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Aug 20, 2025
While your heart might be saying "yes" to pet co-sleeping, your sleep tracker might be telling a different story. A major 2024 study of 1,600 adults found something that might surprise you: people who sleep with their pets—especially dogs—tend to report worse sleep quality and more severe insomnia symptoms.
Aug 7, 2025
In October 2014 a Good Samaritan vet in Torrance, California scanned the microchip of an African grey parrot that had just been handed in. The chip traced back to local resident Darren Chick, whose bird Nigel had vanished in 2010. Finder Julia Sperling had rescued the stray; veterinary technician Teresa Micco used the chip records to track Chick down, according to an Associated Press report. When Chick opened his front door the next morning, Nigel burst out with “¡Qué pasó!”—“What happened?”—in Spanish.
First‑generation trackers were step counters with a map. Second‑wave collars add optical heart‑rate and temperature sensors, validated in a 2025 Colorado State University study of hospitalised dogs. Meanwhile, accelerometer modules have already spotted seizure activity in epileptic pets, as shown in a 2020 veterinary‑neurology study.
Aug 20, 2025
While your heart might be saying "yes" to pet co-sleeping, your sleep tracker might be telling a different story. A major 2024 study of 1,600 adults found something that might surprise you: people who sleep with their pets—especially dogs—tend to report worse sleep quality and more severe insomnia symptoms.
Aug 7, 2025
In October 2014 a Good Samaritan vet in Torrance, California scanned the microchip of an African grey parrot that had just been handed in. The chip traced back to local resident Darren Chick, whose bird Nigel had vanished in 2010. Finder Julia Sperling had rescued the stray; veterinary technician Teresa Micco used the chip records to track Chick down, according to an Associated Press report. When Chick opened his front door the next morning, Nigel burst out with “¡Qué pasó!”—“What happened?”—in Spanish.
First‑generation trackers were step counters with a map. Second‑wave collars add optical heart‑rate and temperature sensors, validated in a 2025 Colorado State University study of hospitalised dogs. Meanwhile, accelerometer modules have already spotted seizure activity in epileptic pets, as shown in a 2020 veterinary‑neurology study.
Aug 20, 2025
While your heart might be saying "yes" to pet co-sleeping, your sleep tracker might be telling a different story. A major 2024 study of 1,600 adults found something that might surprise you: people who sleep with their pets—especially dogs—tend to report worse sleep quality and more severe insomnia symptoms.
Aug 7, 2025
In October 2014 a Good Samaritan vet in Torrance, California scanned the microchip of an African grey parrot that had just been handed in. The chip traced back to local resident Darren Chick, whose bird Nigel had vanished in 2010. Finder Julia Sperling had rescued the stray; veterinary technician Teresa Micco used the chip records to track Chick down, according to an Associated Press report. When Chick opened his front door the next morning, Nigel burst out with “¡Qué pasó!”—“What happened?”—in Spanish.
First‑generation trackers were step counters with a map. Second‑wave collars add optical heart‑rate and temperature sensors, validated in a 2025 Colorado State University study of hospitalised dogs. Meanwhile, accelerometer modules have already spotted seizure activity in epileptic pets, as shown in a 2020 veterinary‑neurology study.