<story><title>Fitbit for Dogs</title><url>http://www.whistle.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>danielpal</author><text>Disagree 100%. Just pre-ordered one. I am a very attentive and interested dog owner.&lt;p&gt;Here&apos;s what I&apos;ll get:&lt;p&gt;1. I pay a dog walker to exercise my dog every-day for 1 hour. I want to make sure he is actively walking and not just sitting around the park.&lt;p&gt;2. Dog Sleep: I want to keep a healthy sleep vs activity percentage.&lt;p&gt;I think this is great. I love this trend of constantly tracking vs going to the vet every 6 months to find out whats wrong.</text></item><item><author>pdeuchler</author><text>If you are a non-attentive, dis-interested pet owner you probably don&apos;t care enough to buy this. If you are attentive and interested in your pet this device tells you nothing new.&lt;p&gt;Fitbit works because you can correlate the data to your personal well being. Unless this device magically discerns the dog&apos;s well being I don&apos;t see how it provides any actionable statistics.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Timsalabim</author><text>Attentive and interested dog owner &amp;#60;--&amp;#62; I pay a dog walker to exercise my dog&lt;p&gt;You don&apos;t need a device, you need to walk your own dog and bond with him/her.&lt;p&gt;This is like having kids, hiring a full time nanny and then saying you&apos;re a great parent because you have a camera on her to make sure she&apos;s nice to them whilst she&apos;s raising your children.</text></comment>
<story><title>Fitbit for Dogs</title><url>http://www.whistle.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>danielpal</author><text>Disagree 100%. Just pre-ordered one. I am a very attentive and interested dog owner.&lt;p&gt;Here&apos;s what I&apos;ll get:&lt;p&gt;1. I pay a dog walker to exercise my dog every-day for 1 hour. I want to make sure he is actively walking and not just sitting around the park.&lt;p&gt;2. Dog Sleep: I want to keep a healthy sleep vs activity percentage.&lt;p&gt;I think this is great. I love this trend of constantly tracking vs going to the vet every 6 months to find out whats wrong.</text></item><item><author>pdeuchler</author><text>If you are a non-attentive, dis-interested pet owner you probably don&apos;t care enough to buy this. If you are attentive and interested in your pet this device tells you nothing new.&lt;p&gt;Fitbit works because you can correlate the data to your personal well being. Unless this device magically discerns the dog&apos;s well being I don&apos;t see how it provides any actionable statistics.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pdeuchler</author><text>Do you not trust your dog walker? That would be a problem this device cannot fix. I can tell the minute I get home if my dogs got a good walk or not.&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m also interested in how you plan on acting upon this new knowledge about your dog&apos;s sleeping habits.</text></comment>