7 May 2009

I purchased a medium size Optivizor from you around the middle of last year for my blue heeler dog who is completely blind. It has been a godsend as she wears it every day whilst I am at work and it has protected her head from bumps and scratches.

Its getting a bit tatty and some of the plastic has cracked so I would like to purchase another one. I don’t know how she would have lived a fairly happy life without it until now.

22 September 2008

11 July 2008

Hello Tasi,

Firstly may I just say a big thankyou once again to your lovely wife and yourself for your kindness and genorosity on allowing us to try out the Novaguard on our much loved and spoilt chocolate labrador CoCo. After having surgery to remove a tumor from her rear hind leg she was given one of those much maligned Elizabethan collars from the vets. We tried it on her and watched her discomfort.....she was disoreintated, could not judge the size of the collar and so banged into everything and could not eat or drink with it on. After finding out about your product we jumped at the chance to try and better her predicament for her sake and ours. At home when trying the Novaguard on CoCo for comfort and size, I had to trim the length of the guard down (which was easy to do cutting along the prepared lines). Immediately CoCo repsonded positively to having it on....she could see through the semi transparent plastic and could easily negotiate her doggy door to get a drink and go to the toilet. Wow what a huge relief to us as her owners and for her!!!! Now we can watch and wait for her leg to heal with no more worries about CoCo ripping off bandages and being terribly uncomfortable while convalescing.

Yours sincerely,

Richard and Lindy Tothpal

8 July 2008

I'm sending you pictures of Kuri with the product. After these photos were taken, I cut the tip of the nose area shorter to fit her better and easier for her drinking/eating from a bowl, and she has no problem wearing it. Thanks again and kind Regards, Chiko J.

26 November 2006

These are the pictures I took in my excitement today on discovering a real life opportunity to try out these fantastic products!

My instructor Joe as I mentioned was very impressed and he put the elizabethan collar on his dog Woody as a comparison. (Love the one of the 3 of them together where Woody is in the background looking like the one left out!)

The photos show the benefits of the Novaguard beautifully. Keith, whose dog George has a infection on the side of his mouth, was very grateful to us. (I took one shot of George trying to scratch his mouth with no success!) Keith's wife Helen had been worried about Georges ears being squashed, and his hearing of commands at school was impaired. Plus the walls at their home were being scratched by the elizabethan collar!!.

The only difficulty George had with the Novaguard on was drinking water from the communal bucket when the level was too low. Initially he managed to have a drink though and Keith was going to make sure he had a wider brim and lower water container at home. So, it all looks absolutely fantastic!!!

Helen

20 December 2006

Yesterday my dog a poodle x cocker spaniel had cataract surgery on both eyes.

Driving home last night I had to stop and assist my dog with breathing. The Elizabethan collar he was wearing did not suit his head shape. His floppy ears were squashed in the collar and his neck was hurting as the edge of the collar was cutting into the skin.

He was continually bumping into the door frames, furniture and me as his head now needed three times the area and he couldn’t judge the distance. He was unable to fit through the doggie door, so the back door had to be propped open all night.

He could eat with difficulty, however, could not lap water. He was unable to pant properly and became very hot and distressed. All in all - how were we to survive for ten days with this collar?

This morning he was fitted with a prototype helmet collar to see if this type of collar would be more suitable and effective.

What can I say, I have a different dog. He is able to pant as normal, he no difficulty with the car trip, and could walk from the back seat to the front seat as normal when traveling. On arriving home he ran straight through the doggie door and started drinking his water. He has not hit any obstacles in the house or outside, and to top it all off he could scratch his itchy ear.

Libby and I are very grateful and appreciate this on top of regaining his eyesight, this is the BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT we have ever received.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Jan and Libra Newman