Engraved Dog Tags
Most dog tag engraving does one thing: it puts a name and a number on a piece of metal, and if any of it changes you buy another tag. A Supernormal tag is engraved on the front — four lines, personalised however you like — and scannable on the back, so the details a finder needs are on the tag, and everything else lives on a profile you can edit from your phone whenever it changes.
Laser engraved into the face, so it doesn’t rub off. The QR code sits on the back.
How our dog tag engraving compares
A traditional engraved dog ID tag does the engraving and stops there. Ours does the engraving and then keeps working when your details change.
Those comparison prices are real ones, checked in July 2026: a laser-engraved aluminium tag from Dogstag.co.uk is £7.90 with free postage only over £24, and a deep-engraved stainless or brass tag from The Stately Hound is £15.00 plus £2.99 Royal Mail. Ours is £9.00 delivered in the UK; elsewhere postage is charged at cost, usually £2.60 to £3.20.
What we can engrave: four lines, fifteen characters
Four lines of up to fifteen characters each, deep laser engraved into the tag face rather than printed on top, so it doesn’t rub off the way infilled lettering can. Use one line or all four — the block is always centred, with the same space above and below.
Sixty characters is a lot for a 25mm disc. It comfortably holds a pet name and a mobile number, and it will take a surname, a house number and a postcode as well if you want the tag readable without a phone. The trade-off is size: the more lines you use, the smaller each one is engraved, and the preview shows you exactly what that looks like before you buy.
What goes on it is up to you — we don’t restrict the wording. If you want the reasoning behind each option, and what the law in your country actually asks for, we’ve written that up separately in what to put on a dog tag.
Cat tags and pet tag engraving
It’s one tag and one price. The same engraved pet ID tag goes on a cat collar, a puppy’s first collar, or a full-grown dog.
Engraved cat tags
Light enough for a breakaway cat collar, and the QR side matters more for cats than dogs — an indoor cat that gets out is rarely wearing anything a stranger can act on. Same £9, same four lines.
Puppies
An engraved puppy tag is usually out of date within a year, because the number on it changes or the collar does. This one you re-point rather than replace — the engraving stays, the profile behind it moves with you.
More than one pet
Each tag is engraved separately and gets its own profile. Order them together and they arrive together.
Why the QR side matters
Engraving is permanent, which is its strength and also its limitation.
Details change
The day you change your number, move house or switch vets, engraving is out of date and the only fix is a new tag. The profile behind the QR code updates in seconds.
A finder needs nothing
They point a phone camera at the code. No app, no account, no sign-up — they see your pet’s photo, how to reach you, your vet, and anything medical you’ve chosen to share.
The metal still works
If someone finds your dog and never scans anything, your engraved details are right there on the tag. The two halves cover each other.
Both sides of the tag
Flip it to see the engraved face and the QR back, then scan it the way a stranger would. Whatever you type into the box above appears on the tag.
Laser-engraved with your text. It works with no signal, no battery and no phone at all — a stranger just reads it.
A QR code. Any phone camera opens your pet's profile — their photo, your number, your vet, medical notes — and can text you the finder's location.
What the law asks for where you live
Most countries have a rule about what a dog has to wear in public, and they don’t agree with each other — in the UK it’s the owner’s name and address, elsewhere a phone number is the norm. Four lines is enough for either. We’ve set out what each one requires, and how to fit it on a disc this size, in what to put on a dog tag.
How to order an engraved dog tag
Type what you’d like on it
Up to four lines of fifteen characters. The preview above is the tag — what you see engraved on it is what we engrave.
We engrave it and post it
Free UK delivery, usually 1–2 days. International postage is charged at cost and shown at the checkout. Your parcel arrives with Royal Mail.
Scan it when it arrives
A couple of minutes to set up the profile, then it’s on the collar. Cats too — same tag, same £9.
Dog tag engraving: common questions
Engraved on the front. Everything else on the back.
£9, once. Free UK delivery, and nothing to renew.