May 12, 2007

Pet Stress Patch

Is your pet stressed? Our Golden Retriever, Molly, is a bold huntress (of geckos) and generally a happy girl, but is easily spooked. Pretty easy to tell--her curved-under tail is a sure giveaway of a thunderstorm or a pending grooming session. But some dogs don't have much of a tail. Here is a potential way to be certain how your pet is really feeling.

According to a write-up in WTOPnews.com of a Nikkei Weekly Sunday report Japanese Patch Measures Stress, a patch has been developed by a Japanese company, Medical Life Care Giken, to measure the stress level of dogs and cats by detecting the amount sweat secretion. A round, pin-sized patch is applied to the center pad of the animal's paw and changes color depending on how sweaty the pet is.

Remember mood rings?

To read article. Via Endgadget