Can dogs help predict when earthquakes occur? The company behind the PetPace biometric collar says the health data it tracks may also have the capability of forecasting earthquakes. A dog's pulse, heart rate variability, temperature, respiration and activity are recorded and sent to the PetPace cloud in real-time, according to Asaf Dagan, chief scientist and cofounder of PetPace, the parent company of Animal Alerts, told ABC News.