We live in the country and my dog has been picked up 3 times by strangers. What is the range on the GPS? How many miles?
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I'm sorry to hear this about your dog. I bought this for a friend's hunting dog. I called to ask him your question and he still had his packaging from my understanding. He said there was no range on the package, however, he said it has a good range on it. He said at least 3 miles. He did say he lost his dog if the dog went over a hill without him and down into dips. He did say it's an excellent collar. Good Luck!
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It's supposed to track for at least 1/2 mile, but my dog has never been that far away from me. I know it worked when my dog was 100 - 150 yards away. It takes a few minutes to lock in onto your dog, and once it does, it works great, especially if you like to go off-leash hiking. You always know the direction and distance from your dog. I love it.
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Hi Barb! I have unfortunately had to us this a few times...I try to bring it with me every time I walk my dog and I live in a very rural area. However some people do not obey the leash law our town has with dogs. On a few different occasions my dog and I were approached by dogs that were "loose" and unaccompanied by an adult...WELL...my HALT came in very useful! The dogs retreated away from us... and we were able to not be harmed in what could have been an ugly situation. I hope this helps you! :)
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only supposed to detect 50lbs or more. you can position the motion detectors to make it pet friendly. we have just 1 panic button upstairs. your keychains also have a panic button. we have three of the keychain fab things. i have no idea of the range.
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I can't really answer this as this unit turned out to be rather useless. It is fairly narrow despite the name, and I was never able to successfully encourage my dog to use it. It also has sharp edges that scraped my car and my legs. I gave up on it.
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I can imagine in a crowd of people - with lots of electronic devices it may be different - but we got ours to track a deaf cat (who could not be called) when accidentally loose outside. It has worked extremely well, with no false readings at all in that situation. Up to about 75 feet
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I sent the thing back. It didn't work at all from a distance of 40 feet. My best advice in dealing with barking dogs is call the police. There are laws concerning this behavior.
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From the information I gathered the motion detectors won't pick up anything under fifty pounds, but I haven't risked it. Another thing people recommend is angling the detectors such that they won't detect anything as short as a dog or cat. That doesn't really answer your question, but I hope it helps!
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I can hear the collar usually around the time the handheld picks up the signal. I am in a wooded area and can usually pick it up around 200 yards out.
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For us it worked around 500 ft. First, it shows direction where to go, then closer you approach the object - cat, dog, or just an empty collar :-( - the signal becomes stronger, you will hear where to look. Very simple to use and was very helpful for us. The only thing I will recommend - change batteries yearly.
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#1. Recharge the TAGG every night. #2. When your dog gets out you get a text or email or whatever you want. So you know the MINUTE they're outside the tag zone. At that point your dog is out only a couple minutes. If you do not keep your phone with you, you could have a bigger problem. #3. Check to make sure your area is covered by Verizon. That is the company they use. #4. I have an uncharted area behind my house. If my dog goes to another house the text reads something like, "I'm 19 feet from 1234 Oak St." If not it will be more vague. But switch right over to MAP and you can push TRACK or text it in. Then you'll get an every 3 min read on where the dog is for 30 minutes. What you see is an aerial view of the forest and dots where your dog is...and if you get onto a puter you can get to see exactly where they went....every few minutes dots. A fully charged tracker can handle a couple of those 30 min sessions at least I think. My dog goes into areas that I can't get to....too much dense forest. So I know where she can get out of the forest and go to that road by car. The longest it has taken to get my dog is less than 15 minutes. Unless they do not come when called. But you will know where they are, marked every 3 minutes, and you will see a blue dot of you, so you'll see when you're close even if it's just thick woods. Recharge time varies, but it's a few hours. My older trackers are slower and discharge faster than brand new ones. So they do not last forever. Your option is the more expensive Garmin collars. I don't know how long they last, but the problem is GPS uses a lot of energy and you do not have the capacity of a cell phone on that collar. I have a dog that will jump every day. I don't pay attention until I get that very well recognized sound on my iphone. Then I go outside to where it says she is and usually in 5 minutes she is back home...to which she gets a very nice piece of steak or something for coming to me.
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Tracks a long way on flat if mountains not quite as far my dog has gone over 300 yards still tracked him in mountains. It has lost signal for a brief time at farther ranger but always finds him again.It comes with 1 collar.
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I believe the range is 500 feet. I can walk out to the mailbox (country road) and to a back shed on our property of 2-1/2 acres. My phone or any other device is no problem.
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We got a dog from a rescue which had been chipped. She ran away 5 days ago and when she got picked up by the dog catcher they scanned her and we got her back today. We had used a service called "24hour pet watch" its free.
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As you may know, there is a new model nearly ready for release, so this may change at that time, but for now as long as your dog is away from the base station (beyond the "close to base" area) you can simply restart the tracking command from your cellphone and it will work for another 15 minutes or until your dog (or at least the collar) re-enters the safe zone
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The range on the Marco Polo is not great but if you're within 1/2 mile or so, it will help. I live in the Midwest and it's pretty flat so I can't say whether it would work in these condtitions or not. It's not a perfect system but the arrow on the screen normally gets me moving in the right direction and the signal will get stronger as you approach your pet. Not a good as a GPS system but far less costly. Don't expect this to work as well as a $400 GPS system but there are not monthly fees with this and it's worked well when my dog took off in the woods chasing a deer and other times like this. For me it's been worth the $200 but it's not the perfect solution. The range on the Marco Polo is not great but if you're within 1/2 mile or so, it will help. I live in the Midwest and it's pretty flat so I can't say whether it would work in these condtitions or not. It's not a perfect system but the arrow on the screen normally gets me moving in the right direction and the signal will get stronger as you approach your pet. Not a good as a GPS system but far less costly. Don't expect this to work as well as a $400 GPS system but there are not monthly fees with this and it's worked well when my dog took off in the woods chasing a deer and other times like... » Read More The range on the Marco Polo is not great but if you're within 1/2 mile or so, it will help. I live in the Midwest and it's pretty flat so I can't say whether it would work in these condtitions or not. It's not a perfect system but the arrow on the screen normally gets me moving in the right direction and the signal will get stronger as you approach your pet. Not a good as a GPS system but far less costly. Don't expect this to work as well as a $400 GPS system but there are not monthly fees with this and it's worked well when my dog took off in the woods chasing a deer and other times like this. For me it's been worth the $200 but it's not the perfect solution. « Show Less
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I. Comes with everything you need to track a dog and much more. The only extra I have purchased is detailed maps. 30,00 I think. You may not need it for your application