When the skies lit up in the Hutt Valley on Saturday night with an early celebration of Guy Fawkes, Snoopy took off in terror, escaping the safety of her home. Snoopy’s owners were out when she did her vanishing act, and the first they knew that she’d disappeared was when… Read more

It seems that the arrival of the Doggone App is striking a chord in all the right places. Within hours of the App going live on both Google and Apple platforms it was ranking as the second most popular App for those interested in things relating to dogs. It’s all… Read more

Even your pooch values their privacy, but do they have a right to it? Kathryn Dalziel, NZ’s top privacy lawyer explains. Well that has got your attention: Privacy for Dogs! While you have to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the physical, health, and behavioural needs of your dog… Read more

The Doggone App is now live on both Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store!  Download your free App now and create your dog’s virtual ID.  

For everyone involved in the trial with Hamilton and Hutt City Councils, we are holding a Dog’s Day Out on the first weekend in November. Hamilton dog owners – Saturday 3 November at Dominion Park in Nawton. There’ll be three separate sessions – one for small dogs (11.30am to 12.30pm),… Read more

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Lost dogs could be identified and rescued without people having to put themselves at risk if a pilot programme trialling new dog tag technology is successful. The technology, Doggone, is to be trialled in Hamilton next month. It could be rolled out nationwide, replacing the current plastic ownership tags system,… Read more

Callaghan Innovation, the Government agency supporting hi-tech businesses in New Zealand, formally recognised the potential of Doggone earlier this week in the form of an innovation Start-Up Grant.  The grant is a contribution toward the R&D associated with the ground-breaking Doggone App.

Lost dogs in Hamilton could be a thing of the past if a new initiative is successful The Hamilton City Council in partnership with a new dog tag technology, Doggone, are trialling a system to help reunite dog owners with their lost dogs easily and quickly. Dog owners in Nawton, Grandview Heights… Read more

Two of the country’s largest councils are to trial Doggone among up to 2,000 dog owners. The trials will run for a 3-month period commencing October 2018 and are open to dog owners within Nawton, Grandview Heights and Dinsdale in Hamilton City, and Stokes Valley in Hutt City. These suburbs… Read more