Pet trackers

[John Wall]

I've looked into these.
Potpat told me their device probably wouldn’t work in my location. .
Take into consideration phone coverage in your area.
We’re quite rural and if your phone can’t get a signal the collar won’t.

My understanding with AirTags is they update location by grabbing location updates from other iphones.
Unless somebody with an iPhone is running alongside your dog it’s not going to update.

The ones that have a sim seem to be the best results but the subscription makes them much dearer.
Pitpat offer a full refund. So you can try it out to see how well it works for you.

I appreciate that your Lakeland is too small but, coverage dependent, a colleague suggested an old iPhone with a pay-as-you-go sim in the pocket of a lightweight dog utility vest.
Hey presto, free find my dog tracking, for iPhone user.


Question: Do other phones offer find my phone functionality ?

[oldoakknives]

I've looked into these.
Potpat told me their device probably wouldn’t work in my location. .
Take into consideration phone coverage in your area.
We’re quite rural and if your phone can’t get a signal the collar won’t.

My understanding with AirTags is they update location by grabbing location updates from other iphones.
Unless somebody with an iPhone is running alongside your dog it’s not going to update.

The ones that have a sim seem to be the best results but the subscription makes them much dearer.
Pitpat offer a full refund. So you can try it out to see how well it works for you.

I appreciate that your Lakeland is too small but, coverage dependent, a colleague suggested an old iPhone with a pay-as-you-go sim in the pocket of a lightweight dog utility vest.
Hey presto, free find my dog tracking, for iPhone user.


Question: Do other phones offer find my phone functionality ?

The iPhone idea sounds interesting.

[Toddy]

I tried a Tractive on my dog but phone signal is so poor where I walk him (fells in the Lake District) that is was pointless. Think they're a great idea if you're somewhere with a good signal so check this first (as stated above).