Chilean Pooch Packs Not News

Jeez, it must be summer. The living is good and news is slow. So slow in fact that we've decided to recycle this dog-eared Ananova story about a Chilean company selling backpacks for dogs.

The Pouch Can - surely 'Pooch Can' - comes in three sizes and was invented, it says here, by Vicente Mendoza and his mother from Santiago. Our man Vincente was in the habit of doing 20-day mountain trips with his dog and decided it was about time the feckless canine carried his own food. The Pouch Can costs a mere 15 quid of your Eeeenglish dollars.

Sadly though, the canine luggage isn't quite the dramatic scoop some bored online editor thought. There are loads of options for hounds who want to carry their own provisions. Take, for example, Wolf Packs - Gear for working dogs (DHSS need not apply) who make four different dog pack models in a variety of sizes. Here expertly modelled by Lightning, a vivacious husky.

There's another selection of dog packs here, or Mountainsmith dog packs here.

And lo, even in the UK where Cave and Crag sell, erm, dog packs. Or from 1,000 mile here.

So, if you're the gear geek who has everything, the bad news is that you don't, yet, and the even worse news is that you'll have to buy a dog first. News, what news?