{"id":146,"date":"2014-04-27T22:16:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T22:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ailurophileuk.wordpress.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2014-04-27T22:16:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T22:16:45","slug":"dont-fence-me-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t fence me in\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apparently, this is my former stray Chi\u2019s theme tune according to my lovely auntie. The reason being, when he first moved in officially he\u2019d take himself off on jaunts for days at a time; sometimes it would stretch to a week.\u00a0 This is the reason we purchased the next item I\u2019m doing a review on\u2026<\/p>\n

THE GPAWS<\/p>\n

The GPaws is a pretty small plastic unit that attaches to your cats collar. It has a little pocket that it slots into really snugly so it won\u2019t fall out, and the size doesn\u2019t seem to phase the cat at all.<\/p>\n

You charge up the unit and then attach it to the collar. Your cat goes a walk, and on his or her return you can see where they like to visit the most by making sure they wear it fairly frequently.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a brilliant device, but unfortunately there are flaws. You have to wait for your cats return; and if your cat is a wanderer that can be days. The guarantee of them coming back wearing a safety release collar is debateable, and anyone that puts collars on their cat knows there\u2019s a risk involved if you don\u2019t use the safety release.<\/p>\n

The second thing is that you aren\u2019t seeing what they\u2019re doing as they\u2019re doing it. The device is misleading in this sense. You can make an account online and you can upload the files it stores, but it isn\u2019t a GPS. There ARE devices of a similar size available that are tracking systems, but they\u2019re twice as expensive. And they\u2019re not manufactured by a UK company so shipping costs are higher.<\/p>\n

Overall though, the product is a rather useful device (as long as your cat doesn\u2019t lose their collar!) to help you get an insight into \u00a0favourite haunts, should you need them at a later date. And it\u2019s rather fascinating to see some of the routes taken by your cat when they\u2019re not being observed by you.<\/p>\n

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Darwin and Chi (modelling his GPaws before he lost it) surveying their domain<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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