Doggie GPS- Global Pet Finder and the Garmin Astro

Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:03PM EDT

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It's every pet owner's worst nightmare: your dog runs away from home. Some pups are chronic escape artists, and the anxiety and fear for owners is extreme. But with the Global Pet Finder, or GPF, you'll always know Rover's location.

The Global Pet Finder is a GPS dog collar that your pooch wears at all times. It has a unique ID that constantly monitors your dog's whereabouts. You log into the Global Petfinder website and a map pops up showing where your dog is currently located.
The Global Pet Finder can also send a text message to your cell phone if the dog leaves the perimeter of your yard. 

One caveat — if the dog is out of cell phone range, his location can not be transmitted or tracked. An alternative solution for areas without cell phone service is the Garmin Astro dog tracker. It's a much more cumbersome device that the dog wears strapped to its back. But the Astro uses its own radio signal to transmit the location of the dog to the handheld GPS receiver that the owner carries. If the dog is within five miles of the owner, the receiver uses a compass interface to point the owner to the dog. This solution is best suited to hunting or camping with your dog.

http://www.globalpetfinder.com/

http://www8.garmin.com/astro/ 

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  • 1 Posted by glenatz on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:10PM EDT Report Abuse

    i like this product a lot, it will help me easily find my ever dearest pet. thanks to modern technology and the creativity of men!!! it has the best features that i needed most!!!

  • 2 Posted by bizboy13 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:08PM EDT Report Abuse

    Keep them on a leash and you don't need one more gadget. Where in the world does it stop ? I think the people who buys this have too much money.

  • 3 Posted by breadon@snet.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:12PM EDT Report Abuse

    hmmm keep him on a leash? what an idea! what if he spys a squirrl or rabbit and pulls away? my dog is 75 pounds of muscle and when she sees a squirrl your goin for a ride!at least with this i can find her again if she dosen't come on call not all do no matter how well trained

  • 4 Posted by mradequate on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:27PM EDT Report Abuse

    Funny that the article does not mention the downside, namely the battery. Battery life is short so you have a finite amount of time to locate your pet before the collar quits transmitting. If you do not immediately know your pet is missing, say overnite, the device may already be useless. Your success with this device is directly measured by how well you maintain it.

  • 5 Posted by marine295@ymail.com on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:07PM EDT Report Abuse

    yea if you keep your dog on a leash or get a fenced in yard you shouldn't have any problems. Also it is called training you pet. All my dogs come to me on command no matter what they might see. I have no problems at all to let my dogs rome my front yard with me out front and another person with their dog on a leash walks by and making my dogs obey my commands. Its called making your dog know who the Alpha-male is.

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