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Tech Take: Tagg Pet Tracker let's you monitor your dog's health, activity and location all on your tablet
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If they're played Morrison here at the holiday spectacular that on digital event which gives us a preview all the -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- But think about fitness for ourselves.
In monetary everything we doing these days online wanna see how many steps we're taking.
But it's just as important for our -- tell us about -- -- does well what tag does it give you a new fun way to communicate and stay connected with your -- You mentioned fitness -- the great thing to bring up because we just announced new functionality for -- -- that -- So -- -- long been known as they reinstated the art recovery.
System for your pets have your back goes missing you'll get a text -- an email senior that's no longer at home.
And we'd like to track and you unite pitcher on the map where it again you can find your -- Saved from being lost -- -- -- the gate is opened defense is open where my pet goat which happens all the time in my neighborhood.
So that's where he gets first time -- came in today and vote but now something different you gratitude to.
Right so now we know -- the bad as we keep them safe and protected.
What about keeping them healthy.
That's -- exercise every day that's recommended and we all know it.
It's good for the -- it's good for us but how -- -- keep tracking your exercise we do have a few mentioned we have a lot of ways we know our calories we know how many steps through but the take.
Humans have a lot of different metrics to go by but -- really don't.
So what we've done -- tag is being created a system that -- that the same system they use recovery to record the the activity levels in the duration at the various activity levels of that go through during the day and then we assign a point back.
To that not a time expended each activity level and that gives you an indication every day how much activity your pets had and what the duration in the various levels this is an example of the.
First green you'll have for activity tracking and this is your daily -- You can see this that the circle in the different colors that's the amount of time of the 24 hours then at that activity level not surprisingly the blue.
Who is the largest one that is the resting forward you know.
The low activity level vs the very high level which of the dark orange.
The number in the middle of the number attack points accumulated in accumulated in -- when he for a period.
Now what's powerful about that and that's different for every dog and that is their average level.
And if you notice a change in that over time.
Immediate unifying.
Something that needs to take care with a bit of a particular medical problem.
Also if your -- of these with over 50% of pets are in America you have the opportunity to.
You set level that you can increase that activity level and you can verify that you're getting increased every day to let me give you an example of some of them.
The different charts that we have.
This particular chart.
Did you -- a look at it -- -- for our period every day.
Every minute is recorded you can see the amount of time -- activity -- over here you can tell that -- that gets up about the same time their parents do.
It's very active -- they're getting ready for work trying to get back in the rest starts connected again when the the parents come home.
This charge.
Is just another graphical representation for each day that -- -- how many hours -- the various activity levels.
Now this is where it really gets interesting when you go to went the street.
In the history you each of these bars represents -- day and into the thirty day time period.
Do you may be working on getting -- at war exercise.
To quite an obesity issue or you may be looking at your recovery from knee surgery.
-- your -- you can take a look at this and see if you're reaching your goal.
Or above or below that.
And then you can also look at a ninety day time -- a little less granular information but a lot more time -- look.
And I can also imagine this would be beneficial.
If for sudden raising your dog starts to slow down a little bit.
And you may wonder does he get sick there's some sort of medical issue that I mean he deserves a look at ticketed event.
Pets are excellent in hiding illnesses.
Until they manifest into something -- this can be an early indication of something that you had to have your -- look at.
And we've talked a lot of veterinarians about this and go to these charts and explain what we're doing and they're very excited because nobody really doing is right now.
And oh by the way you can still.
Have the recovery aspect of the device that was a nice insurance policy -- that ever gets away.
