This was a present from my friend in Japan. Having stayed with us for a month twice, the friend knew how lazy Cookie was. So, she sent us this doggie pedometer, thinking it would be interesting to know exactly how much Cookie walked everyday.This pedometer, Wanpo Kei, comes with a chain so that a dog can wear it like a necklace. According to the manufacturer's website at that time (They don't list this product on their website anymore), unlike pedometers for humans which count the number of steps, this doggie pedometer measures the amount of exercise, despite the fact that the name of the product "Wanpo Kei" means "an instrument to count dogs' steps."
As we haven't used it for a long time now, I don't remember what the result was like. So, I looked at a web page at Cookie and Cinnamon's Japanese website. The result for a day in June 2005 was 13,127 Wanpo and the excercise time was 82 minutes. However, a majority of the total excercise time was from a morning walk in the neighbourhood and another walk at Waiatarua Reserve in the afternoon, and the rest was only 7 minutes. However, Cookie would want me to mention that he was not allowed to go out to the backyard that day because builders were working to build a new deck.
This pedometer hardly seemed accurate, but we had lots of fun looking at Cookie wearing this pretty gadget.
Pros
- Looks cute
- Gives a lot of fun
- Not accurate, and we don't know the criteria as to the number of Wanpo
- Might be disturbing for the dog when it moves around actively
hello cookie its dennis the vizsla dog hay wow yoo hav yore own bling!!! and its electronic bling to boot!!! i am verry impressd!!! and remember it is better to luk gud then to git an akyoorat akkownting of how far yoo hav wawked ha ha ok bye
ReplyDeleteHA! Ha! That is funny....I think if I was wearing it, it would probably have 10 steps only!!! :-)
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