Scuba-Duba-Doo

I can’t think of any possible drawbacks.  Plus it’s totally needed.

Patent No. 6,206,000
by Dwane L. Folsom
Patented: March 27, 2001

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Full Metal Dust Jacket

Dog dust cover

by S. Kesh
Patented: September 4, 1963

The inventor notes that the doggie dust cover will be useful in keeping flea powder on the dog (and off the living room carpet) post application. And it can do double duty as a drying mechanism after a bath – just attach your blow dryer to the suit and voila!

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Safe Rex

Condoms. For your dog’s feet.

Patent No. US20030164145 A1
by Julie St. John
Patented: January 24, 2003

The inventor indicates that not only is the product easily cleaned to protect your floors from the dirt your dog would otherwise track in, the booties “are applied very speedily so that the dogs’ patience quotient is not exceeded.” No mention of the human’s patience quota in applying 4 condoms to your dog’s 4 paws.

(Thanks Billy for sending me these.)

I’m not a fan of catchpoles – mainly because they seem to be misused so often – but I love that the Pinellas Co sheriff’s office in FL sent their staff for training in how to properly use the tool and then issued a press release about their first successful use!

Additional successes on November 14, 2011  included the use of the catch pole by a deputy to contain a dog and return it to its owner;  help free a raccoon that had a small plastic jar stuck on its head in the Eastlake area; and remove a three foot alligator that had made its way into a residential area of Palm Harbor.

It’s a nice change of pace to read about law enforcement receiving proper animal handling training and then putting it to use instead of the usual “police shoot [fill in the animal]” headlines.  Good for the Pinellas Co sheriff’s department!

Well, this should result in something great:

Things have been scary on a neighborhood list serv this week. There was a report of a large dog — one post says it’s a puppy, about 70 pounds — that was attacked in Elysian Park by a loose pit bull and badly hurt. The pit bull was described as a brindle, its owner as looking a bit like Danny Devito. According to the puppy’s owner, the pit bull’s owner basically fled the scene, walking away quickly and leaving the injured puppy without asking questions or giving his own contact information. The puppy’s owner has asked for help in identifying the pit bull and its owner.

The attack quickly led to an extended song of fear on the list serv: Dog owners who fear for their safety and the safety of their dogs. One woman says she has a .22 and is considering bringing it with her to the park so that she can shoot a dangerous dog if it tries to attack one of her four dogs. Another woman says she already carries a stun wand. Someone asked where to get one. At least two maybe three say they pack pepper spray, but one person says it’s hard to use.

I feel sorry for anyone at that dog park with a brindle dog of any breed or who looks remotely like Danny Devito. In the dark. At a distance. With a hat and sunglasses on. Or anyone who has a dog that looks like a Pitbull. Which you may have to judge as the dog runs past and you’re fumbling in your purse for your gun.

Yep, something good is going to come of this. It always does.