Newshound Ady & Flo www.sunlive.co.nz

Righto Sunners,

Here's some bytes of information from the dog world to get your teeth into.

I've been off air for a couple of weeks, due to yet another medical misadventure.

Fortunately, again my friendly local vets, Joerg and the team at Mount Mobile Vet Clinic, patched me up and I'm as good as new.

Lucky that dogs have fur, otherwise after all my mishaps, my skin would be looking like a canine version of Frankenstein.

The latest misadventure occurred when I slipped on the wet grass and landed on a slashed gorse stump. Yowee. Or words to that effect. Umpteen stitches later and a week with that confounded cone on my head, and I was back to trouble in no time.

Thanks again to the wonderful Mount Mobile Flo repairers for coming to my aid.
One of the advantages of being laid up for a while (and there ain't many) is that I've been keeping an eye on the boss' email. One caught my eye this week: Wearable technology for animals.

Now as if he hasn't tried attaching enough gadgets to me already. Now there's talk of the ‘next big market' in electronics being technology for tracking, identifying, diagnosing and even treating animals. Such as electronic saddle optimisation for horses.

Can you imagine the conversation between the Lone Ranger and the Injun:
'Tonto, we must make camp. The ihorse tracker reveals we've been riding for 40 miles. Silver's digital halter readout tells me I have a 75 per cent chance of developing an abrasion-related injury on my chaps/horseback interface region unless we break now.”
Tonto: 'I agree. My bum hurt too.”

That's all folks. Until next time, keep your weapon holstered and your nose in the feedbag.

- Flo.