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Tracking Domestic Animals?

Posted by Cliff on from the more-gadgets-for-the-collar dept.

Solo-Malee asks: "My sister has a blind hunting dog (yes really) and will soon be moving to the wilderness area of Sweden. She is really worried that her dog will run off after the first elk that it sees never to be seen again (since he's already run off numerous times already). Are Slashdot readers aware of any practical inexpensive tracking system that can be applied to domestic animals?"

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  1. Third eye dog? by WFFS · · Score: 4, Funny

    How does he see the elk? Does he need a seeing-eye human?

  2. Re:Why track it ... by cwebb1977 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dogs are fast learners? Well, this one better be, or he'll be blind AND deaf. And lost and maybe eaten by an elk!

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  3. On second thought... by fuzzybunny · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...Maybe the PR value of owning one of thesemight offset the emotional cost of temporarily losing a dog to some bastard elk gigolo.

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  4. NetHack by Pentagram · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've had the same problem playing NetHack. The best option is to use a magic whistle (a blessed eucalyptus leaf will work in a pinch).

    If a magic whistle isn't available, then a leash can work well. Failing that, be sure to feed your pet regularly and always carry some tripe. The dog, attracted by the smell, will follow you more closely.

    HTH

  5. Your problem isn't that the dog gets lost by thenerdgod · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's that he's run away.

    Buy an Invisible Fence and collar.

  6. Blind hunting? by secolactico · · Score: 2, Funny

    My sister has a blind hunting dog (yes really)

    How do you exactly hunt blinds?

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  7. umm by austad · · Score: 4, Funny

    My sister has a blind hunting dog ... She is really worried that her dog will run off after the first elk that it sees

    Her worries are unfounded.

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  8. Ask Slashdot followup...lighter tracking device? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ok, now let's ask about a tracking device for my...um...Cat, yes...cat...I want to track my cat in case it runs off chasing Elk.
    Obviously, I will need a lighter tracking device than discussed for my dog. It needs to be light enough so my girlfriend..oops..I mean Cat, cannot tell that it is attached to their person...oops...I mean fur.
    Also, I want to purchase this device with cash. That's so the police...oops...I mean the Cat Cabal cannot track me down.

  9. Re:False cognate. In English, it's called a Moose. by mobby_6kl · · Score: 2, Funny

    A Møøse once bit my sister ...

    No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink".

    Ok, ok, I'm sorry =)

  10. Re:Why track it ... by bad_fx · · Score: 2, Funny


    maybe eaten by an elk!

    I hear they only do that sort of thing if you try to karve your initials in them with a sharpened tøøthbrush. No realli!

  11. hunting the blind? by belmolis · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm pretty sure that Sweden is one of those highly advanced countries with tons of social benefits. I don't believe for a minute that they allow the hunting of the blind.

  12. Re:How not to lose your dog by plover · · Score: 2, Funny
    Good suggestion, but my brother-in-law lost a dog in a thunderstorm when the tree he was chained to was struck by lightning.

    BTW, posthumously nicknaming the dog 'Smokey' was deemed "insensitive" by my wife. 'Sparky' didn't go over too well, either.

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