Katie's bumpers.

AuthorPeterson, Eric
PositionA QUARTET OF COLORADO CANINE PRODUCTS FOR THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER: - Brief article

After 9/11, Jill Nazimek was looking for a career change from high-tech sales and got some sage advice from her parents' champion Newfoundland, Katie: Make striped and checkered bumpers (floating canvas or plastic cylinders) used in training for water rescue, one of the 13-year-old dog's specialties.

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"They have a hard time seeing white bumpers," Nazimek said.

A prototype quickly snowballed into a full-fledged manufacturing operation that today produces a slew of different colorful fetch toys made of durable fire hose material, and all products sold in Colorado are made in Colorado. Along the way, "They went from a...

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