Personalized Custom Black Lab Shirt with Photos

This black lab shirt is a personalized custom pet photo tee for every owner who knows the struggle: 40 pictures, and the dog comes out as a shadow with a tongue.

Here, your Lab’s name sits in big chrome letters over a sparkly collage of their best shots, like a retro bootleg rap tee starring the family retriever.

Upload your Lab photos

Black dog photo tips first

Black coats swallow light, so do these before you upload:

Shoot outdoors in daylight, or right next to a big window
Keep the sun behind you, not behind the dog
Focus on the eyes, since that little glint is what makes the face read
Leave the brightness slider alone; pushing it turns the coat gray

What’s printed on the black Lab shirt

The name is arched in chrome over five or six photos inside a sparkle frame.

In our samples you’ll see Daisy (colorway 1, an ice blue glow with fiery letters), Milo in sage (2), Rosie in hot pink with her heart tag (8), Bailey in navy (13) and Peanut in peach (15). There are 15 colorways in total.

Sample pups are placeholders, so the only dog on your shirt is yours.

How do I order a lab mom shirt?

Choose a garment and size for long days at the dog park: tee, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie.
Pick the shirt color, then a colorway. Bright glows like ice blue or hot pink help a black coat stand out.
Upload 3 to 8 photos of your Lab, taking the place of every sample dog.
Type your Lab’s name as you want it printed. Completed example: Rosie, colorway 8, six photos from lake days and couch naps.

Can a black dog actually show up on a shirt?

Black coats turn into a dark blob in most phone photos
Lab shirts in stores show a yellow cartoon retriever, not her dog
The good pictures from the lake trip never get printed

Once you finally get a clear photo of a black dog, you want it somewhere you’ll see every day. Bright glows like ice blue or hot pink sit behind the photos, so a black coat pops inside the sparkle frame under the chrome name.

Who wears it

Most orders come from a Lab mom who has spent years trying to get one decent picture of a black dog. She finally has a handful of good daylight shots and wants them somewhere besides her lock screen.

The Lab mom

She’s already covered in black dog hair, so the crewneck with his face on it is the one thing in her closet that matches.

Dad, the official ball thrower

After 300 throws a day he’s earned a dog dad gift that isn’t another mug, and the tee runs up to 4XL.

The family on the holiday card

Each person picks a different colorway, which means the card looks planned without everyone dressing exactly alike.

Someone missing an old Lab

If you’re remembering a gray-muzzled friend, puppy photos can sit beside senior ones, so the collage holds the whole life.

A friend with a new black puppy

Puppies are easier to shoot up close, and those first weeks of pictures fill the collage before the dog doubles in size.

Start the Lab shirt

Pick a fit

Most Lab people choose the Comfort Colors 1717 tee, 6.1 oz garment-dyed ring-spun cotton with a relaxed unisex fit, S–4XL.

Muddy-paw season calls for the Comfort Colors 1566 crewneck in 80/20 fleece (S–3XL) or the Comfort Colors 1567 hoodie, preshrunk with a jersey-lined hood and a pouch big enough for treats (S–2XL).

True to size reads relaxed; go one or two up for oversized. See the size guide for numbers. The Comfort Colors 6014 long sleeve is another choice, S–3XL.

Kids who share the couch with the Lab can wear the Comfort Colors 9018 youth tee (XS–XL) or the Rabbit Skins 3326 toddler hoodie (2T–5/6T).

Order by December 5, 2026 for Christmas delivery in the US.
Free US shipping on 2 or more items, or on any order of $75 or more.
A single item ships for a flat $5.99.
Misprinted or the wrong item? Send a photo within 15 days of delivery and we replace it or refund you.

Choose a bright colorway

Making and shipping

Each Lab shirt is printed in the USA after you order, by DTF or DTG depending on what it’s going on. Production is 1–3 business days and USPS tracked delivery 3–5 business days. Ordering a Christmas gift with a wagging tail on it?

Do it by December 5, 2026. Our shipping page covers the rest.

Does it work for a yellow or chocolate Lab?

Sure. Same layout, your dog’s photos. Yellow and chocolate coats are easier to photograph, so you can skip most of the black-dog tips.

Can I sneak a famous athlete into one of the pictures?

No. Athletes, celebrities, rappers and other public figures can’t appear, and neither can logos, brand names, team marks or cartoon characters, even small ones in the background. Send only photos you own; orders with restricted content get canceled and refunded.

My Lab is gray around the muzzle now. Can I mix old and new photos?

Yes, and it’s one of our favorite ways to do it. A puppy picture next to a gray-faced senior photo tells the whole story.

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