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Sometimes I think people make things up just to make things up. Case in point, the 1940’s dog restraint invention. How someone thought this would be a good idea is besides me. The contraption is both bulky and flawed. The dog’s ribs would get squished by the pincher-like restrainer and, depending on the dog’s size, it would be difficult to contain the animal. I could not find much information about this invention and do not know whether or not it was produced. However, for the sake of the dog and its owner, I hope the 1940’s dog restraint failed to make it past the prototype stage.