Quiet Spot pet tag silencers.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: COLORADO COOL STUFF - Pet product industry introduced Pet Tag Silencer - Brief article

The patented Quiet Spots are named for Itzadog "Lead Dog" Scott Schaible's late Australian Shepherd, Spot, whose noisy tags inspired the company's formation in the late 1990s. After trying rubber bands and electrical tape to mute Spot's continuous tag cacophony, Schaible resorted to extreme measures.

"I had an old wetsuit," he said. "I cut it up and made the prototype."

On walks, people asked where to get their own tag silencer, so Schaible went into business, balancing real-estate marketing and working with local contract manufacturers. "I was the reluctant inventor," he said. "I had two 40-hour-a-week jobs for a while."

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