| > | | | | GSM network, can be accessed by the owner |
| It was the Saturday morning of August 20, 2004 | | | | directly or through a call center. With other |
| and my two kids saying that they couldn’t | | | | devices you simply call the telephone number of |
| find our cat Nala anywhere waked me up. I | | | | the GPS-GSM dog collar with your mobile phone. |
| didn’t pay much attention, because it was | | | | The GPS receiver in the collar calculates the |
| common for her to find a new hiding spot and | | | | position of the dog and sends the co-ordinates |
| sleep there for hours. | | | | immediately in a SMS text to your mobile phone. |
| Hours later we realized she was really missing and | | | | Other models work as a wireless, electronic pager |
| we started to search for her. We looked all over | | | | device that easily and remotely monitors the |
| the house, inside the closets, behind furniture, and | | | | location of pets via the Internet anywhere in |
| then we got outside and looked on the trees, in | | | | North America. The locations can be reported to |
| the playground, around the pool, everywhere! We | | | | email, pager, cell phone (as text message) and |
| placed flyers around the neighborhood, she was | | | | website. |
| never found. | | | | The prices of GPS Pet Tracking devices start |
| Now I ask myself, how many of us have gone | | | | from $499.99, but there are some inexpensive |
| through that experience and think we | | | | solutions such as radio tracking, which works in a |
| don’t have an alternative to those flyers? | | | | similar way to the find button on your telephone, |
| Well, we do! Pet Tracking Devices, thanks to the | | | | you press a button and the device on your |
| miniaturization of GPS receivers and mobile phone | | | | pet’s collar emits a sound to alert you on |
| modems even they can carry devices that allow | | | | the location. |
| them to be tracked by the owner. There is not | | | | Missing a pet can be as painful as missing a family |
| yet a great choice of devices, but this probably | | | | member, so take precautions and keep your pet |
| will change rather fast and even though all actual | | | | protected at all times, and if your budget allows, |
| (August 2004) existing devices are too heavy for | | | | consider acquiring a GPS Pet Tracking device it is |
| domestic cats. It is believed that 2005 will bring | | | | the most effective tool available today, hopefully |
| several solutions for this problem. But if you own | | | | in a few years a tracking chip can be implanted |
| a dog, this may be a solution. | | | | under your pet’s skin, much like the pet |
| GPS Pet Tracking devices consist of a GPS | | | | identification chip, but until then, keep your pet |
| receiver and a GSM modem. In some of the | | | | safe! |
| models data, sent to the secure website via a | | | | |