A new gadget will let you know if your dog had one grapes day.
If you’re a dog owner, you’ve probably wished your four-legged friend would speak up and tell you what’s wrong.
Home tech company Tractive launched its next-generation, advanced dog GPS and health tracker at CES 2025 in Las Vegas — and it’s aimed at helping pet owners monitor their dogs’ health and happiness.
“These new features help speak for themselves, alerting pet owners when a disturbing pattern emerges, often long before it can be seen with the naked eye,” said Michael Hurnaus, CEO at Tractive, noting that dogs “may not talk and are often very good at hiding pain or distress.”
A standout feature of the new device is the debut of Bark Monitoring, which will provide insight into a dog’s barking patterns while the owner is away from home.
Barking patterns can recognize conditions such as separation anxiety and other behavioral issues, letting the owner know that there is something that needs to be managed.
Dog GPS & Health Tracker – which includes existing features like real-time GPS tracking, virtual fences, escape alerts and activity and sleep monitoring – now has an improved design that features two bright LED strips for nighttime visibility.
It will also introduce resting heart and respiratory rate alerts through a free software update in March, helping pet parents catch health conditions early or monitor existing conditions.
Tractive’s new technology can not only track a pooch’s vitals against their baseline, but also compare them to thousands of other dogs of the same breed and age range.
This provides an overview of what is “normal” for your specific dog, according to the company.
“The device will not diagnose the condition, but will serve as an early warning system that may warrant a visit to a veterinarian,” Hurnaus explained.
The tracker retails for $69.99 and requires a cellular data subscription, starting at $5 per month, according to a Tractive press release.
“Completing heart rate and respiratory rate are essential that veterinarians use for everything from helping to detect the onset of new conditions to managing recovery from care and response to treatment,” said Dr. Emily Crawford, owner and veterinarian at Vermont’s Waterbury Veterinary Hospital.
“Providing a non-invasive and simple way to track these vitals continuously at home could be a game changer.”
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