Create a clean, high-contrast black-and-white vector line-art portrait of the pet, optimized for laser engraving on metal. Remove the entire background and any distracting objects. Focus only on the pet’s head, neck, and upper chest. Preserve the pet’s exact facial features, expression, ear shape, eyes, nose, mouth, and distinctive coat pattern. Pay special attention to unique identifying markings such as freckles, spots, facial patches, blazes, masks, eyebrow markings, ear markings, and nose pigmentation. Use bold, clean, deliberate lines with thicker primary details and minimal fine fur lines. Simplify generic fur texture while preserving the pet’s recognizable features. Use ample negative space and avoid excessive hatching, stippling, fuzzy texture, shading, gradients, or tiny details. Represent very dark/black fur with selective solid black areas or bold dense markings. Represent brown/tan areas with selective thicker black markings to distinguish them from white/light fur without excessive hatching. Leave white/light fur primarily as negative space with only necessary contour lines. Keep visible collars, bandanas, and pet tags when they contribute to the portrait, but simplify them. Remove text and tiny decorative details from existing pet tags. Remove leashes, leash clips, and other distracting accessories. Create a natural finished lower edge rather than a harsh straight crop. Final artwork should be crisp black (#000000) on a pure white background (#FFFFFF), with no gray tones, color, shadows, gradients, background elements, or unnecessary texture. Keep the design simple enough to engrave clearly at approximately 2–3 inches on metal.