Dog Monitor

This is an update: This app eventually helped me better get along with my neighbors!!! My dog used to “cry” when I was away and my neighbor kinda complained. I bought this app to use for both my iPhone and my mac (priced separately), I literally corrected my dog’s “problem” by talking to him whenever I heard him “crying”. Took me some effort but eventually he stopped crying and I was so thankful that this was even possible! I definitely recommend every dog owner to have some kind of monitors like this app so you can help change your dog’s behaviors when he/she is home alone. That way your dog will become more likable and welcome not only to your neighbors but also to you and your family. Original 1 star review (YEARS AGO while the app was pretty new): I like this app, great concept and I purchased it for both my iPhone and my mac, I'm giving it 1 star for 2reasons: 1) because it keeps showing a message / envelope icon with a number badge on it on the app's initial screen and doesn't let user dismiss or let it go away! You don't force users to read what you want us to read, that's annoying! 2) no matter how hard I try, I can't video stream on my LTE network. Video only works on Wifi, despite I've already enabled it in settings.

An injured mini dachshund, named Sugar💝. She has spinal issues in her neck. I almost thought I was going to have to make the worst decision of my life. But, She is finally pulling out of it...albeit slowly. But I was able to watch her from work, and see that, when she was starting to feel better, she was trying to crawl over the fence in her little pen that I secured her in. I was able to call family in to go to the house and take care of things. I never would have known this was going on, nor would I have been able to monitor her pain threshold. I’ve also been able to see my other dachshund, pepper -as well, and how she reacts when my sugar is in confinement. I honestly don’t know what I would have done without this app. I’m happy to say she is on the mend and I hope it stays that way! This app is a LIFESAVER⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This app is absolutely incredible for the price! If you already have a second device, like an iPad that stays at home during the day, then this is way better than buying those other expensive products! I can see my dog all day, and even talk to him to tell him to stop chewing his bed if I need to! It also alerts me if he is being noisy (can be turned off). I only have one issue with this app...if you want to keep the camera running and monitor your dog all day it lowers the sound on all your other apps drastically. The only way to raise the volume is to stop monitoring your dog. So unfortunately I have to start and stop the monitor all day while I am using my phone and hopefully remember to put it on again when I’m done. That being said for $5 this is a great way to check on your pets throughout the day! It would be perfect if it did not effect the volume of all other apps while running.

I never review apps. But I can’t help but rave about this app and how much it has helped! We recently moved into a new condo. My 7 year old Yorkie Mix was having troubles adjusting, and barking at all hours of the day and night. I went out and bought everything I could think of to curb this new behavior, while realizing it was just the environment change she was adjusting to. I’m taking all of that back after downloading this app. It’s so easy to use and has been 100% effective. When she starts to bark, I open the app and tell her to stop and she stops. It also gives me piece of mind seeing that she isn’t sitting there barking all night, just on occasion when she hears a strange noise. I am much happier knowing and my neighbors seem much happier that she isn’t barking uncontrollably.

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I get the purpose and I understand why a lot of people like this app. Don’t get me wrong, I like the app and its intent. However, my biggest gripe is it’s notification feature. As mentioned by others, it’s really annoying to have actual noise coming from the Dog Station go through your phone. I get that there is a solution for that by muting it in the settings and still get normal device notification sounds. But here’s the thing, that is not the reason why I’m not giving this 5 stars. This app is required to be running in the background in order to get notifications. For most, our batteries can’t afford to have apps like this running all day. I want to love this app and continue to use it. But until you guys figure out a way to still get notifications without the app running in the background, I’ll have to stick with Alfred. Maybe you guys should ask them how they figured it out.