Maven PetReviews of maven.pet

It’s still a little too early for me to give a full review of this product, as I’ve had it for less than a month. However, I have noticed that my dog seems to be itching and scratching more around the area where the collar sits. He is an indoor dog and wasn’t previously used to wearing a collar all the time, so having something around his neck constantly has been an adjustment for him. I do like the heart rate and respiratory monitoring features, although I’m still trying to fully understand the water intake and head-shaking reports. One feature I would really like to see in the app is the ability to zoom in on a specific day’s readings. I can add notes to indicate that my dog was playing or sleeping during a certain time, but it isn’t practical to manually note everything he does throughout the day. The same issue comes up when I remove the collar to charge the battery. It would be helpful if the app could recognize that the monitor was not actively being worn and clearly mark that timeframe, rather than leaving it looking like there is simply missing data. For now, customer support has been responsive, and my dog is gradually getting accustomed to wearing the monitor and collar throughout the day. I’m looking forward to using it longer and seeing how helpful the data becomes over time.

I have a 4 yr old frenchie and was constantly worried about her health, sleeping eating ect and maven took a lot of that fear away!! I get reports on how she’s doing day to day and what I absolutely love about maven is the alerts I get if she’s not herself!! I am more relaxed knowing maven is on the job

Great insight into my pets health.

The team was able to offer firmware updates to make the product easier to set up. I am already seeing trends on my boys (hes 10) resting breathing rates that we didnt see and have talked with the vet. Glad we caught it early.

The Maven pet monitor works well for my Sphynx cat. It was easy to put on his collar, he immediately got used to it, and it reliably measures his heart rate, resting breathing rate, and activity. I like that I can monitor him from wherever I am. Would definitely recommend to friends. Have been using for almost a year now.

Two months into the Maven experience, we like several aspects about it. It largely lives up to what it promises. With proprietary technology not revealed, it's impossible to know what it *really* measures, but once the individual baselines are established, it seems pretty consistent. Deviations from the baselines are also consistent with our own observations. The biggest problem is that it randomly, but relatively frequently, about once in ten days, stops measuring entirely. These drops don't appear to be caused by anything we can observe: dog or collar position, wifi signal issues, charging status. I've used human activity trackers since the first wireless HRMs, so I'm familiar with occasional sensor challenges, but I don't think a human tracker manufacturer would put this unreliable a product on the market. A smaller negative is the size. Our dog is a 65lb bully, and the sensor is bulky enough that it bugged her for a few days. I find the "fits any animal" claim hard to believe. Finally, a wish (with no impact on my current score): the ability to get (or at least attempt to get) a specific-moment heart rate reading would be great. Our dog is reactive, and we are hoping to get more than observational data on cortisol spikes. Heart rate would be a moderately decent proxy variable. Alas, Maven has no such feature.

Maven has been an invaluable resource for me in managing the overall help of my dog. The entire Maven team is incredibly kind and helpful. Sometimes it can be hard to notice slight changes in our pets, and Maven is the tool that helps detect these changes before we see them. More and more features are being added each day!

I believe this is is a great product. I like the thought that I can tell whats going on in my pups life. I wish I had this for my other dog. I would recommend it, really easy to understand and set up.