Why I started My Forever Pet

My name's Colin. This memorial idea came about from a sad period in my life, just after a personal bereavement. My mother moved to live near me in our village after losing my father — and she brought Bonnie the pug with her. Over the years that followed, I grew fond of Bonnie too.

Sadly, one day the inevitable happened and we had to say goodbye — but we didn't want to forget. I went looking for something to mark what she'd meant to us, and nothing out there felt right — too generic, or too polished, like it had been made for anyone rather than for Bonnie. So I set about making a bespoke likeness of her myself, in 5mm steel, in a lovely and personal way that would stand the test of time. That's now many years ago, and it's kept weathering and changing character every year since — it looks even better now than it did that first year outdoors.

That one piece, made for family, became My Forever Pet.

Every memorial since has been made with the same care — precisely laser-cut, built to last outdoors, and carrying a name that mattered to someone.