Pet-Remote is an app that controls a vibrating dog-collar attachment.

(Credit: pet-remote.com)

Who wouldn’t want a remote control for their pet? Or, perhaps, who would?

I love pet gadgets, especially wacky ones like Bowlingual, which claims to translate barks into human speech.

Well, a collar attachment called Pet-Remote is getting billed as a way to “control your dog with your iPhone and iPad.”

It sounds a bit ridiculous and counterproductive, but Pet-Remote is more of a training and obedience aid that lets you skip voice commands.

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Part of a 10,000-euro ($13,544) campaign on Indiegogo, Pet-Remote is a harmless 1.7-inch-long tag that vibrates or plays an acoustic… [Read more]