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 Jane Bertram invented Dognests in 1971 for your pets to snuggle down into. They have been specially designed to provide warmth and security at a reasonable cost.
Jane originally started her idea of bean bags for pets when she saw her
terriers sitting on a child's beanbag.
As she was an occupational therapist and used to making patterns form toys
bears to splints she invented a shape which resembled a 'doughnut' because being
a country girl she had noticed that dogs turn round and round whilst making
their nest as they would in leaves.
So she named them DOGNESTS ..........The
shape was originally round then she discovered that dogs in beds filled with
polystyrene beads are warm and stretch out , so she altered the shape to
rectangular which allows for a pillow for your pets head.
To market this
idea she took three of her terriers to Harrods with great trepidation and left
them in charge of the white coated attendant in the kennels in the basement of
Harrods. She was taken to see the buyer of the pet department, with the comment
'this woman has some crazy idea that dogs will sit on these beds.
Harrods
bought six and Dognests had arrived. (Sadly we do not sell to the trade now and
so Harrods do not stock Dognests) It took three years for the idea to go round the world and to be copied.
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