Thread: GPS dog collars
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      05-07-2023, 08:52 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by diirk View Post
Don't know if I trust it but we have one using an airtag.
It's limited to iPhone and crowd sourcing for data.
Hopefully we won't need to verify it's effectiveness
Appreciate that. I'm not an Apple user but your comment caused me do some googling and it turns out there are Android tags as well. Just picked two up and rolled them into the bandana our guys are always wearing as backups.

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Originally Posted by Gritty View Post
We use the airtag as a back up and for the money it's hard to beat.

If you live in a rural area and plan let your dog run and want to track it a dedicated tracking collar with GPS would be best. Cost 10-20X
Appreciate you seconding the airtag. I checked out those dedicated collars you mentioned and they are quite big and bulky. Apparently designed for hunting dogs. It's weird how big they are. My Garmin watch is extremely accurate and a fraction of the size. I'm surprised they can't shrink that collar down. It's like a walkie-talkie strapped to a collar.

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Originally Posted by Murf the Surf View Post
Spoke to my daughter, she uses Tractive. Swears by it. kscarrol
Thanks for tracking that down. Looks a lot cheaper than the fi collars we have. I'm going to order one and see how it goes. If it had decent accuracy and customer service, I'll switch them both over.
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