[HN Gopher] I designed and printed a custom nose guard to help m...
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I designed and printed a custom nose guard to help my dog with DLE
Author : ragswag
Score : 330 points
Date : 2025-11-30 06:56 UTC (2 days ago)
(HTM) web link (snoutcover.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (snoutcover.com)
| rcarmo wrote:
| This is pretty awesome, regardless when it was originally done.
| OmriHIllel wrote:
| Thanks!
| bitmanic wrote:
| How wonderful! Also, please tell me you at least _considered_
| naming it the "Snoot Boot..."
| OmriHIllel wrote:
| haha actually i missed that
| junon wrote:
| There's always time. Snoot Boot is golden.
| yellow_lead wrote:
| I like that the creator is giving the STL away for free
| gowld wrote:
| The shop customizes measurements. Is it easy to modify the STL
| with custom measurements?
| embedding-shape wrote:
| Not trivial, but not impossible either. Usually though the
| product would be designed in some CAD program, and when the
| shop customizes measurements they adjust them manually based
| on copies of the model. The "pro" way would be to have a
| parametrized version, but it's also trickier to create. I'm
| not 100% sure, but I'm getting the vibe the author picked up
| modelling/3D printing as they went along, so the easier route
| would be hardcoded values changed for each customer.
| OmriHIllel wrote:
| Creator here, Thanks for the kind words
|
| It's been a really harsh and long process to CAD this
| model, it's also really complex to change measurements for
| it.
|
| As I do wish to have a simpler version for customizing, for
| now by taking people orders I might either build a new
| parametric model, or have a growing "bank" of models and
| measurements to share for free like the main version.
| embedding-shape wrote:
| It's awesome, lots of kudos to the creator for doing so!
| Personally I'm more likely to buy things where the authors
| makes the schematic/3D object/whatever available for free for
| the DIY people out there, and those who couldn't otherwise get
| the thing to them for one or another reason.
|
| > I know there are other dogs and owners out there facing
| similar struggles. That's why I'm sharing this design for free.
| While it's not adjustable by design, it should fit medium-to-
| large dogs as is. If needed, measurements can be adjusted using
| the scaling feature in your slicer software, but some slots,
| like those for the straps, might deform in the process.
|
| Only missing for it to be a parametric design people could
| easily adjust based on their own measurements, but trivial to
| change yourself too, so again, lots of thanks to the author for
| improving the whole world, not just a tiny piece of it.
| darth_avocado wrote:
| This is so awesome! I actually think, with a few tweaks this can
| be a really great protection against foxtails.
|
| Foxtails are extremely lethal and can lead to thousands of
| dollars in vet bills. All current protections in the market are
| effectively a bag over your pet's face, which as you can imagine,
| are not that popular with the pets.
| ipsum2 wrote:
| https://amosdudley.com/weblog/Designing-PPE-for-Hilde has a
| story of designing a 3d print for foxtails.
| OmriHIllel wrote:
| wow that's a nice one
| ge96 wrote:
| dog's ready for WW1 trenches
|
| also have to work on my own CAD skills for complex contours
| like that, been in parameteric/SketchUp land
| greenie_beans wrote:
| cool. i wish okie had been diagnosed with DLE :(
| ZeroCool2u wrote:
| Billie is a good dog.
| OmriHIllel wrote:
| Thanks! She is quite amazing actually!
| mkornaukhov wrote:
| Billie is lucky to have such a dexterous owner!
| browningstreet wrote:
| Great write-up. Cute dog.
|
| I'm glad the nose recovered too!
| calmbonsai wrote:
| Let's Goooo! This awesome! Let's have more of this.
| moralestapia wrote:
| Warning, pictures in the article might be unpleasant to see.
| buellerbueller wrote:
| Serious question: should the whole internet have content
| warnings for anything that might be found objectionable by
| someone? This seems super mild. Maybe embed it in site
| metadata, and then you specify your preferred experience in
| your browser of choice?
| moralestapia wrote:
| >This seems super mild.
|
| To you.
| buellerbueller wrote:
| Yes; that's my point. Is there a way of making the internet
| better, such that this can be handled more seamlessly, so
| that the people impacted by things that others find mild
| can just...avoid it?
|
| Not all internet has a landing page where someone can post
| a "trigger warning" (for lack of a better term). Nor should
| it: trigger warnings don't work, and may even be harmful.
| toss1 wrote:
| Now this actually sounds like a good use-case for
| LLM/'AI'-enhanced browsers. Everyone has different
| triggers and YUK! levels and it would take an insane
| amount of time & effort to encode all that, and setup on
| each different person's client side, but an 'AI-browser'
| with 'smart filtering' (or whatever they'd call it) would
| likely be quick to setup for each user's (dis-)tastes and
| be quite flexible in recognizing the patterns and taking
| the desired action (hide, warn, summarize w/o the
| triggers, sanitize, etc.).
|
| Maybe it already exists(?) but I've avoided 'AI-
| browsers', keeping my use in their apps/sites.
| kulahan wrote:
| I don't think it's going to work to aggressively hide
| from anything moderately uncomfortable for the rest of
| one's browsing experience.
| ericmcer wrote:
| It's a dogs nose with a scab on it lol
| throwuxiytayq wrote:
| If you find these pictures distressing, you might want to
| consider consciously and carefully exposing yourself to
| more of the same to build a minimal amount of tolerance.
| I'm pretty sure it's literally impossible to go through
| life without experiencing (sometimes personally) medical
| conditions that are significantly more visually unpleasant.
| I'm not a huge fan of the meat-creature-universe we all
| rolled, but it _literally_ is what it is.
| jfarina wrote:
| WHile this is cool, I can't imagine that this provides a
| universal fit. It seems like they did a lot to tailor it to their
| dog.
| ablob wrote:
| I feel like tailored treatments are a desired path anyway.
| Instead of having a one-size-fits-all I'd rather have a process
| made to fit everyone. While the "nose" would not fit other
| dogs; "make nose that fits other dog" seems like a valid
| process, no?
| OmriHIllel wrote:
| Hi there, Great question! In short - yes, it does provide a
| pretty universal fit.
|
| I originally measured only Billie because she's my dog and had
| a problem. But after helping about 50 other dogs, I discovered
| that the measurements work for most dogs with this condition.
| So far, I've only needed 2 sizes to cover all cases.
|
| Of course, no two noses are exactly the same, and there will
| always be minor adjustments that could make an even more
| perfect fit - just like with any human clothing item. But the
| core design works well across different dogs.
|
| I'd love to eventually offer truly custom fits for every dog,
| but for now, this approach has been effective for everyone I've
| worked with.
| buellerbueller wrote:
| This is the promise of tech and the hacker ethos that SV killed
| long ago.
|
| Thank you.
| mallomarmeasle wrote:
| Poor Billie's snoot! Glad you are such a caring owner.
|
| Please consider the nickname "Tycho Brahe" for her.
| yatopifo wrote:
| It's the best thing i've read on HN lately! I'm so happy her
| snoot has fully recovered!
| roldie wrote:
| This fantastic, thanks for sharing. So happy for you and Billie!
| gwbas1c wrote:
| Makes me want to print one with a giant red nose and dress my dog
| up as Rudolph
| jsrozner wrote:
| Cool, but you used AI to write the article. Mention that
| somewhere.
| neogodless wrote:
| Do you have proof? A hunch? Quality issues that detracted from
| the article?
|
| I despise AI slop, but this is a great article and a worthy
| cause. If AI was used, and helped make this article a reality,
| then the author did a great job of guiding the AI, and doing
| quality checks.
| jfindper wrote:
| No 2025 HN thread is complete without someone accusing
| someone else of using AI or someone using the word "slop".
|
| Bullet points? Must be AI. Em-dash? Obviously slop. Not only
| this, but that? Holy moly, AI slop.
|
| (we ignore whether or not the writing is actually
| interesting, engaging, educational, etc. of course)
| adamhartenz wrote:
| Your comment was written by AI, you should mention that
| somewhere
| greazy wrote:
| Can you please make a very slightly longer to cover the mouth? My
| dog is an amazing scavenger, I've tried a lot of different things
| to stop him eating random food that upsets his stomach. Where we
| live people are neglectful or think throwing away random food is
| good for animals.
| UniverseHacker wrote:
| You can do that with a standard muzzle
| bckr wrote:
| Extremely inspiring
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