


Graphic footage of traditional bum-sniffing greetings aside, the results can be great and have spawned a whole genre of dog cam videos on YouTube that give you a hint of just how good life could be if you were a labrador.Īnd lest this all becomes a little too canine-centric (you may have guessed I'm a dog person. It can be chest-mounted or fitted just behind the head for those joyfully flapping ear shots. It comes with a remote-controlled laser pointer so you can play with your pet from across town or across the planet – which is every bit as weird as it sounds.Īlternatively, if you happen to be one of those old-fashioned owners who prefers actually hanging out in real time with your pet, there's some fun to be derived from the GoPro Fetch, a harness that allows you to mount a video camera on your dog to get a pooch's eye view of the world. So if your mutt doesn't reach his or her optimal BarkPoint total during the day, you'd better get out for a walk together when you get home from work (which won't do you any harm, either).įor those owners desperate to know what their pets get up to during the day, there is the PetCube camera (), which allows you to watch your dog and cat at home while you're away via a smartphone app.

Mounted on the collar, it monitors the dog's play and rest and then allocates BarkPoints (I'm not making this up) based on how active it is. According to the sales spiel it is suitable for "Dogs, some cats, cattle, horses, ferrets, pet pigs, even an ibis" (presumably the demand for ibis-tracking is at the more specialised end of the market).įitbark is the doggie equivalent of the fitness band craze among humans. TrakaPet is another, RSPCA-branded, GPS monitor. Rosie the boxer dreams of the day she'll become fully connected to the internet.
