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　　Woman Creates Coffee For Dogs And Names It ‘Rooffee’

　　奇葩!猫喝上“酒”了，狗也喝上“咖啡”了

　　After the success of products like alcohol-free, grape-free “wine” for cats, it’s no surprise that someone is developing a caffeine-free, coffee-free “coffee” for dogs.

　　自诸如猫喝的无酒精、非葡萄“酒”产品成功上市之后，令人不再大惊小怪地是有人正在生产一种狗狗喝的无咖啡因，非咖啡的“咖啡”。

　　The name, though, has some people kind of shocked.

　　这个名字，听起来着实有点让人震惊。

　　A lot of people ― including me ― initially thought a press release about a dog drink called “Rooffee” had to be a joke. But creator Agota Jakutyte swore she wasn’t kidding around and that she had no idea the name sounded like “roofie,” a colloquial term for the infamous “” drug Rohypnol.

　　有许多人，包括我在内，起初以为那种称作“Rooffee”的狗饮料新闻发布会只是一个笑话。但是酿造者Agota Jakutyte信誓旦旦地称她没在开玩笑，她没有想到这个名字听起来像是“roofie(迷奸药)”， 一种口语中臭名昭著的“date rape(约会强奸)” 罗眠乐药物。

　　The U.K.-based Jakutyte said she meant to combine the word “roots” — in reference to the product’s ingredients — and the word “coffee.”

　　据Jakutyte 称她要把这个词“roots”(涉及到产品成份)，以及词“coffee”结合到一块儿取名。

　　“Unfortunately, I haven’t Googled it well,” she told HuffPost in an email, adding she plans to change the name.

　　在一封邮件中，她对郝芬顿邮报说：“真倒霉，我没有在谷歌上查好了”，并补充道要改了这个名字。

　　“Rooffee” isn’t available commercially yet. Jakutyte, who runs the pet product company Shoo, has set up a Kickstarter to fund the product. The page refers to Rooffee as a “wild nordic biohack” for your dog’s “morning routine.”

　　“Rooffee”目前还没有上市。Jakutyte是运营这家宠物产品公司Shoo的老板，她成立了大众穆资以支持产品的生产。该页面提到了Rooffee是为狗狗“日常早上”提供的“野生北欧生物”产品。

　　She says the drink — which contains only dandelion, hawthorn, chicory, carrots burdock and fulvic acid — actually originated with an herbalist who gave her a similar concoction for her own health. It was her own dog, named Crete, who tipped her off to the idea that canines might be interested, too.

　　她称这种饮品，只包含了蒲公英、山楂、菊苣、胡萝卜牛蒡和富里酸。实际上，这种饮品源自于一位药师，这位药师为了她的健康给了她类似的混合药。由于当她离开的时候，她的狗Crete舔了这种药物，于是她产生了种想法，认为狗可能也喜欢它。

　　“Well, one morning, I was drinking my special coffee (Rooffee with MCT oil and coconut butter) and writing my morning affirmations while I noticed that Crete … was licking my coffee,” she said.

　　她说：“是这样的，一天早上，我正在喝这种特殊的咖啡(加有甘油三酯和椰子油的Rooffee)，还有写晨愿，这时我发现Crete…正在舔我的咖啡。”。

　　After doing some research, Jakutyte said, she figured out that the herbal mixture could be good for both people and dogs, and the product was born.

　　做了一些研究之后，Jakutyte称她确定这种草药可能对人和狗都有益处，于是这种产品就诞生了。

　　When asked about Rooffee’s ingredients, veterinarian Katy Nelson, who hosts “The Pet Show,” told HuffPost that pet owners should make sure to consult with their own veterinarians before adding any special supplements to an animal’s diet, especially those that don’t have scientific studies indicating they work.

　　当被问及Rooffee的成分时，主办《宠物秀》的兽医凯蒂尼尔森告诉郝芬顿邮报说，宠物主人应当在给宠物日常饮食里添加任何保健品之前，确保向自己的兽医咨询一番，尤其是那些没有经过科学验证，简单称有作用的保健品。

　　来源:赫芬顿邮报