What is Windrunner Leather?
We are a small family business who create handmade pet accessories and gear made of genuine leather. All our products are unique and made as works of art, hand tooled, painted and sewed.
Our main goal is to provide gear that every pet owner can be proud of owning – we always make sure that everything we make is exceptionally well made, has great quality and will last for years to come. Everything - from materials we use to packaging is 100% environmentally friendly and organic - we love our planet and want to preserve it.
A lot of pet owners have a vision that unusual pet gear mostly is not as trustworthy as a simple one and we want to break this myth. Everything we make is tested for breakage, rust and long-term wear so products we make can be worn by both small and large pets without a concern.
We understand that without our clients we wouldn’t be able to exist so one of our goals is to provide the best customer service we can. We will always try to help as much as possible if something happens to the product we made.
It all started with... a duck?
Believe it or not, but the main hero who brought an idea of making our own leather products is actually a duck. And not just a simple duck, but little sneaky curious buddy who decided that it's a great idea to sneak on my dog from behind.
And what do most dogs do when they turn around and see something running away from under their tail? They chase. What do owners do? They suddenly learn to fly! Well, at least not too far, as my dog was ONLY around 130 pounds. It could be worse.
But the worst part of story is that this didn't end with me flying behind my dog, no - his collar suddenly broke and the bear was free to run wild. At that moment he forgot any training we did and the last thing I saw was a fluffy tail disappearing behind bushes on the river shore.
Some time later we found him, safe and sound, but now he needed new collar - a trustworthy one, that would hold well even heavy pulls, and yet a beautiful one - because my dog definitely deserves to look good. This is when I thought - why can't I make one myself? I will know how strong it is, I will make a design I want.
So since this point I taught myself leatherworking, started making my first collars and eventualy got people asking about them. After a couple of months I already had several styles that later turned into a whole online shop with a couple of members working on it. All our members, including me, used to work in arts and video game industry which helps us stay creative.
Now it's already not only collars - we have a lot of different products, different designs and are still creating new ones. Hopefully, you can be a part of our motivation and reason to move on!
