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First Cell Phone for Dogs
revelCyllufyalP writes "A company called PetsMobility has come out with PetCell, the first cell phone for dogs. The phone will allow users to call their dogs in case the dog gets away and also includes a GPS tracking device if the dog doesn't respond to the call. In addition, the PetCell will feature GeoFence, which will alert owners whenever their dogs wander outside a prescribed area. Will the PetCell actually prove useful to dog owners or is it just another cheap gimmick?"
Gives a whole new meaning to "calling the dog."
http://www.fido.ca/
... an easier way of callin your b*tches!
fo shizzle...
Do they have an anti-face-biting-off attachment for rottweilers?
signatures are for fools with hands
That's why I'm a cat person. Kitty goes out, Kitty comes back in. She ain't dumb, she knows where her food dish is.
I am a cat person as well. I got my cat for free and was suprised to see that its previous family didn't even wanted it. It made such a good pet - of course it didn't seem that active like most other cats - but I loved it anyways. One day I found it dead, and was very heartbroken. Since then, I haven't been able to find a companion that touched my heart like this one did.
"A company called PetsMobility has come out with PetCell, the first cell phone for dogs. The phone will allow users to call their dogs in case the dog gets away and also includes a GPS tracking device if the dog doesn't respond to the call."
You know, just on the one-in-a-million chance your dog either doesn't answer the phone at all or does answer it but can't quite make out the street signs so he can tell you where he is.
I saved a bundle my just giving my dog a quarter. Last time he got lost he found a payphone and asked me to come pick him up. It worked out well enough, but I'm also considering getting him one of those Franklin translating electronic phrasebooks, in case he gets lost in the Spanish-speaking area of town and needs to ask for directions.
"Will the PetCell actually prove useful to dog owners or is it just another cheap gimmick?"
Gosh, that's a real stumper.
Next thing you know the government will use these things to tax our dogs. Take it outside your backyard, pay a walk tax.
This would be useful for a girlfriend, lets see:
- "The phone will allow users to call their girlfriend in case the girlfriend gets away", very useful feature!
- "and also includes a GPS tracking device if the girlfriend doesn't respond to the call", very nice, I definately want to check where she is going!
- "In addition, the GirlCell will feature GeoFence, which will alert owners whenever their girlfriends wander outside a prescribed area.", also very useful. No more going to shopping/partying to a nearby city without my knowledge.
Your dog must be quite flexible
Hey now, we are talking about animals that can lick their own private parts. Anything is possible.
Now imagine if humans cou... er nevermind.
*answers his cell phone*
What boy? There's trouble at the well? Little timmy's stuck?
GOOD BOY! I'll be there right away!
You never realize how much manually made unmanaged "linked" lists suck, till you have src.link.link.link.link...
I SOOOO want to have mod-points for /. stories ....
Will the PetCell actually prove useful to dog owners or is it just another cheap gimmick?
Sounds like just another expensive gimmick to me...
In soviet Russia, dogs call you!
Well, you have to call it so that it can read the GPS display back to you.
Duh.
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From the article (italics are mine)
"Sturdy and slobber-resistant, the PetCell isn't just for dogs. PetsMobility's parent company, On4 Communications, is simultaneously rolling out models for kids, the elderly and outdoor sports fanatics who enjoy snowboarding and kayaking."
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People must actually care about their cats.
"Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality." -- Dalai Lama
"Or get several and set up a wireless mesh network using all the neighborhood strays!" ... and call it Fidonet.
Resistance is futile. Reactance buggers it up.
"The way we can tell it's C# instead of Haskell is because it's nine lines instead of two." -- wadler
How about selecting a ring tone for your dog?
"Runaway" by Dell Shannon?
"Walkin' the Dog" by Rufus Thomas?
"Hound Dog" by Big Mama Thornton?
"The Dogs of War" by Pink Floyd?
A Snoop Dog medley?
"How Much Is That Doggie In The Window", by Petula Clark?
The possibilities are endless.
Brain from Inspector Gadget had one of these years ago.
if you're trying to impress me, you've failed. harumph.
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Is this the MPAA? Is this the RIAA? Is this the DMCA? I thought it was the USA!
You're looking at these relationships the wrong way.
To a dog, you're family.
To a cat, you're staff.
No, no, no. You got it all wrong. It will only be 5 easy payments of $70. $70, that's like what, a few sandwiches? It is cheap.
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WHO ATE MY BREAKFAST PANTS?
Reh roh?
Our intelligent designer has never created an animal that we couldn't improve by strapping a bomb to it.
besides, when is a burglar going to think twice about a "warning: cat on premises" sign?
Heh, I owned a cat that did have little trouble changing a burglars mind about that (think Garfield and postman like scenes). It also made a point of chasing dogs, no matter their size, which resulted in some quite funny situations (imagine a really large dog fleeing with some loud howling, being chased by a small black furry, and the owner of that dog rolling on the floor laughing)
Despite being half wild, it was a fun animal to have around.
> Funnily, I've seen FAR more "lost cat" posters than "lost dog" posters.
I'll be the first to admit it...if my wife's cat goes missing...I ain't gonna make any damn posters.
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A cat is never late. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.
headbutt a truck? sheesh...i'm really sorry, but at some point i have to say "survival of the fittest". thin the herd, already.
Some neighbor kids brought a kitten to me one rainy day. It was shivering and covered in mud. I brought it in and gave it a warm bath. Before it was even dry it was purring loud enough for my father to hear it over the football game and through two closed doors. I gave it some cat food, and named it "gato" (after John Waynes dog "dog" in Big Jake) he slept on my shoulders I slept face down for 9 years(not straight through). He would come when I called. He "fetched". I put carpeting halfway up the walls and he would run aroud the room like the motorcycle dome of death. He could jump 6 feet straight up from a crouch. Whenever he jarred open the door of my room and ran down the stairs it took him 2 footfalls.
"THUMP-THUMP" A sound everyone in my family dreaded. He hated every other person on the planet and would growl like a demon at them. He had all his shots. I was the only one who could hold him for any reason and would restrain him at the vet. They were all deathly afraid of him but I never let him scratch or bite anyone.
Once I left for a week and on the fifth day he bit my sister on her calf while she was feeding him and nearly punctured the skin through jeans and cowboy boot (she had a bruise for a week).
The next time I went away I took him with me. He got carsick but scooted to his litterbox which I had on the floor in the back and puked into it. He was the best pet I've ever had. Until...
On that trip he went crazy. I had stayed up all night in the hotelroom working on a demo website and was getting ready to take a nap before a job interview. He tore around the room growling and I looked down and my foot was bleeding. He kept growling at me and since he had never done that before I put him in his cat carrier. after an hour he seemed to have calmed down. I let him out. he tore around the room growling again. I couldn't get him back into the carrier and ended up throwing him into the bathroom as he scratched and bit my arms and hands. I called a few vets to see if I could get one to come and tranq my cat. None of the vets that made housecalls were in and they told me to call animal control. I called animal control. They said they would send the guy right over. They sent two rookies that had never handled an animal before. They were joking and laughing until they saw my hands. then they sobered up and got out the cowhide gloves and snare. 30 minutes later we had the beast in the carrier and he had ruined their nice new quarter inch thick gloves. They took him to an animal shelter and wanted to keep him for 10 days. I said they could keep him forever because I couldn't trust him anymore. I went over to the shlter to sign papers and set up the 10 days and impending "sleep" he would be put to and when I opened the front door I could hear him growling out back and everyliving creature in the building was cowering in fear of the personafied evil that used to be my cat.
"He's a real midnight golfer"
A former workmate used to have an Austin Healy 3000 with a $2500 hand rubbed lacquer paint job. He kept it parked in his carport (covered but not enclosed). One day he finds a line of dusty cat footprints across the hood. All the neighbours swore it wasn't their precious kittycats that did the dammage. "Fine" says buddy and hooks an ignition coil to a metal cat dish full of cat food. The next night he hears one very loud meow and no more footprints after that. If you think that's inhumane, his next step would have been to leave out a dish of antifreeze.
None of them can see the clouds; The polished wings don't care.
Has anyone considered the potential of this device for dealing with telemarketers?
But the first time my dog holds up the line at Starbucks because he's yapping on the phone with his little bitch of a girlfriend, I'm gonna put his ass down...