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I’m sure we’ve all had that one pesky-yet-adorable pet who loved to run away. I know I did. (Or at least can pretend I did for the sake of this blog.) Day or night, no matter what names I called him or scrumptious rewards I offered, Sparky would leap over the fence in a single bound, gone until HE decided to come back. If it happened at night, I would be especially worried. Sparky was a lot smaller than he thought he was (he had the canine version of a Napoleon complex) and black as night, and there was no telling what could happen if he crossed the road into oncoming traffic! I spent many sleepless nights with ol’ Sparkster out on the loose. But no more! Thanks to our especially savvy friends in the pet care world, things have gotten a lot less interesting for Sparky. That’s because they’ve wizened up and begun making LED glow-in-the-dark collars for dogs and cats! Just imagine how much relief that will bring when your precious furry one decides to take a midnight stroll. If you know there’s something prominently glowing around his/her neck, you just might sleep a little easier…and we all know that’s a good thing.

For instance the Nite Ize Nite Dawg LED Light Up Collar will ensure that you can see your pet wherever he goes. To quote an article from Gadget Review, “They say you can see these LEDs for as far back as a thousand feet away, and the LEDs in the collar have a life expectancy of 100,000 hours, or, roughly, 11.5 years.” That’s great news for pet owners like me, who believe in both freedom and safety for their fluffy friends. And it’s great news that LEDs are the leading technological revolution in pet safety collars. Their lightweight and energy efficient nature ensures that the next time your dog runs away, finding him will be a lot easier.