She holds the heart, and that is unusual
Most breed pendants that involve a heart put the dog inside the heart, either a face set into an outline or a silhouette cut out of the middle. Lola is the other way round. She is a whole seated dog, and the faceted pink stone is hugged against her chest with a front paw curled in on each side of it. The stone takes up nearly all of her body, and she looks straight out over the top of it.
The rest of the breed sits in the chihuahua necklace collection.
A satin head, a polished body, one stone
The head is finished matte and the body is left bright, so the two catch light differently and the shape stays readable at a distance. Pink enamel fills the inside of both ears and lands again as two small cheek marks. The eyes, nose and mouth are black enamel. Everything else is bare silver-tone plating over zinc alloy, with no stones anywhere except the heart.
That restraint is the point. Cover her in stones as well and the pink heart stops being the first thing anyone sees. If the covered-in-sparkle version is what you want, that is the stone-set seated face.
Materials, stated plainly
The body is zinc alloy under silver-tone plating. The heart is a faceted artificial stone, and the color on the ears and cheeks is enamel.
This is a plated alloy pendant at $49.99, labeled the same way as everything else in our pet jewelry.
The chain, and where the pendant lands
The chain is 50cm, about 20 inches. On most adults that sits just below the collarbone, high enough that a seated dog holding a pink heart is actually visible over a crew neck instead of disappearing into it. The photographs show a fine cable-style chain.
The length is printed in this piece's own specification, which is why there is a number here at all. Where we have not measured a chain ourselves, we leave the figure off rather than guess at it.
Keeping the enamel and the plating good
Enamel and plating dislike the same short list: chlorine, hot water, perfume, hairspray and anything abrasive. Put her on after lotion and scent, take her off before you shower, swim or train, wipe her with a soft dry cloth, and store her dry and apart from pieces that can knock the stone.
If you want a name on the same chain, the engraved keepsake charm clips on beside her. More breeds are filed under dog lover gifts by breed.
