I love the dog IQ test idea. We could time them with a stop watch. It doesn't frighten the dogs, does it?

Mary in Kentucky: we will use a rotary cutter with a pinking blade to cut the scarves out. I've bought some silver lame to make the reflective edges.

Liz: the aprons with pockets would be for the owner to wear, not the dog.   Getting them to stay on the dog would be too complicated. And a dog might not understand having to carry the poop along.

John from Hull: I think you are teasing when you say you don't know what a dog bandana is. Surely you have seen pix of John Wayne with his kaboy hat and his bandana around his neck.


Bill D: thanks again for your patient searching. 2 or 3 pages of hits are a lot to search through.