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I designed and printed a custom nose guard to help my dog with DLE

605 points by ragswag

by bitmanic

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How wonderful! Also, please tell me you at least _considered_ naming it the "Snoot Boot…"

by RobotToaster

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If the creator is reading this, please consider releasing the files under an open source license (such as gpl or cc-by-sa) so others can improve on the design and share those improvements.

by darth_avocado

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This is so awesome! I actually think, with a few tweaks this can be a really great protection against foxtails.
Foxtails are extremely lethal and can lead to thousands of dollars in vet bills. All current protections in the market are effectively a bag over your pet’s face, which as you can imagine, are not that popular with the pets.

by yellow_lead

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I like that the creator is giving the STL away for free

by jacquesm

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I've had dogs for the better part of my life and not a single time was a 'foxtail' an issue, whereas grasses that grow these kind of constructs are pretty common around here. Did I (and my dogs!) get lucky? How common are these issues?

by yatopifo

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It's the best thing i've read on HN lately! I'm so happy her snoot has fully recovered!

by mallomarmeasle

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Poor Billie’s snoot! Glad you are such a caring owner.
Please consider the nickname “Tycho Brahe” for her.

by buellerbueller

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This is the promise of tech and the hacker ethos that SV killed long ago.
Thank you.

by croisillon

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Not a dog person but I read the story, believing the autoimmune disease was a bit of a dead end. So great to see she was durably healed!

by gwbas1c

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Makes me want to print one with a giant red nose and dress my dog up as Rudolph

by mkornaukhov

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Billie is lucky to have such a dexterous owner!

by calmbonsai

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Let's Goooo! This awesome! Let's have more of this.

by rcarmo

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This is pretty awesome, regardless when it was originally done.

by ZeroCool2u

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Billie is a good dog.

by greazy

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Can you please make a very slightly longer to cover the mouth? My dog is an amazing scavenger, I've tried a lot of different things to stop him eating random food that upsets his stomach. Where we live people are neglectful or think throwing away random food is good for animals.

by deafpolygon

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Little did they know, this would lead to the production of armored canines bred and ready for war.

by roldie

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This fantastic, thanks for sharing. So happy for you and Billie!

by greenie_beans

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cool. i wish okie had been diagnosed with DLE :(

by browningstreet

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Great write-up. Cute dog.
I'm glad the nose recovered too!

by jfarina

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WHile this is cool, I can't imagine that this provides a universal fit. It seems like they did a lot to tailor it to their dog.

by amypetrik8

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y'alls dag look like vincent d'orinfino in The Salton Sea

by bckr

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Extremely inspiring

by lo_fye

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Fantastic job!

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by treenode

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great work

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