A New Gadget To Help Dog Owners Communicate With Their Pets

October 21, 2015 in Daily Bulletin

Michael Walsh wrote about a gadget intended to cross the hound-human barrier:

A device called TailTalk attaches to a dog’s tail and measures details about the speed, frequency, and direction that a dog wags their tail.
Left wagging indicates negativity, while right wagging signifies joy. Other cues are more subtle.
The idea is that pet owners will be able to see how their pooch’s mood changes over the day.
They may find, for example, that their dog particularly enjoys a certain type of food or toy. Or that they are stressed by certain environments.
Its creators are requesting $100,000 to bring the product to market on Indiegogo. So far they’ve raised 41% of that.