Well, I never did like trimming my dogs' nails. As I got older my dogs seemed to sense a physical
superiority and my inability to trim nails. With bad knees and shoulders, the chore of trimming curved
claws required an equalizer. They were curved mostly because I seemed to put off the struggles too
often.
After some Internet searches, I decided to at least make an attempt at rectifying my dilemma. The idea
of having two shoulder replacements plus probably doing both knees seemed a bit drastic to make
trimming nails easier. However, I felt something had to be done besides asking my Vet to trim my dogs'
nails when coming in to have something else done.
Therefore, I ordered a sling. I had a few conversations with myself before finally going that route. In private
consultations (with myself), I tried to avoid the fact that old age was winning. However, it not take long for
me to build some sort of a device that would be cheap, easy to store and effective. The first design was
too complex which is fancy way of saying "You've got to be kidding!". Therefore, I went to simple and easy
to store.
This second idea did not come to mind for a few days. For many years (when faced with a problem), I found
out that the best ideas pop into your head just as you begin to wake up. If you immediately, get out of bed
and write a short note about the idea you can use that note to recall the thought. If you do not write that note,
the normal thing is to ask yourself "What was that I dreamed?" and you will not remember.
So when I had that mental idea fresh in my mind (from the note), it soon became a winner...simple and too easy.
I tried my second design on the worst of the two dogs. Gigi will jump, bite and wrestle with me. Don't ask me
why I did not correct for that.....because that is now ancient history.
Let's just say that my two dogs did not seem to mind just quietly, hanging around until it (the trimming) was over.
Unfortunately, saw horses probably can't be patented.
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superiority and my inability to trim nails. With bad knees and shoulders, the chore of trimming curved
claws required an equalizer. They were curved mostly because I seemed to put off the struggles too
often.
After some Internet searches, I decided to at least make an attempt at rectifying my dilemma. The idea
of having two shoulder replacements plus probably doing both knees seemed a bit drastic to make
trimming nails easier. However, I felt something had to be done besides asking my Vet to trim my dogs'
nails when coming in to have something else done.
Therefore, I ordered a sling. I had a few conversations with myself before finally going that route. In private
consultations (with myself), I tried to avoid the fact that old age was winning. However, it not take long for
me to build some sort of a device that would be cheap, easy to store and effective. The first design was
too complex which is fancy way of saying "You've got to be kidding!". Therefore, I went to simple and easy
to store.
This second idea did not come to mind for a few days. For many years (when faced with a problem), I found
out that the best ideas pop into your head just as you begin to wake up. If you immediately, get out of bed
and write a short note about the idea you can use that note to recall the thought. If you do not write that note,
the normal thing is to ask yourself "What was that I dreamed?" and you will not remember.
So when I had that mental idea fresh in my mind (from the note), it soon became a winner...simple and too easy.
I tried my second design on the worst of the two dogs. Gigi will jump, bite and wrestle with me. Don't ask me
why I did not correct for that.....because that is now ancient history.
Let's just say that my two dogs did not seem to mind just quietly, hanging around until it (the trimming) was over.
Unfortunately, saw horses probably can't be patented.
