Fitness tracker for cats? Hmm, not much use in this house!

Hello Friends,
Hope you're all enjoying the first signs of Spring. I know I am. I'm so behind with my blog, but have some recipes & seasonal gardening and the usual stuff to share, so I must get cracking!
First I want to share a photo of Albert Whiskers (which is highly relevant to today's topic!)

Now being observant sort of people, you'll notice that he's not exactly leaping around doing star jumps. Now take a look at this........a little article from the Guardian last month introducing the concept of...........

........Fitness tracker devices for pets!! Thankfully this seems something aimed primarily at dog owners, & I guess (not being a dog owner or someone who knows anything about dogs) that this could be useful for older or overweight animals? But having read it, I couldn't erase from my mind the thought of such a fitness tracking device being applied to the sturdy supine neck of Albert Whiskers.

I think a typical day's read-out would look something like this:

*Frenetic clawing of bedroom door to gain immediate access    (20 mins)

*Engaging in miscellaneous acts of anti-social behaviour in order to try & secure an earlier or extra meal  (2 hours)

*Eating  (5 mins)

*Essential outside ablutions:
Normal weather conditions (8 mins)
Rain (2 mins.......crafty wee in the bark chips)
Snow (zero mins......cork!)

*Sitting on our seed potatoes in a manner likely to cause damage to the chitting process (30 mins)

*Snoozing (20+ hours)

........that last photo being one of my favourite of his 'Summer Action Shots'.
So while I think the marketers of pet fitness trackers may find a little possible potential with dog owners, as a cat owner.......more specifically as a co-owner of Albert Whiskers, I know exactly what a leak of valuable cashola such a purchase would be!

Now to be fair, he HAS been getting a bit more exercise in the last 2 or 3 days. This has absolutely nothing to do with getting a 6-pack for the summer or improving his BMI, and EVERYTHING to do with the fact that a new cat has appeared on our street. Since he famously vanquished Tabby White-Paws a couple of years ago, the only local cat of a size likely to bother Albert Whiskers is the infamous Big Grey Fluffy. BGF has been busy recently guarding his new street lamp, but hasn't encroached on AW's end of the street for the purposes of Trouble. NewCat is BIG - He's probably about the size of our lovely old Siegfried - & Albert Whiskers is putting a lot of time & effort into surveillance. NewCat looks like a Siamese in colour, but is the wrong shape......he has the big chunky body of a male Moggy, but there are definitely some pedigree genes there too. So far NewCat has remained on the opposite side of the street. I suspect when he decides to cross onto Albert Whiskers' side, it could mean war......especially if he makes free with Albert's wall......that's poll position on our street for blagging strokes & fuss from passing neighbours and definitely not for interlopers of indeterminate origin.
Let's see if we can get through this without fight injuries........<sighs>.........
I will soon be longing for him to return to his 20+ hours a day of lazing about!

Cheers for now,
Cathy x