photo of Beau's new Threepeat before he collected it from the Ruthless Photos studio so I had to weave another collar 😅 I wanted to make something new though, because I like to keep my brain on it's toes, so ... behold! It's 41cms and will be in the Ready to Ship section later today. It's worn by our new collar model, I mean foster dog. Who's most likely going to be a foster fail, if he fits in. Neither the collar or the pup have an official name.

Also shown is Beau's Threepeat and leash set.

13/03/2025

This morning I witnessed a woman walking two dogs beside her baby in a pram. As she came around the corner, on a 60kmph road with heavy truck traffic, one dog blew up at another dog across the road. It's collar/lead/harness broke and it ran over to the other dog who was not happy to be approached in such a manner. I was close enough to be concerned it would see me and my two dogs and make a beeline for us so I stopped and waited for the woman to catch her dog. She had to leave her pram with the other dog attached to it while she ran across the road multiple times trying to catch her dog.

The whole s**t show could have easily been avoided if her dog was wearing quality wares instead of cheap mass produced rubbish.

12/03/2025

When one of your best customers asks for something you've never made before of course you say yes! While this looks like an ID tag holder, and it definitely could be, it's actually a house collar to attach a homeopathic aid for storm phobic dogs to.

You'll see more of Beau soon because he also got a new collar and lead for outdoor adventures.

Photos by Ruthless Photos

(PS If you have a blocky headed dog, and you live in Sydney, you'll want to keep an eye out for an exciting project that Ruthless Photos will be launching soon.)

11/03/2025

Greetings from the worst social media poster ever! In true me fashion there were no posts for months and now there'll be several in a row 😎

This is a 3/4" Brahma No Frills collar and lead set that I made recently for an Aussie Shepherd who's a bit of a water baby. There are a number of Brahma sets in the ready to ship section and they're just $120 for a collar and lead set. There are both flat collars and martingales in a wide variety of colours, hardwares and sizes.

28/01/2025

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18/11/2024

Potato, our Pupstarts board and train puppy, showing off one of the many items that you can take 50% off from now until midnight on Sunday 1st Dec.

There’s no coupon code required. Select any BioThane or paracord wares from the Ready to Ship section (link in bio), add to cart, select pay by bank transfer, only pay half the cost of the wares and the full shipping fee. It’s that easy.

Please note the Brahma and leather items are already heavily discounted so this sale doesn’t apply to them. If you need help with the maths just ask me! (My husband would die laughing if he saw me offering to help anyone with maths 🤣)