3/18/2006: Mutt Muffs

Undertoad • Mar 18, 2006 12:06 pm
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Strange New Products, always fun, offers up this happy one. This particular strange new product is called "Mutt Muffs". The images here are from that product website. The images and the whole idea are appealing, and yet pretty useful as well.

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If you've ever been in a little buzzy Cessna, you know how loud it can get. Pilots exchange hints on the best headsets so they don't all go deaf.

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But what about the dogs? They need hearing protection too. And so comes this invention, Mutt Muffs.

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Otherwise how can they enjoy the fine scenery? Remember that dogs' ears are pretty sensitive, especially at the higher frequencies that are probably being generated by that engine and all that wind.

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And they don't really take away any of your dog's dignity.

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Imagine if your dog got a set for Christmas! He or she would love it!

One of the comments at Strange New Products says
I got to see these in action this week. The dog jumped right "into" the muffs as if it was the fun thing to do.
Sounds good to me!
lumberjim • Mar 18, 2006 12:18 pm
oh good. i had an entirely different visual....and a bit of trepidation....i mean, i know ut is close to his doggie, but damn.
jojo • Mar 18, 2006 12:32 pm
oh......my.......god. what the dog really wants is to roll down the little window and stick his head out. i don't know about those dogs, but mine actually do like to hear!
xoxoxoBruce • Mar 18, 2006 12:42 pm
They'll go well with his Doggles.:D
Pancake Man • Mar 18, 2006 2:24 pm
I have noticed that if you blow into a dog's ear, it invariably sneezes. Therefore, when the dog is hanging out the window, air gets into it's ears, and it turns to you and sneezes. Someone please send me a pair, while I clean the phlegm off my face.
Iggy • Mar 18, 2006 2:44 pm
That has to be one of the most adorable things I have ever seen...
capnhowdy • Mar 18, 2006 9:12 pm
"Flying dogs"? hmmmm....
After getting over the misleading thread title, I'm impressed. I can barely get my dogs to wear a collar.
Kagen4o4 • Mar 18, 2006 10:50 pm
capnhowdy wrote:

After getting over the misleading thread title....


vaginas=muffs?
wolf • Mar 19, 2006 12:00 am
Technically, hair covered external labia.
xant • Mar 19, 2006 3:18 am
I wonder if this sort of thing could be used to keep the dog from being an annoying nuisance. Some dogs tend to bark at everything that makes any noise outside the home and well, if they can't tell there's noise being made...
York • Mar 19, 2006 3:22 am
I just kinda miss a microphone, some decks and speakers...
milkfish • Mar 19, 2006 6:32 am
Hey, that dog's gotta get more serious about attending to the cockpit controls instead of looking out the window!
Elspode • Mar 19, 2006 8:13 pm
Next? Night vision goggles for pilot pooches!