Dogged success for Ig winner
The Spanish automatic dog-washing machine that was honored with the 2002 Ig Nobel Prize (in the field of hygiene) is now enjoying great success in America, according to a May 13, 2005 news report from the Associated Press:
Dog washing machine has pooches in a spin
–Contraption provides hands-free, wash and dry cycles–A washing machine for dogs is the latest canine grooming craze to hit pet spas across the country. At
the ?Pet Spa? at Pet World in Lakewood, Colo., dog owners load their
pooches into the contraption, which looks like an industrial washing
machine…. The concept was invented in Spain in 1993, imported into the United States in 2000, and made its debut this spring.