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Why we built Tether.

Dogs can't tell us when they hurt. We are building the intelligence that can, so no one finds out too late. Tether stands for the bond between you and your dog, and for what that bond asks of you, to notice, to understand, and to act while there is still time.

"I didn't realize my own dog was in pain until it had already progressed. He had been hiding it for months."

Tether started with one dog and one missed signal. We built The Ruff so no one finds out too late, and a portion of every sale, along with free devices, goes to the rescue partners caring for dogs who have no one else.

Team

The people behind Tether.

Rhett Rumery
Co-Founder and CEO
Alex Oberhauser
Co-Founder and CTO
Dr. Zachary Pollack, DVM
Chief Veterinary Officer
Dmitry Gordiyevsky
Founding Engineer
Swapnil Marathe
Head of Hardware and Embedded Engineering
Joe Matano
Head of Operations and Distribution

Advisory

Dr. Garret Pachtinger, DACVECC
Clinical Advisory Chair
Co-Founder of VETgirl
Dr. Grace McIntosh, DVM
Veterinary Advisor
Practicing veterinarian
Dr. Dean Adkins III, MD
Medical Advisor
Radiologist and clinical researcher
Hillary Benjamin
Consumer Marketing Advisor
Former Chief Marketing Officer at Ollie
Donald Williams
Media Advisor
Former Chief Digital Officer at Horizon Media
Mikki Glass
Growth Advisor
Growth executive at Ring
Mission

Built to reach every dog.

A portion of every sale and free devices go to the rescues doing the hardest work, and Day 1, our adoption platform, helps their dogs find homes.

Know before they show.