bigzepfan Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I've been looking online at the different gps dog collars. I currently have the wireless electric fence which is good, but far from perfect. I've read that the most of them have a feature where you can set up a perimeter and when they break the perimeter it alerts the owner via phone, pc or to your handheld. These are readily available and easy to find. And the even better ones alert you AND send out a high pitch squeal so the dogs want to go back into the safe zone. This is the one that I want to buy, but can't find anywhere. either way, I've got to say that this is awesome technology. They have ones where you can track ten different hunting dogs at the same time and view it on your handheld monitor. I don't want or need anything that elaborate but cool to see what's out there. I also saw where you can hide one on your car and when your kids(or wife!) gets home you can download it and find out where they went. Glad they didn't have that when i was a kid!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bong-Man Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I can only guess that prevention is not as interesting as actual loss. Does your doog bite....hmmmm ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dawg Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 This Dog doesn't need any damn collar just a race chip to get his results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 They have a home again id thing that I'm trying to get my mom to get for our dog. It's an implanted GPS device and they can find your dog any where in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchzep27 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I'm a believer in dog tags and training your dog, but i lost my dog for 45minutes when hiking, so things do happen. I know in every dog training book, the first pages point out how important it is to keep a dog on a leash all the time. I know thats a bummer, but so many dogs run away and get hit by cars. Basically i think 98% of people who find a dog with a tag, will call the number and give the dog back. So i think the whole chip and gps thing is unecessary and expensive. All i can say is that i adopted my dog at a yr old and i trained him inside first and that was easy. but training a dog with the come command outside is not easy. for me and my dog it took alot of repetition. i brought him out to a salt marsh island in the bay, where he couldnt run away. once you get it down, you still have to keep reinforcing it too, because he didnt listen to me in the woods when i lost him and on the beach he wouldnt listen a few times either. like with my dog, training with food worked really well indoors, but outside there is too much adventure for him, so the treats never worked outside. it was just the repetition of the come command, which he was smart and picked it up ok, but its just if they see a squirrel, cat, another dog, or in the case of the hike in the woods, he probably chased a deer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchzep27 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 When i first got my dog, he was a year old or round abouts. He was a shelter dog and headstrong, with a chowder head...head bigger than body, which he grew into. training this dog inside my apartment was sort of fun, i'd buy a half pound of cheap bolgna and some beers for me and just stand there and go through the sit, stay and come commands and it worked great. But all i gotta say is outside its another story for any dog. my dog is pretty smart, i've stopped him from chasing cats by yelling his name loud. But still you never know, a dog can run, so its simple about the leash thing, it just prevents so many problems. he ran across a huge canal of thin ice and pulled out of the leash and ran in front of traffic before i finally got him trained. I definately say its the best walking on an open winter beach with the dog off leash though, they are free and its great to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanna be drummer Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I'm a believer in dog tags and training your dog, but i lost my dog for 45minutes when hiking, so things do happen. I know in every dog training book, the first pages point out how important it is to keep a dog on a leash all the time. I know thats a bummer, but so many dogs run away and get hit by cars. Basically i think 98% of people who find a dog with a tag, will call the number and give the dog back. So i think the whole chip and gps thing is unecessary and expensive. That may be, but that's assuming someone finds the dog and takes it in to call the owner. When I (and most people, I assume) see a dog walking down the street, I don't run up to it and see where it's owner is...you just don't do that. Plus something like only 20% of runaway dogs make it back home in one piece, so I'd say this tech. can be quite helpful to many dog owners out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigzepfan Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Prevention is definitely the best cure, however I guess I want the best of both worlds as they say. I want the easability of letting them out by just opening the door as well as the safety of knowing they can't escape the yard....and if they do I know where they are. And I want it all in one collar instead of two. the old saying, necessity is the mother of invention. When I think about it, it's probably the limited battery power to handle both functions. Maybe I'll just put up a fence. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchzep27 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 That may be, but that's assuming someone finds the dog and takes it in to call the owner. When I (and most people, I assume) see a dog walking down the street, I don't run up to it and see where it's owner is...you just don't do that. Plus something like only 20% of runaway dogs make it back home in one piece, so I'd say this tech. can be quite helpful to many dog owners out there I am in a dense suburban area area and if i see a dog running around by itself, i try to approach it and see the tags. only thing is, most of the time they run away cause your a stranger, or is in a frenzy of breaking out of its yard. it all depends on the dog. i guess its different for rural areas, but still if the dog is tired out, its gonna look for people for food and shelter, being a domesticated dog. The gps technology is good and probably will be involved with people, cars and whatever else one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchzep27 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Prevention is definitely the best cure, however I guess I want the best of both worlds as they say. I want the easability of letting them out by just opening the door as well as the safety of knowing they can't escape the yard....and if they do I know where they are. And I want it all in one collar instead of two. the old saying, necessity is the mother of invention. When I think about it, it's probably the limited battery power to handle both functions. Maybe I'll just put up a fence. lol. You probably won't lose your dogs again after this. But now being you have two dogs, thats a mini dog pack and one will follow the other, so you have to sort of double watch them, ya know. its like running out of gas on a boat and having to row home...you never forget that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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