Thursday, December 15, 2016

The surploop dilemma



So the other morning while my human was walking Frodo and I in the dark at 5:30 AM, in the cold, with her headlamp, wearing her giant mittens, and juggling both of our leashes, she started thinking that she needed an invention to solve a winter problem.  A winter dog walking problem.  More specifically, she wanted an invention that would keep her fingers from freezing off when she takes her giant mittens off to pick up our dog poop.  It's quite the dilemma in the winter - especially if you have multiple dogs.  Who like to poop multiple times.  I call it surploop - n.  the extra or surplus pooping that we do two minutes after we initially poop – and our human has already tied a strong knot in the poop bag.  And of course, when we have a surploop, it requires opening another bag - and freezing ones fingers even more.  So she was thinking and thinking about this.  And then, as if the internet read her mind - the following video popped up in her newsfeed on Facebook.  Beware - it IS rather gross...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwk031vYhF8

But it's brilliant!  And you never have to worry about cleaning the actual mechanism - as the bag covers the edges.  And lest anyone think this is a joke - here it is on Amazon!!!!

https://www.amazon.ca/Power-Shovel-Pet-Cleaner-VACPARTSTOGO/dp/B004OX5CAC
Now there DO appear to be a few glitches with the technology.  For example, the bags are rather pricey and are supposed to hold a weeks worth of poop.  Maybe for a chihuahua.  One bag would NOT cut it in THIS household.  Not to mention - where do you store the thing for a week when you are collecting your poop?  In your closet?  Ewwwwww.

The other issue would be carrying this thing down the road.  I mean our neighbors undoubtedly think my human is crazy enough to have the THREE of US - so imagine if they saw her carrying a vacuum cleaner?  For poop?

So there ARE some problems - but it certainly would solve the frozen finger dilemma.  I think I'll put it on HER list for Santa.  Wonder how many of these he delivers....


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