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PitPat Update

22/3/2016

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A quick update on Otto's PitPat... He has had a busy 10 days with his "fitbit" for dogs and has clocked up a lot of exercise keeping him in tip top shape.  At the moment he is averaging around 135 minutes activity a day, lots more than his 90 minute target. This amount of exercise is great for Otto's behaviour and it means he is always so well behaved at home and is happy and content to sleep and rest all evening and night.
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On Monday Otto decided to test the strength and durability of the PitPat by conducting his party trick... ROLLING IN FOX POO!!! Argh what a nightmare!  Our poor dog walker text us saying what had happened with the attached picture and she was worried the PitPat might not survive. However after a wash and scrub it came up as good as new and seems to be all ok!  

​PitPat themselves have confirmed that it is indeed fox poo and waterproof!
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@DogPhotosUK It's totally waterproof AND fox poo proof too □□□ #FitPup #dogsbeingdogs

— PitPat (@PitPatPet) March 22, 2016
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PitPat - the activity monitor for dogs

16/3/2016

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"It's like a Fitbit for dogs!"
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Last Friday I headed to Crufts for the second time. Last year I was overawed by the amount of stuff you could buy for your dogs. My wife is a big shopping fan so loved walking around the halls buying loads of stuff for our puppy who at the time was only a few months old.

Spin on a year and thankfully our shopping list was a lot shorter... Phew!! However top of my browsing list was a PitPat - the activity monitor for dogs. I'd not heard of this little device until a few days before Crufts but it sounded great so I made sure I visited their stand.

I was greeted by a lovely team who were able to tell me all about the device and the inner geek in me couldn't resist buying one for Otto. The bonus was that we also got to choose a Chuckit ball thrower which I know Otto will love much more than the PitPat!
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Once home I unpackaged the monitor and following the simple instructions was able to put it on Otto's collar, download the app to my iPhone and sync them up in minutes.  Then it was up to Otto to move about and get active!
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After three full days of activity Otto has shown to be exceeding his 90 minute target easily, currently averaging 111 minutes per day.  As expected with a German Shorthaired Pointer most of his activity is running and of course sleeping.  It's reassuring to know Otto is as fit as we expected and will be seeing what else we can learn from our PitPat as the next few weeks and months go on.

Feedback from friends has been positive, everyone seems to like the idea and a couple of people have said it's "like a Fitbit for a dog" which is high praise indeed.
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To find out more about PitPat please visit their website - http://www.pitpatpet.com
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