@atax1a your subtlety was like a stifled sneeze on a distant breeze--nothing I've read discussing his life mentions his passing from the plague (or from cancer or failure to thrive or...), but yeah, your admonition to wear a mask is well-received.

Still, sounds nuts targeting a rando obit for beating on the public health and safety PSA, but wtf do I know? (and saving you from answering that: clearly, sweet fa, so I'll see myself out).

@atax1a to be fair, it sounds like you've made a profoundly reasonable guess about the 2025 death of an 83 year-old dude.

Kudos, I suppose?

So can you do vague predictions too? I've got a Kennedy in mind, but I'm not looking for a ripe old age in your considered estimation.

@thisismyglasgow
Thank you! I really appreciate hearing your experience, and it sounds ideal, having the harness doing all the work. It'll be just as well when she's off leash on hikes, still wearing harness and tracker.

Our last pup, an undersocialized pointer who always had rabbits on the brain and seemed to float over fences, would have benefitted from 24x7 GPS monitoring, her loss being the original reason we picked up a tracker, and maybe I'll shop around for something smaller if we adopt another like her. But no reason to hang all of my partner's and my own past anxieties around our current hound's neck when she's stuck close to us for 11 years now.

@thisismyglasgow
If you don't mind my asking, do you keep the Tractive tracker on your pup's collar at all times?

We had been using a little Whistle tracker on our golden mix--37 grams, securely attached but easily removed for charging... And with Whistle's purchase by Tractive and the shutdown of their servers, we've ended up with the suggested Tractive Dog XL, and I'm just curious about how other folks work with it.

I'm feeling a bit foolish over fretting about whether hanging an additional 65 grams worth of tracker to Goose's collar will cause her discomfort, but figured it worth asking, with thanks for your thoughts.

(eta: final sentence)