Dog products - not for us.

Well. The adventures in the DFZ continue.  Our human was getting ready to go to work the other morning– and instead of stair racing while she was in the shower, Frodo moved the baby gate and we made ourselves VERY comfy in the DFZ.  As we know, he has done before.  But THIS time, I went along.  I really like that wingback chair.  But of course, once our human emerged from the shower it was good-bye DFZ.  Don’t worry, we’ll be back….

On another note, I DO think we very are lucky.  Our human is always interested in finding new and exiting dog products for us.  She is an expert on-line shopper.  She looks for cool retrieving toys (since we wear them out), all kinds of grooming stuff, collars and leashes – AND of course, the dreaded apparel.  We know how Frodo feels about that!

But the other day she found a site that had a variety of things that made her laugh out loud.  She could just IMAGINE what would happen if she bought any of the following products for us:

·      A treat dispenser that shoots out treats like a gun.  Picture that one.  I mean REALLY picture that one.  Treats bouncing everywhere – because none of us have a particularly good “catch” reflex for treats.  And everything bounces off Paxton’s nose.  And if we can’t catch something, and it hits the floor – it’s every dog for himself. It would be TOTAL PONdemonium if we got one of those.

·      A food dish with an automatic motion sensor.  So I guess the pet gets near the bowl – and voila – a door opens and the food is there.  I guess it would somehow protect food for those pets who don’t eat everything at once.   That sure as heck is not ANYBODY in this household.  The door would open, we would eat everything, and then we would carry it away to see if there was any more food inside.  And then Paxton would destroy it.

·      Those automatic water cooler gizmos that dispense fresh water.  It’s attached to a bowl.  In our house, that would last all of minute.  There would be a small flood.  Everywhere.

·      Pet sunglasses.  We don’t keep elastics in our hair – how long do you think we would wear sunglasses?!

·      A smartphone app that allows you to interact with your pet remotely – and will also dispense treats.  Holy moly.  Picture THAT.  First off – we would try to destroy the thing the MOMENT it was put on the floor.  If there were treats in it, we WOULD find a way to get them out.  And seriously, who has an “extra” smartphone lying around that can be used by the canines in the household?!  Even IF our human managed to set it up securely and she appeared on the video screen to say “hello” – do you think we would listen to her?  We don’t do that when we are face to face! 

Now I must say, our human has been VERY curious about some cool “interactive” dog toys that are made in Europe.  Her only fear is that we will destroy them too quickly and not have the patience to try and find the hidden treats.  But she keeps looking at them on-line – she IS interested….Maybe for Christmas.  In fact, I think I’ll put them on the list!  Three of them.  We DO have to be fair.

©  2014 Linda Wozniak