Dog sun/wind goggles Health

Because K9 likes to hang out the car/van windows I have brought him some more dog sun/wind goggles.
Everyone thought I was crazy until an article appeared in a dog magazine telling owners the benefits of putting these goggles on dogs. (that shown them) so here is K9 modeling his new sun/wind goggles.

K9 window surfing


K9 modeling his new goggles

i know laughter is good for you but im guessing that isnt the health benefit your talking about.

what are the health benefits?

This is what dog magazine said :
You don’t have to look far to see a dog wearing their own shades. Doggles have been around since the early 2000s, and have a function besides making a dog look cool. When these doggie goggles were first invented, they were number six on a list of the most useless inventions. But since then, veterinarians, the military, police departments, search and rescue, hunters and other dog owners have discovered a variety of reasons for putting a pair of Doggles on their dog.
How Doggles Came to Be
The idea for dog goggles wasn’t on the mind of Roni and Ken Di Lullo until one day in 1997 when their Border Collie, Midnight, kept missing the Frisbee they were playing fetch with. He was squinting a lot, and Roni thought it was because his eyes were sensitive to the sunlight. With nothing available on the market, she decided to try to customize a pair of sports goggles to fit Midnight, and it worked. His Frisbee catching improved, and other dog owners at the dog park were amused when they saw him wearing his goggles.
People began to stop and ask about the specialized goggles, mainly because they looked so cute on Midnight. Roni started to get requests from other dog owners asking if she could customize sports goggles for their dogs. The big problem with using the sports goggles was that they didn’t fit right. So Roni and Ken consulted with eyewear manufacturers to find one that could develop the goggles into glasses that would fit canines correctly.

Do Doggles Help Dogs?
Doggles are much more than just a fashion statement, although they do make dogs look pretty hip. The shades are actual eyewear protection, and can help dogs with eye conditions that make them sensitive to sunlight. Pannus is a progressive eye inflammation that affects the cornea. It’s mainly seen in middle aged German Shepherds, but Border Collies, Labrador Retrievers, Greyhounds and long haired Dachshunds can also be affected by this condition. It is found in other breeds as well, but it’s not as common
This eye condition is seen more in the Rocky Mountain states and the desert southwest. The cause isn’t known, but exposure to ultraviolet light increases the severity. Because Doggles have tinted lens, they can reduce UV light and offer sun protection to dogs affected by Pannus, dry eyes, light sensitivity and other eye conditions. Prescription lenses can be customized for dogs that have undergone cataract surgery or have failing eyesight.

Doggles Design
The dog goggles are flexible and foam padded to fit snuggly against the dog’s face. The lenses are shatterproof and anti-fog, and adjustable head and chin straps keep the Doggles in place. Dogs who love to play on the beach can have relief from blowing sand along with protection from the sun’s rays, and the goggles provide eye protection for dogs riding in cars with the windows down.
The U.S. military uses Doggles to protect the eyes of their four legged K9 bomb sniffing units. The goggles protect the dogs’ eyes from flying debris, shrapnel, wind, sand, small rocks, bugs and dust. Navy Seals train dogs to jump from helicopters and airplanes; they fit their canines with Doggles for eye protection during jumps.
Search and rescue dogs and police dogs are also fitted with Doggles for eye protection. The dog goggles can help protect the eyes of hunting dogs from twigs and other debris, too.
There’s no question that Doggles have evolved since their inception. When military dog handlers in Iraq and Afghanistan were asked to name things they wanted or needed, Doggles were one of the most requested items.

Great idea doggles. Pity my girl prefers to ride shotgun with the windows up

It took me quite a long time to figure out why sometimes Georgina would moan when we were in the car until it suddenly dawned on me that she doesn't like the rear windows open more than an inch .... spoils HRH coiffure and skews her tiara!

using goggles to protect working dogs eyes from flying debris is one thing, but putting them on a dog so he can hang his head out of the car window ........really!!!

Don`t you think that`s a tad dangerous !! its a pet hate of mine seeing people allowing their dogs to have their heads and sometimes half a body hanging out of a car window.

I wonder if people would be so careless with their children.

Sorry but all dogs should be safely secured in vehicles, I hate to see dogs hanging out car windows if one has to do an emergency stop or be in accident dog could be thrown from vehicle also if traveling loose in the front there is a danger of the dog being crushed by airbag or going through windscreen.

K9 not in any danger as he's fasten in he's got a dog car seat that he stands on.

One hot Summer years ago, one of my Cavaliers jumped from the back seat through the front passenger window of my car! (We were passing the park at the time). She was fine but, as this happened on a steep hill, I don't know how she managed to miss the wheels. I secure small dogs now - Eddie has a soft crate, and I only have windows part-way open for larger dogs like Tweed.

if a dog can stand up with his front feet on the window and his head out the window he is NOT safe, regardless of being strapped in.

Would you allow a child to travel with his head out the window !

Yes my foster teenagers use to hang out the taxi window when it use to come to pick them up to take them to school, the escort that was with them never stopped them nor did he stop them from waving flags out Windows either.

Then the escort was highly irresponsible allowing children to hang out of windows....

I guess what it proves is common sense is not that common.

Jackie the 2 teenagers I was fostering was one step away from going into juvenile detention home, we were not allowed to ground them or prevent them from leaving the house, they came to me as 11&13 year old foul mouths pot smoking alcoholics, but when they left they were both off pot & were no longer alcohlics, instead they are hard working young men.
I gave both boys a rat each that they were solely responsible for feeding, cleaning, playing & grooming their own rat, after a few sharp bites from the rats they soon learnt how to pick them up & groom them.
With the help of the rats they slowly came off pot & reduce the alcohol right down until they no longer drank.
Yes they hanged out of the taxi windows, they would climb on top of their school gym & jump off it but they were boys messing about, who had a bad start in life but have turned out respected young men who are now married with children of their own.

So no perhaps I don't have common sense at all.

All the above is very commendable and its good to see troublesome teens making a good life for themselves.

But not really sure what that has to do with "adults" lacking common sense, the adults in question are the ones who should be able to see the dangers, Children are children and yes they get up to mischief, climb trees and fell and hurt themselves all the time, but the crux is, as an adult you would not willing let them do it,

Children and dogs should be restrained in the car, if an adult allows either to stick their head out of the window or hang objects out of the window, then its the adults lack of common sense NOT the child.

Whatever Jackie, as K9 is fasten he's in no danger at all, yes he puts his front paws on window & leans his head out, its not against the law for dogs to lean out windows nor is he causing anyone any hurt, he loves wind surfing & I will continue letting him wind surf

Well done on turning the lives of those young people around.

I too have fostered difficult children, and know how challenging they can be. When they are so damaged, normal parenting strategies and discipline just does not work (one of them put me in hospital once!) So you did very well to find a way to help them.

I started off as emergency overnight foster then special needs foster, then was asked if I would be interested in taking in "troubled" older children [11 to 15 year olds] yes it was a challenged but seeing them turned out into respectable young adults was very rewarding, the key with the "troubled" teenagers is finding something to keep them out of trouble [alcohol, joyriding, burglary, stealing, shoplifting, drugs] we had the rats, a broken down car, musical instruments, motorbikes & allotments, we let them find their own feet then encouraged them, like the last 2 boys that came to me they loved the rats, so by giving them a rat of their own helped them to accept responsibility & they realized they didn't need the pot or alcohol to get through the day.
One of the young men [no longer teenager] is now a vet is married & have 2 lovely children of his own. the other young man is now an A&E nurse [he wanted to be Dr but failed his exams so turned to nursing instead] he too is married with 3 young children, just by giving these 2 a chance in life & not giving up on them as turned them from foul mouth, pot smoking, alcoholics into 2 very handsome respectable young men.

Tina, what a fabulous result, you must be so proud. You are really like an onion - there are so many layers of experience making up yourself as a person!

The only fostering I did was newborn babies - the ones that their mothers had put up for adoption before their birth. They [the mothers] had up to six weeks in which to change their minds so the longest I ever fostered one was for that six weeks, and I never minded having to get up for the night feeds.

Oh, I love babies! Trouble is, I love a good night's sleep too, so the two don't really go together!