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Approved - just need to get a dog now! |
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Could be auto activated by tension in lead |
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These are shoes that the dog has to wear every time they go out. I suppose that, since they are a constant precursor to walkies, and don't *usually* impede it, the dog accepts them in the same way that it accepts the leash. You'd better introduce them early, though. |
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So, let's suppose you've solved the problem of getting the shoes on the dog; how will they work? How do you suddenly vary the coefficient of friction of dinky little booties? |
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Are we doing hagfish slime? |
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Are we retracting many little teeth into a Teflon backboard? |
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{frog-marches [marklar] to a whiteboard, thrusts a marker into their hand} |
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// How do you suddenly vary the coefficient of friction of dinky little booties//
Extend Teflon extensions. Extrude oil. Deploy balloon, reducing ground-paw friction. |
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Maybe exude, rather than extrude? |
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So, we imagine little reservoirs in the uppers of the shoes, and we top them up from time to time. Maybe olive oil - something non-toxic, because some licking is going to be inevitable. |
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If it tastes like meat we can definitely get the dog to stop but we'll be training him to do whatever it takes to get that tasty, tasty ooze. |
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