The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, have launched an exciting new mobile phone app to build awareness of Guide Dogs and participation in go walkies.
The 'go walkies for Guide Dogs' app offers help and advice to dog owners digitally, showing them new and interesting routes for walking their dogs and providing information on local go walkies events. People can also use GPS to log and share their own walks and get weekly dog care tips from celebrity vet Marc Abraham.
Big Walkies find this app really easy to use and have even registered their walks on the local dog walks with ease!
Download this app and you could:
• Discover hundreds of new walks.
• Track and share your walks with other app users.
• Make your dog a star and upload a photo of it to share with other users.
• Learn from our celebrity vet Marc Abraham (star of Sky One's My Pet Shame) and our resident vet advisor Clive Swainsbury about the best way to care for your dog. Find out how you can support Guide Dogs at a go walkies event near you.
• Read the latest doggie news.
Mucky Pup app
Whether you are a first-time or more experienced dog owner or even a breeder, Mucky Pup is aa priceless application to help you to organise and manage your dogs important information, health and wellbeing.
Big Walkies love this app and have recorded dog walks and use it for vet checkup reminders for their own dogs!
Doenload this app and you could:
• schedule reminders for each different type of booster for flea treatments, worming, vaccination treatments, anniversaries for check-ups for general health, pet passport requirements, insurance expiry, feeding routine, walking routine and much more...and all of this specific to your dog and his size, breed, age, medical history and the manufacturer of pharmaceutical products used.
• Help you find your lost dog. If you are registered to Petlog Premium it will also notify them to alert local authorities and their extensive database, with all your information.
• The new “Bark” feature instantly enables users to share their dogs information with friends and family that have Mucky Pup installed.
• link to popular social media sites.
• Use the gallery so you can store the cutest pictures of your pooch.
• Store Your dog's specific contacts section saves you rummaging through your contacts on your phone trying to remember the name of your vet or his/her practice, or the best dog sitter for when you need to leave your companion with a trusted carer.
• Access the latest Training Tips .
Walkmeter app
Walkmeter is a complete solution for tracking your walks on your iPhone 3G, 3GS, or 4. It can also be used for cycling, running, skiing, and of course dog walking and much much more!!!
Big Walkies use the Walkmeter to acurately record their walks, which they upload onto their website.
Download this app and you could:
• continually records your time, location, distance, elevation, and speed - years of walks only take up the space of a few songs. Stop and start recording on-screen or with your earphone remote.
• See your results on maps, graphs, and a calendar, and organized by routes and activities. Know how much distance you've ridden by day, week, month, year, and overall.
• Monitor your progress with up to 25 configurable announcements including distance, time, speed, elevation, and more. Announcements may be heard automatically at time or distance intervals, or on-demand with your earphone remote..
• Use Facebook, Twitter, dailymile, and email to share Google Maps of your workouts, automatically updated every few minutes. Have emails automatically sent to keep family and friends notified of your location and progress.
• Walkmeter gives you the data that helps you achieve your goals, whether it's to walk a block or a march, reduce your weight by burning off calories, or improve your cardiovascular fitness.
Dog Friendly app
The Dog Firnedly app has the UK's largest database of dog friendly places where you and your dog will be welcome.
Big Walkies use this app to find new dog friendly location to recommend to their members.
Download this app and you could:
• Search for more than 10,000 dog friendly places
• Read clear and concise information to make informed decisions on where to go with your dog
• Find dog friendly hotels, bed and breakfast and self catering venues
• Find dog friendly camping and caravan sites
• Find dog friendly beaches
• Find dog friendly days out
• Find dog friendly pubs
All of the above apps are available for download from iTunes, some of them do have a charge for download.
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