誰來最終狗狗的活動率,？

       你會經(jīng)常看到,，當人們運動時會穿戴一個健身追蹤器,，比如耐克FuelBand運動腕帶。那么當現(xiàn)在出現(xiàn)專門為狗狗設計的健身追蹤器時,，也就見怪不怪了,。但是僅僅憑一個健身追蹤器就能讓狗狗和它久坐的主人都去運動嗎？

如果長坐而不運動的內疚感化身為動力的話,，答案是肯定的,。主人甚至會帶著狗狗在寒冷的冬天也會帶著狗狗出去溜達，來完成它的健身任務,。運動得越多,，主人和狗狗在一起的時間也就越多些。這是件好事,，這樣狗狗就不會眼巴巴的望著主人“帶我去公園逛逛吧”,，而主人因正在忙于工作遺忘這事,。
 

       智能狗哨安裝在狗狗項圈不顯眼的地方，追蹤你的狗狗的運動,。它可以收集狗狗運動的距離,、奔跑量、玩耍量以及休息量等數(shù)據(jù),，然后它會通過藍牙把數(shù)據(jù)傳到你的智能手機上,。

 

       如果您是那種想24小時追蹤您狗狗活動的用戶，例如,，它都吃了什么東西,，都在哪玩了，干了什么,，并想把這些分享給其它愛狗人士,，那么此款智能狗哨還擁有一個社交元件您可能會很喜歡。

 

       智能狗哨的APP讓你可以追蹤狗狗動態(tài),，分享狗狗的食物和攝入的藥品,，還可以發(fā)表評論，還可以上傳你和狗狗的親密合照,。這些信息還可以分享到Facebook或Twitter上,。若果你比較喜歡圖表形式，軟件還可以把狗狗每天和每周的活動情況以及趨勢以圖表形式顯現(xiàn)在屏幕上,。
 

       如果你要離家數(shù)小時去工作并擔心遺漏什么,，此時，您的智能手機就派上用場了,。和你手機配對的藍牙會收集數(shù)據(jù)并下載下來傳給你的手機,。它會向你展示狗狗的運動情況，活動情況,，讓你能夠感覺到您花這么多錢購買此裝備是值得的,。
 

      “我也希望APP里有GPS功能，這樣就能看到狗狗的具體位置等情況,，但是你要是想讓其他人幫忙帶一下狗狗,，這時GPS功能可能會被用來欺詐。因為這個只能狗哨顯示的是設備的位置,，而不是狗狗的位置信息,。日后，GPS功能會不會用上還很難說”,，智能狗哨的設計者史蒂夫·愛德曼如是說,。
 

     “GPS功能的確是我們未來要考慮的。目前的技術還不能廣泛支持這樣小的裝置,，考慮到高昂的月使用費和短暫的電池壽命,。與此同時,我們會將位置信息與業(yè)主的手機應用程序中合并,，盡管這不會幫助預防損失，但會形成一個圖像來顯示狗狗與主人失去聯(lián)系的位置,。”
 

       把智能狗哨設置成為人設計的健身追蹤器并不難,。包裝盒里并沒裝太多的文件，只有一頁啟動指南,，上面印著激勵我們去跑步的漂亮圖片,。

 

       裝置本身就是一個小銀盤，通過一個簡便的橡膠塑料鈕安在狗狗項圈上,，而且狗狗一般不會注意到,，防止引起狗狗的排斥。

       在你使用它和狗狗去逛公園前,，還有幾件事情要做。首先,，你得給它充好電,，充電器是一個磁性貼，你可以插在任意一個USB接口上,，充滿電大概只需要一個小時,，而且使用七天之后依舊剩余有電。

 

       其次,，你要在軟件商店下載APP,，IOS和Android都支持。軟件會提醒你打開藍牙以便匹配設備,。但用戶不喜歡的地方在于軟件會消耗很多手機電量,，這樣你的手機電量可能比平時消耗的快些。
 

       設置好后可以加入和狗狗的合照,，狗狗的體重,、大小、品種等信息,，并可以設置運動目標了,。

 

       這個只能狗哨看起來很耐用，而且是防水的,。在產(chǎn)品網(wǎng)站和包裝盒上,，有條狗戴著狗哨在海邊和沙灘上玩耍。

經(jīng)過測試,，雖然沒去海邊,，但經(jīng)歷過一兩次下雨之后，用毛巾把表面水擦去,，設備依舊正常運行,。

 

       如果你真的是和狗狗很親密,，想記錄狗狗的每條信息，了解狗狗的生活細節(jié),，那這款設備對你而言再好不過了,。對于一般人而言，130美元價格真的是不低,，這些錢可以用來買大量的狗糧了,，每天帶著狗狗出去遛彎也已經(jīng)足夠了。

評測來源：中國進出口網(wǎng) doscana.com 亢豐磊/編譯

 

       Like many people, part of my job entails sitting in front of my computer most of the day. That means my dog, Jade, is also not exercising most of the day. That’s not good for either of us. So when the people behind theWhistle Activity Monitor contacted me and asked if I wanted to try out their fitness tracking device for dogs, Jade and I jumped at the chance.

 

       Who tracks a dog’s activity levels?

       You knew this was coming, right? wherver you look, people are wearing fitness trackers. I wear the Nike FuelBand myself, which has totally given up on me. Still, perhaps it’s not so strange that there are now fitness trackers for dogs. But can a pricey ($130) canine fitness tracker increase the likelihood that a sedentary writer and her furry companion would both get off their duffs?
 

       If guilt is the primary motivator here, then the answer is yes. I wound up taking Jade for extra walks and even braved the near-freezing weather so she could run around at the off-leash dog park with her friends, just so she could make her fitness goal for the day. We moved more, and we spent more time together. That in itself is a Good Thing, as Martha Stewart would say, because I had gotten way too good at ignoring those big brown eyes that pleaded, “Please take me to the park!” in order to make work deadlines.
 

       Helicopter-parenting your dog

       The Whistle sits unobtrusively on your dog’s collar and tracks your dog’s activity. It collects data on how much walking, running, playing, and resting your dog does, and then it transmits it via Bluetooth to your smartphone.
 

       If you are the kind of person who likes to know what your dog is doing 24/7, who would like to track everything that goes into her mouth, and also want to share all that info with other dog lovers, then there’s a social component to the Whistle that you might enjoy.
 

       The Whistle app lets you track and share your dog’s food and medicine intake, make comments, and add photos of all the fun you two are having together. You can then share this information either privately between owners or on Facebook or Twitter. If you like infographics, you can look at the Trends screen and pore over the analyses Whistle compiles for you on your dog’s daily and weekly activity.
 

       Working long hours away from home and afraid you’ll miss something? This is wher your smartphone comes in. The Whistle pairs with your phone via Bluetooth and downloads activity data whenever you’re in range. It will show when your dog had bursts of activity, so you can see whether the expensive dog-walking service you hired to exercise Rover while you were at work actually showed up and did its job. 
 

       I do wish there was GPS tracking on this app so I could see wher my dog was in addition to the intensity of the exercise. If you’re relying on someone else to exercise your dog, it seems way too easy to cheat, since the Whistle is basically a pedometer and would respond to moving the unit but not the dog. GPS may or may not be in the works, says Whistle co-founder Steven Eidelman.
 

      “GPS capability is definitely something we’re evaluating for the future. Current technology that is broadly available doesn’t allow for a better service given size of device, expensive monthly fee, and poor battery life. … In the meantime, we’ll be incorporating location information from owners’ phones into the app, so while that won’t help with loss prevention, it will help paint a picture of wher the dog has gone with its owners.”
 

       Getting up and running

       The Whistle isn’t any harder to set up than a fitness tracker meant for humans. There’s not a lot of documentation in the box, but a single-page jump-start guide with nice pictures (think IKEA) got us off to the races pretty quickly.
 

       The device itself is a silver disk that attaches to your dog’s collar via an easy-to-assemble rubber and plastic insert. Jade is naturally skeptical about everything, but she didn’t even notice the Whistle on her collar.
 

       Before you can go for a romp in the park, however, there are a few things that need to happen. Some of them require a good amount of patience. First, you will need to charge the Whistle. The device attaches magnetically to a charging station that plugs into any USB port. I plugged mine into my laptop so I could keep working while I waited to play with Jade. A full charge, which was still going impressively strong seven days later, took about an hour.
 

       Downloading the app from either the iTunes Store or the Google Play store was easy, and the app will remind you to turn on your Bluetooth in order to pair your phone with the device. This is the only part of installation that I didn’t like, and the Whistle app seemed to draw down my phone’s battery. For the week I used the Whistle, I had to recharge my iPhone a lot more. 
 

       once I had the hardware set up, I added a photo of Jade, put in a bit of information about her (weight, breed, and so on) and set the activity goal using the handy slider. I like to underpromise and overdeliver, so I set it for a modest 30 minutes a day.(And no, the irony that Jade’s photo shows her curled up and napping is not lost on me.)
 

       The Whistle seems to be durable enough for most levels of activity and is waterproof. On the website and on the box, there are photos of a damp dog staring wistfully out to sea while wearing his Whistle, contemplating another swim or run on the beach. Jade is a border terrier and a sworn landlubber, so we won’t be fighting the undertow anytime soon, but the unit did experience a downpour or two. A simple wipe off with a towel kept it ticking and looking pretty.
 

       The upshot?

       This is a good device if you are really, really involved with your dog and feel the need to record everything she does and consumes (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Jade and I are close, no doubt, but my feeling is that $130 buys a lot of dog food. For now, I think we’ll just assume that if we make it outside for a daily long walk, it’s good enough for the both of us.