Pet Check Technology
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Pet Check Technology is an online software and mobile application for dog walking companies and dog walking customers. The application uses QR codes, e-mail alerts, and GPS tracking, to show customers when and where their dogs went with their walkers.[1] Pet Check Technology was launched in the Los Angeles area in August 2011.[2]
About
[edit]Pet Check Technology was created in 2011 by Doug Simon, founder of the Chicago-based dog-walking company Walk the Dog.[3] Pet Check Technology was created to help check that dogs were being walked for the time allotted on the dog walker's schedule.[4]
Pet Check Technology provides dog-walking companies with tools for scheduling customers, billing, and tracking dog-walking employees. Pet Check also allows users to see when their dog was taken out for a walk, where they went, and what time they got back.[5]
Functionality
[edit]The dog walker scans a QR code with the Pet Check mobile app for iOS or Android when arriving to pick up a dog.[6] The app displays their schedule as well as any notes for the customer walk reports.[7] The app then uses GPS to track the walk.[4] Scanning the QR code again will end the walk. The customer can track the walk on an map. Completed walk reports are stored.
References
[edit]- ^ Truong, Alice (2011-08-31). "Pet Check Ensures That Fido Is Getting Walked". Discovery. Archived from the original on 2012-04-16.
- ^ Eaton, Kit (2011-09-01). "Americans: Y'All Love QR Codes". FastCompany.
- ^ "About Us – Walk the Dog Chicago". Archived from the original on September 15, 2012.
- ^ a b Rosen, Jill (2011-08-30). "Is your dog-walker cheating you?". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22.
- ^ Kooser, Amanda (2011-08-29). "QR codes and GPS track dog-walking services". CNET. Archived from the original on 2015-05-19.
- ^ Baldwin, Roberto (2011-08-30). "Pet Check: Stalk Your Dog and Dog Walker with GPS". Gizmodo.
- ^ "About Pet Sitting Software | Pet Check".