The cute puppies were originally featured on Katie’s Kennel’s Instagram Story, which was shared by the pregnant personal trainer. It is assumed that Katie’s Kennel was keeping an eye on the dogs while Patrick and the Kansas City Chiefs were playing the Los Angeles Chargers in California.
The brand posted the adorable photos, which featured Steel and Silver sporting personalized red-and-gold friendship bracelet-inspired collars, with the words “Bark LOUD for the @chiefs.”
9The pups modeled their red-and-gold personalized necklaces while at doggy day care.katies.kennel/Instagram
9The dogs often wear custom Chiefs bandanas to support Patrick.Instagram/steel_silver_mahomes
9They got matching Las Vegas-themed bandanas for the 2024 Super Bowl earlier this year.steel_silver_mahomes/Instagram
Mahomes, 29, commented, “The best pupsss.”
The collars are from Kansas City company Boujee Beads n’ Bows; Silver’s custom collar sells for $25, while Steel’s $22 style includes football charms and was actually named after him.
The company also sells the necklaces in KC Current colors, representing the women’s soccer team Brittany co-owns.
9Patrick surprised Brittany with Steel while the pair were still in college, and the pair added Silver to their family in 2019.Instagram/ Brittany Mahomes
9The Mahomeses share a son and a daughter, with a second daughter on the way.brittanylynne/Instagram
9The pair love to match each other, with the quarterback and the personal trainer both wearing the same Abercrombie shirt to a pre-season game earlier this year.patrickmahomes/Instagram
Naturally, the friendship bracelets are in the vein of those made famous by Taylor Swift’s admirers during her Eras Tour, when Swifties seized the opportunity to wear their own adorable trinkets in remembrance of the song’s line, “So make the friendship bracelets / take the moment and taste it.”
And because the “Lavender Haze” singer, who is good friends with the Mahomeses and dates Chiefs standout Travis Kelce, has become so associated with the look, fans are often getting personalized versions of the song for everyone in Swiftian circles, including the tight end, quarterback, and even coach Andy Reid.
Although Swift prefers cats over dogs, Kelce has added his own touch to the tradition of friendship bracelets by giving his fiancée a gold and diamond bracelet in the same design for Christmas that features their initials as a “TNT” couple.
9Brittany and Taylor Swift, whose fans popularized friendship bracelets last summer, are close friends who often twin in Chiefs gear as well.brittanylynne/Instagram
9Patrick was gifted a Chiefs friendship bracelet (pictured here) at the team’s Super Bowl ring ceremony earlier this year.chiefs/Instagram
As for the pups, Steel, the elder of the two dogs, was actually a Valentine’s Day present from Patrick to Brittany in 2015, when the pair were still in college — and the Sports Illustrated model even named him after the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Younger sister Silver joined the Mahomes family in January 2019.
They often support the Chiefs (and coordinate with the rest of the Mahomes crew) with red-and-gold bandanas.
The family has a thing for metal-themed names, welcoming daughter Sterling and son Patrick “Bronze” Mahomes III in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
While Brittany is currently pregnant with the pair’s third 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, a daughter, it remains to be seen what metallic name she might receive — but odds are strong the pair could announce it with a custom friendship bracelet.