I second that:-)
Especially if we need to seperate our kitties to prepare them for a special like Mardi Gras and the St. Patrick's day Eyes.
Easier to do this with the 1 meter range my house is rather small.
And since the food (server) can be tweaked so well range seems not to be a problem.
As I recall, the reason for the change is that anything less than 3m broke some of the animations or interactions or something. There's an explanation in another thread somewhere, possibly under the feedback area, if you look.