[visordown.com] - Dogs love to ride too!

Ninjette Newsbot · June 26th, 2013, 09:10 AM

A saucer of dog, for one please!

OCCASIONALLY an idea comes along that you instantly know will revolutionise an element of your life. They often seem obvious in hindsight, leaving you slapping your head and wondering: “Why didn’t I think of that?”

This isn’t one of those inventions.

No, this is the DogSaucer. Despite its name, it’s not a shallow piece of tableware aimed at feeding our canine friends. It’s a trailer. For bikes. And for dogs.

Now those aren’t things that instantly go together. Trailers and bikes really aren’t a natural fit, for a start. Both perfectly good tools for their own purposes and in their own elements, together they just don’t gel. Just because you might like spaghetti just as much as you like ice-cream, it still doesn’t mean you’ll like ice-cream-on-spaghetti. Then you throw dogs into the mix. Not something you might instantly associate with either bikes or trailers, to be honest. So the combination becomes ice-cream on spaghetti with hoi-sin sauce, to take a metaphor way too far.

Still, back to the DogSaucer. It’s the creation of the aptly-named DogSaucer LLC, which has set up a Kickstarter page for the invention. So you can get anything from a $10 bumper sticker (for the bumper on your bike, presumably… you’ve got one of them to go with the trailier, right?) to a $5995 ‘fully loaded’ DogSaucer, which is a full $2k less than they’re planned to cost if the goal of $600,000 is reached and production starts in earnest. It’s a formality, right?

OK, so at the time of writing the DogSaucer has only raised $110, so it’s got little way to go before it hits that mark. But surely the other $599,890 is just around the corner. After all, there are still a couple of weeks to run.

In all seriousness, you’ve got to be impressed by the dedication of the inventor, Greg Hudome, both to his idea and to his dog, Nova. Crazier products have reached the market before, and there are sure to be at least some fellow dog-loving riders out there who’d like a DogSaucer. So even if it doesn’t reach its Kickstarter target, Greg Hudome, we salute you.

You can like his Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/DogSaucer

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daisha · June 26th, 2013, 09:24 AM

This is hilarious. And here I have been, wondering how I could take my dog along for a ride...

Alex · June 27th, 2013, 08:21 AM

June 26th, 2013, 09:10 AM	#1
Ninjette Newsbot All the news that's fit to excerpt Name: newsie Location: who knows? Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): only digital replicas Posts: Too much.	[visordown.com] - Dogs love to ride too! A saucer of dog, for one please! OCCASIONALLY an idea comes along that you instantly know will revolutionise an element of your life. They often seem obvious in hindsight, leaving you slapping your head and wondering: “Why didn’t I think of that?” This isn’t one of those inventions. No, this is the DogSaucer. Despite its name, it’s not a shallow piece of tableware aimed at feeding our canine friends. It’s a trailer. For bikes. And for dogs. Now those aren’t things that instantly go together. Trailers and bikes really aren’t a natural fit, for a start. Both perfectly good tools for their own purposes and in their own elements, together they just don’t gel. Just because you might like spaghetti just as much as you like ice-cream, it still doesn’t mean you’ll like ice-cream-on-spaghetti. Then you throw dogs into the mix. Not something you might instantly associate with either bikes or trailers, to be honest. So the combination becomes ice-cream on spaghetti with hoi-sin sauce, to take a metaphor way too far. Still, back to the DogSaucer. It’s the creation of the aptly-named DogSaucer LLC, which has set up a Kickstarter page for the invention. So you can get anything from a $10 bumper sticker (for the bumper on your bike, presumably… you’ve got one of them to go with the trailier, right?) to a $5995 ‘fully loaded’ DogSaucer, which is a full $2k less than they’re planned to cost if the goal of $600,000 is reached and production starts in earnest. It’s a formality, right? OK, so at the time of writing the DogSaucer has only raised $110, so it’s got little way to go before it hits that mark. But surely the other $599,890 is just around the corner. After all, there are still a couple of weeks to run. In all seriousness, you’ve got to be impressed by the dedication of the inventor, Greg Hudome, both to his idea and to his dog, Nova. Crazier products have reached the market before, and there are sure to be at least some fellow dog-loving riders out there who’d like a DogSaucer. So even if it doesn’t reach its Kickstarter target, Greg Hudome, we salute you. You can like his Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/DogSaucer Related Content Pooch Maxi Dogging: an alternative view It's just a dog on a motorcycle Top 10 tips for pillion success Meet Smudge, the biker dog... Click here for full story... __________________________________________________ I'm a bot. I don't need no stinkin' signature...

June 27th, 2013, 08:21 AM	#3
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June 26th, 2013, 09:24 AM	#2
daisha ninjette.org member Name: Daisha Location: Redlands, CA Join Date: Apr 2013 Motorcycle(s): 06 Ninja 250, 14 FZ-09 Posts: 80	This is hilarious. And here I have been, wondering how I could take my dog along for a ride...