{"id":403,"date":"2016-12-16T10:15:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T10:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garretpachtinger.com\/wordpress\/?p=403"},"modified":"2017-02-13T12:04:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T12:04:55","slug":"life-hack-gps-tracking-finding-lost-pet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/garretpachtinger.com\/wordpress\/life-hack-gps-tracking-finding-lost-pet\/","title":{"rendered":"Life-Hack: GPS Tracking and Finding a lost pet!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Having a lost pet is one of the most terrifying experiences a pet owner can have. \u00a0Where are they? \u00a0Are they safe? \u00a0Who can I call?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Even the best pet fitness bands and monitors\u00a0have been criticized for\u00a0not only having questionable activity monitoring metrics, but lacking important GPS functionality&#8230;and even more concerning, have &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www <a href=\"http:\/\/biturlz.com\/O4SNwG3\">celebrex for pain<\/a>.youtube.com\/watch?v=CIi7WVwm0uA&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;dropped out of the veterinary marketplace<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">If you don&#8217;t want all the glitz and glam of activity monitors, but you are still on the hunt for the best pet tracking monitor&#8230;look no further!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">What if there was an awesome tracking monitor out there now, but not labeled for pets?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">WHAT? \u00a0Are you asking me to consider a pet tracker not labeled to track pets? \u00a0That would almost be as crazy as recommending a medication for your dog, \u00a0not labeled for dogs! \u00a0(For those of you in the veterinary world, you know how terribly sarcastic that is as many medications used in veterinary medicine are used off-label).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-405 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/garretpachtinger.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tile-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/garretpachtinger.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tile-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/garretpachtinger.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tile-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/garretpachtinger.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tile-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/garretpachtinger.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tile.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">So what&#8217;s the Life-Hack? \u00a0Use one of the common tracking devices out there, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetileapp.com\/\">Tile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrackr.com\/\">TrackR<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nutsmarttag.com\/\">Nut<\/a>. \u00a0These devices allow you to place a simple, dog-tag-sized tracker onto your dog&#8217;s collar. \u00a0If your pet ever gets lost, you simply use your SmartPhone to get a GPS position on your pet. \u00a0Next time&#8230;when Fluffy decides to\u00a0have a little holiday\u00a0without telling you&#8230;you will be prepared!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Knowledge is power!<br \/>\nGarret Pachtinger, VMD, DACVECC<br \/>\nBoard Certified Emergency and Critical Care Specialist<br \/>\nCo-Founder, <a href=\"http:\/\/vetgirlontherun.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">VETgirl<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a lost pet is one of the most terrifying experiences a pet owner can have. \u00a0Where are they? \u00a0Are they safe? \u00a0Who can I call? 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