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A dog topiary is a breed shaped in greenery over a welded steel frame. The catalog covers the breeds people know: westie, scottie, yorkie, schnauzer, poodle, bulldog, retriever and dachshund. Choose moss, bare galvanized wire or LED-lit wire, from a thirteen-inch doorstep piece to life-size and beyond. Your own dog is a portrait, built to order from your photographs.
Quoted with delivery
Built to order, 4 to 10 weeks
We hold 69 dog pieces at the moment, from 13 in to 20 ft, $114 to $715. 4 are large enough to be quoted with their delivery rather than priced here.
Tap a finish to see only those pieces above.
Small pieces ship by UPS Ground. Large pieces travel by freight, and the delivery is quoted with the piece, so you see the full cost before anything is charged.
Pieces marked ready to ship leave within a few working days. Pieces built to order take 4 to 10 weeks, plus the delivery. Have a date? Send it with your request and we confirm it before you order.
A price on a card is what the piece costs. Custom and large pieces are quoted with delivery, usually within hours. Every custom piece is made for one client, so the schedule, deposit and any changes are agreed with you when you approve the quote.
The steel frame has to make the breed recognizable before any moss goes on. Everyone knows what a dog looks like, so the outline does the work: the drop of a westie’s tail, the square of a schnauzer’s beard, the barrel of a bulldog.
So for a commission we work from your photographs. A specific dog is a portrait, and a portrait needs reference.
The ready-made breeds are in mossed animal topiary. For a portrait of your own dog, send us the photographs.
A mossed dog needs misting through dry spells and fresh moss every year or so. A bare frame needs nothing until you decide to plant it. Turf and artificial pieces need an occasional rinse: no watering, no trimming, no seasonal work.
The galvanized steel frame lasts for decades outdoors. It will outlive any covering you put on it.
Full care instructions by material are on our care pages. If a piece looks tired, this eight-year-old swan shows what a restoration involves.
Staged photos of pieces from this page, set in the kinds of places they go. Tap one to see the piece and its size.
Every dog here is a concept rendering of a piece built to order. Most start with your photographs: a portrait of your own dog, a breed we do not list, or a size larger than our stock.
Send three or four clear photos of your dog, side-on and from the front, with its height at the shoulder. Custom frames are built to your drawing or photo, then packed in sphagnum moss. It suits a garden memorial or a gift.
Two matching dogs, mirrored left and right, sitting either side of a front door or a gate. Sphagnum moss is standard, and ivy-planted pieces can be ordered too. Tell us the breed, the height of your steps and the width of the entrance.
A standing Great Dane at true size, finished in sphagnum moss over welded, galvanized steel. It suits a hotel entrance, a vet clinic or the end of a long driveway. Send a photo of the pose you want and a photo of where it will stand.
Live boxwood planted inside a steel poodle frame and clipped into pom-poms. It is the slow option, because the plant grows into the frame over time, then needs a trim once or twice a year. Send your ZIP code so we can match the boxwood to your winters.
Mossed animals and wire frames start as welded steel, galvanized before any moss goes on. See all six stages, start to finish →
Yes, that is most of what we do. Send several photographs from different angles and the height you want. Side and three-quarter views matter most, because the outline carries the breed.
Catalog pieces start around fifteen inches, which suits a doorstep, a hearth or a table. Life-size and larger is a commission.
A bare galvanized frame can stay out all year, and so can the lit wire-frame breeds. A mossed dog does best under cover, on a porch or a covered patio, because weather wears sphagnum down.
Westie, scottie, yorkie, schnauzer, poodle, bulldog, retriever, dachshund and others. The list changes as new pieces are added, and any breed not listed can be built to order.
Some do. LED-wrapped animals show up after dark, so people use them for winter displays and events. They run on mains or solar power, depending on whether there is a power feed.
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Send a photograph or a sketch with the height you need and where it will stand. Our team comes back with a design, a price with delivery and a date, usually within hours.
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