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id like to use my watch as a training aid for my blind dog. anyone know of an app that will make sharp or loud noise with a tap ?

id like to use my watch as a training aid for my blind dog. anyone know of an app that will make sharp or loud noise with a tap ?

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Posted on Dec 28, 2019 7:47 PM

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Posted on Dec 29, 2019 2:30 PM

[chuckles]

I used to develop "early" interactive stuff for corporate clients.

Part of my job was to evaluate what the client "wanted" as opposed to what could (and SHOULD) be done.


Such an app would amount to merely a "sound effects player" - at minimum, you would have to

  1. open it
  2. select a sound
  3. play the sound

There is no possible way that this app would be able to perceive that you were about to train your dog.

You could use such an app in a "session" -

  1. know that you are gonna train
  2. select the sound - to have it READY to tap


Another thing... I am unsure that an Apple WATCH would have much "ooomph" - how loud would ANY sound actually play?


sound effects app apple watch site:apple.com - Google Search

The first few I looked at all require iDevices - Apple WATCH is NOT an iDevice


In my position as consultant to a client, I would tell them, "Get a clicker"


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Dec 29, 2019 2:30 PM in response to brendafromithaca

[chuckles]

I used to develop "early" interactive stuff for corporate clients.

Part of my job was to evaluate what the client "wanted" as opposed to what could (and SHOULD) be done.


Such an app would amount to merely a "sound effects player" - at minimum, you would have to

  1. open it
  2. select a sound
  3. play the sound

There is no possible way that this app would be able to perceive that you were about to train your dog.

You could use such an app in a "session" -

  1. know that you are gonna train
  2. select the sound - to have it READY to tap


Another thing... I am unsure that an Apple WATCH would have much "ooomph" - how loud would ANY sound actually play?


sound effects app apple watch site:apple.com - Google Search

The first few I looked at all require iDevices - Apple WATCH is NOT an iDevice


In my position as consultant to a client, I would tell them, "Get a clicker"


Dec 29, 2019 4:23 PM in response to ChitlinsCC

Thanks. This is exactly what I needed to know!


I’m working with a blind, overweight dog with “aggression issues”. Our trainers & behavior specialists have recommended consistent aural reinforcement with something other than my voice...more of a voice of god noise. Meaning I have to have it on me at all times and it would have to be loud enough to interrupt said unwanted behavior spontaneously. thus I was hoping the watch would work. Alternatives posited (fog horn, police whistle, metal can filled with metal objects) just seem less convenient!

thanks for the explanation of how this tech works vs what I’m trying to do!



id like to use my watch as a training aid for my blind dog. anyone know of an app that will make sharp or loud noise with a tap ?

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