I'd be curious to the weight and insulation properties too.
I'd also be curious about how various critters might react to it? Would it scare away various animals? Cause a bear to aggress? Be a flea and tick magnet?
willin'
I'd be curious to the weight and insulation properties too.
I'd also be curious about how various critters might react to it? Would it scare away various animals? Cause a bear to aggress? Be a flea and tick magnet?
willin'
I’m intrigued, as well, since I have a large dog that produces a TON of fluff, but - like Otter1 - the only thing I can think of is the smell of wet dog. Or dry dog, for that matter. It appeals to the economical and reusable side of me (maybe that didn’t come out quite right), but I’ll personally continue to buy the down and let the birds use the fur. Definitely curious to know how it goes, though!
http://https://www.hammockforums.net...aca-underquilt
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Similar, yes, but... I’d consider Alpaca wool to be MUCH more common for clothing and insulation purposes, with the added benefit of not smelling like wet dog (for the record, I’ve never smelled wet Alpaca, but I HAVE encountered wet dog on plenty of occasions). It also seems that the fiber structure is quite different.
One question that keeps creeping up in my mind is whether or not dog fur (for those who’d be willing to use it) would eventually mat up inside the shell of whatever it’s stuffed into. I’d imagine that you’d eventually have a clumpy, smelly quilt. I could be wrong.
Had to post this. That eye!! LOL!! Everything is fine as long as I don't make eye contact.
Good question. Dog hair can definitely become matted - we have had to cut mats out of dogs’ hair. However alpaca fiber and wool are more easily matted (technically it is called ‘felted’) than dog hair. Those fibers can be felted just by slightly agitating them in a wash basin or by allowing water from the faucet to run directly on them. On the other hand, hair from our Australian Shepherd would go through the washer and dryer without ever felting.
Based on my experience, I would say that dog hair would be less prone to felting in a quilt than wool or alpaca fibers would be.
They probably used to do things like this years ago, living off the land, before down was readily available. I mean, it'll stink like a dog when it gets wet, but it's cheap, readily available, possibly warm enough...what's not to love?
....I don't know why but it reminded me of this Calvin & Hobbes: https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2015/08/25/
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