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A Doggone Good Idea: UW-Stout Grad's Invention Places in National Design Competition
23 Sep 2021
News, Dunn County
Claire Dronen, a recent UW-Stout industrial design graduate, loves walking, running, and being outdoors with her mixed-breed dog, Benji. To protect Benji’s paws, Dronen tried doggie boots, which Benji disliked and pulled off quickly. She then started to use wax to protect Benji’s paws from snow, ice, salt, and other elements as well as to provide better traction on slippery floors.
“It’s really messy,” Dronen said of applying the wax. “You had to use your fingers and it took a long time to get the wax applied.”
Then Dronen came up with the paw-fect idea to create an applicator for paw wax.
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