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fubarx ,

An AirTag for my wife’s cat, along with a collar holder. She’s an indoor cat but REALLY wants to get out. We got it after reports of coyotes roaming around and attacking small pets.

One time she darted out a sliding door window, we tried to track her down. Went all over the house, then outside. Ended up driving all over the neighborhood. Nothing. Turned out the whole time she was hiding under a car, 20ft from where she got out.

Confidence in the tech is low.

ClassifiedPancake ,

Airtags don’t work that well for tracking cats since it needs other iPhones nearby to send the location.

fubarx ,

We were waving iPhones feet away from the tag. It didn’t get picked up so we wandered out to the neighborhood.

My guess is, to preserve battery, iPhones wake up and scan for nearby AirTags only X seconds at a time (don’t have actual numbers, but guessing somewhere between 30-120 seconds). Whatever AirTag ID they pick up, they send anonymously to the cloud along with location. If the owner has the tag in lost mode and the ID matches, they get notified.

This means if you’re walking around with your phone and it hasn’t hit the scan window, you could miss the tag. This works in a high-density area like a city center with lots of phones waking up and scanning at different times, but not so much in low density places.

In that case, a GPS tag with cell modem might work better, but it’s a lot pricier and requires regular charging.

AlternateRoute ,

LitterRobot 3 – Died after a year… I am not spending money on repairing it as I think the design is fundamentally flawed (DFI system gets pee and litter in it by design and fails). LitterRobot 4 fixes SOME of the issues but I am not dropping that much money on another robot litter box…

I loved not having to scoop so regularly and the immediate clean cycle actually made the litter last longer with just a few top ups.

I have purchased two cat fountains, both died in like 6mo of use even with filters and careful cleaning. Cats loved them and they were purchased because they were not drinking enough… Found out all I needed was a CHEAP larger diameter bowl as their whiskers were touching the edges and that is why they didn’t drink much from other bowls.

MeowZedong ,
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If it makes you feel any better about it, I’ve had the LR4 for almost 2 years without issues. Easily the best quality of life improvement for both my cats and me. Even unpowered (extended power outage), I found it more convenient because I could scoop and put it directly into the waste drawer.

It felt ridiculous when I bought it, but I’d do it again in a heartbeat if needed because of the benefits.

BigK ,

I believe they’ve fixed the DFI issue, the new one I got maybe a year ago is a different design, with less components and they appear to be sealed. Hasn’t failed yet, fwiw.

LustyArgonianMana ,
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Apparently the squishmallows I got her are an obscene show of wealth, according to my family and her doggy daycare. I got them for like $10 each from Costco. She is a texture gal and always squishes and kneads her toys so I knew she’d love squishmallows. She sleeps with her head pushed onto one every night.

iamdisillusioned ,

That sounds absolutely adorable!

lemmyseizethemeans ,

A gps tracker for my dog. Take her on long walks by the river at night mostly off leash. Keep her in sight of course but knowing I can chase her how if she gets too far is comforting

ChonkyOwlbear ,

4 week board and train program. It cost $4500.

Our standard poodle is a rescue that was heavily abused by her previous owner. She would get scared and bite. I figured the training would be cheaper than a lawsuit. It’s made a HUGE difference in her behavior.

Zombiepirate ,
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Poodles are the best dogs. So smart.

Drusas ,

Sometimes a little too smart.

ChonkyOwlbear ,

Definitely. She’s smart enough to play dumb to get what she wants.

TheBigBrother ,

$500 bucks plush toy.

AdamEatsAss ,

What toy was it? I’m not even sure where to start looking for a $500 plush toy.

TheBigBrother ,

It was handmade by a native tribu, didn’t exist anymore.

Drusas ,

A puppy, and no, even though she did die of cancer right after she turned two. She was my joy.

dharmacurious ,

Our older dachshund has really severe separation anxiety when my mom is out of the house.

We got him a puppy. Who has separation anxiety from me.

tilefan ,
@tilefan@lemm.ee avatar

and I second the auto feeder thing. completely changed my relationship with my first cat

cheezoid2 ,

Is there such a thing as autofeeders for wet food?

tilefan ,
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yes, they just have a smaller capacity.

riskable ,
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Bought an automatic door opener (the type for handicapped people in wheelchairs) so the dogs can come and go as they please to/from the back yard. I setup infrared sensors inside and outside near the dogs level (off to the side outside) and they quickly figured out how to open the door on their own.

Was like $600 but man was it worth it! Never have to worry about them being locked in or pestering me to go out. My big dog also gets a huge kick out of sneaking up on the pool guy and barking at him (just once!) when he’s not looking 🤣

shreddy_scientist ,
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I bought my cat an auto feeder and a filtered water fountain. Definitely quite pricey, but it’s amazing not getting woken up by meows to feed her each morning. Plus, it keeps her on a consistent schedule and seems like she drinks much more water with the filtered fountain too.

tilefan ,
@tilefan@lemm.ee avatar

what fountain did you get? the one I got, the filter doesn’t fit snugly so the water just goes around it

shreddy_scientist ,
@shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml avatar

I went with Petlibro for the feeder and fountain, they’ve worked well for me.

Vanth ,
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Expensive in time and labor, moderately expensive in costs. I built a set of floating shelves that went up around a corner, to a ledge at the top of a big window, and off another way for a cat-only path to the second floor. And it was designed to fit the design of the rest of the room.

It was a lot for a rental I only lived in for two years, but worth it for how much my cat enjoyed it.

FlashMobOfOne ,
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Probably just their grooming every 2-3 months, which has gotten VERY expensive as inflation has made groomers’ lives hell and they’ve had to pass on those costs.

But, 100% worth it. My pups seem to know how good they look and love strutting around and getting attention from passersby on our walks.

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