Never Lose Your Best Friend Again With A GPS Dog Collar

By Adam Webster

The GPS dog collar is a wonderful idea for anyone that finds themselves combing their neighborhood regularly for their lost dog. The technology has advanced and it is not so straight forward one unit transmitting its coordinates to another. People are using the collars to effectively train their animals or they are using the devices to expand on favorite pastimes with their pets.

There are units that can track more than one dog at a time. Yes, they are wonderful for people that have a multiple dog home. But hunters are getting a lot for their money because some of these units can track up to ten dogs at one time.

Training is a long term project with any dog. Just because your dog starts to show signs of success doesn%u2019t mean that you should allow him to roam unattended. Dogs need supervision. The whole point of having a GPS locator in your dog%u2019s collar is to find the dog if he is lost while hoping to never actually having to use it.

There are units that can track two or more dogs at once and there are units that can be programmed to detect when Fido goes past a virtual fence line. The fence line will have to be programmed by you. Once you enter the information, it can be saved, so that you only have to do it once. You can be alerted by a hand held device or even by your cell phone when your dog wanders too far.

Strong rewards for your dog when he stays where he is supposed to be will help him maintain the boundary. Affirmation often works better than punishment and you want your dog to learn to stay close. Should the unthinkable happen and your dog is lured out of his boundary by an animal or an unscrupulous human you will have a better chance of him sticking around if he has been trained to stay within the boundaries.

Using a GPS dog collar does not mean that you should not follow leash laws or allow your pet to wander around unsupervised. However, this can eliminate the electric shock collars that are sold to prevent dogs form wandering off their property. With good, consistent training and the use of this technology, you should be able to train your dog so that they know when they have traveled too far off your property.

If you live in an area where dog fighting is popular or if you own an expensive breed of dog, this GPS collar can help you and the police locate your dog. People have had their dogs stolen right out of their yards. By using the model that will alarm when the dog is taken outside the virtual fence line, you will instant notification that something is amiss.

They do not call them man%u2019s best friend for nothing, we love our dogs and they are a part of our families. A GPS dog collar is truly a gift for you and your little friend will probably love it, too. - 29953

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