Excited Boxer Dog Plays In Kids' Sprinkler Toy

We have seen plenty of videos of dogs attacking the water in a sprinkler system. However, we don’t often see ones where the dog is actively excited to play in the sprinkler. This Boxer dog loves the sprinkler and he cannot get enough of it. He does do some of the attacking the streams of the water like many dogs. But he also seems to just enjoy bouncing in and out of the water like little kids do. And it is true that dogs are essentially furry toddlers.

I associate lawns and lawncare with the 1950s when the suburban building boom hit the United States post World War II. However, apparently, it is actually became a popular thing among the wealthy and nobility of Europe in the 18th century. The popularity of lawns created the need for some kind of sprinkler system. However, from articles we read it does not appear that sprinklers were invented until the late 1800s. The first lawn sprinkler patent was registered to a man named J. Lessler who was based out of Buffalo, New York.

Lessler’s patent was recognized in 1871. The first sprinklers were made from aluminum tubing, plastic and rubber. The water sprayed in a fan shape, like sprinklers we see today, but it had an area of up to 600 square feet! It does not appear that there is a good history of this ubiquitous device and we have seen the invention of them attributed to other people in the 1800s. However, J. Lessler is the most common name we came across. The original sprinklers did waste a huge amount of water, which has been tamped down a bit in the decades since.