Tractive GPS Dog Tracker (2025 Release with Free 6 Month Subscription) | Real-time Pet Location Tracker | Health & Wellness Alerts | Virtual Fence for Dogs | Bark Monitoring (Mint)

This GPS dog tracker has been a game-changer! The phone app is intuitive and user-friendly, making it easy to monitor my dog’s location. The tracker cleverly uses my home Wi-Fi to conserve power, and the battery lasts over a week on maximum tracking mode. Having lost two huskies in the past due to their notorious escaping habits, I was hesitant to adopt another. But after discovering this tracker, I confidently rescued a beautiful husky who’d been at the humane society for over nine months because of her escape tendencies. This device gives me peace of mind, knowing I can always find her. If I’d had this tracker years ago, I likely wouldn’t have lost my other dogs. Highly recommend for any pet owner, especially those with adventurous breeds!

This GPS tracker is awesome. Tested it out on pooch and truly tracks you to him/her. 100% better than airtag. Very easy to set up.Cool thing is my husband put collar w/tracker on Kubota RTV and drove around our 30 acres to test out live tracking. It literally tracked the entire time, even showing when he reversed, etc. It showed the decreasing # of feet back to original starting point. Tracks mph, elevation, feet. So glad I did my research and selected this tracker. We live 30 minutes from any city/town ( in the boonies) and this tracker did not disappoint.

This product is good to track your dog/cat’s exercise, but in terms of tracking their movement, it could be much better. While I was at work my dog accidentally got out of the house. Fortunately my family was able to follow her and get her back home safely, but I did not receive any alerts that she was got out. I had my notifications turned on, but did not have a geo fence set because I did not know it had to be created. It does not make sense to have a product to track a dog/cat’s whereabouts if it does not automatically notify once there are out of your WiFi range. I previously used the Whistle tracker and app for 6 years and anytime my dog and I would go for a walk, I was immediately notified that she was off our property. Tractive recently merged with Whistle so I do hope the product improves.

This tracker does just about everything it claims to do, and does it well. There's at least one big caveat to this, (which I'll deal with in a moment) and several smaller issues you should consider. The fact is that this tracker, like ALL such trackers, is not a perfect solution. It has several shortcomings, but if you're unfortunate enough to lose your dog, it's still way better than no tracker at all.1. The tracker is fairly compact, and fits securely on a standard collar.CAVEAT: it does add a little weight to your dog's collar, and although the manufacturer claims it can be worn by dogs as small as 8.8 lbs, if your dog is much under 25 lbs you might want to consider attaching it to their harness instead of the collar.2. The tracker is well-made, well designed, and looks like it will last a while. It allows you to set up power-saving zones (in your house, for example) in order to conserve the battery's charge.CAVEAT: it's a rechargeable device, so like all such devices, its lifespan is defined by the eventual failure of the battery. At that point you'll just have to discard a perfectly good, functional tracker because the battery's not replaceable. Such is the bane of rechargeable devices in a throw-away culture.Also, although the manufacturer claims "up to 14 days" between charges, my experience is that it's closer to a week when you have a power-saving zone active, and 4 or 5 days without. The app will notify you when the battery's running low.3. The tracker mostly provides an accurate picture of where your dog is.CAVEAT: the trace you see on the map is not always dead accurate, but that's not the tracker's fault; due to the vagaries of GPS, it can't be. But it's close enough to enable you to see pretty well where Fido is, and when you set the tracker to record a walk, for example, it's usually very accurate.4. The tracker's a breeze to set up, and connects well with WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and cellular signals.CAVEAT- AND THIS IS THE BIG ONE: to work effectively, the tracker needs all four systems available. If you're in an area with no cell coverage, you can't track your dog. In fact, you won't even be able to check their health metrics without a cell signal.We bought two of these units for our dogs because we were taking them with us into the wild blue yonder of Canada. Well, not exactly the wilderness per se, but a fairly isolated house in the woods. We had WiFi and GPS, but no cellular coverage. In this scenario, the trackers simply don't work. This can be a big problem, because this is exactly the kind of location in which you want to be able to find your dog. It seems like the tracker should be able to locate and track your dog with just the GPS signal and WiFi (for your phone) but no.So the bottom line is this: if you spend most of your time in your neighborhood or traveling in towns and cities, this is an excellent tracker. But venture anywhere without cellular coverage, and you're SOL as far as locating your dog is concerned. The 'radar' function will work, but that just uses your phone's Bluetooth and has a limited range (100ft if you're lucky, 30ft or less if you're not) and isn't particularly helpful as it indicates the proximity of your dog, but not the direction.To be clear, this is far better than having no tracker at all, and WAY better than Air Tags, which rely on your dog being close to people with iPhones or other Apple devices. But don't assume that this tracker will work in all situations. As the manufacturer correctly claims, the device is "rugged enough for outdoor adventures." Just be sure that those adventures don't take you too far off the beaten track and out of cellular coverage, because then you're truly in the wilderness.

Difficult to use and set up, blue tooth never worked. Not user friendly at all. Can't get bluetooth to work. Subscription costs are high

I haven’t been able to use this yet as I paid for a 6-month subscription and cannot move forward unless I pay again. No instructions on how to activate subscription I purchased from Amazon.Will update once I’m able to use.

Best purchase we’ve made! We live on several acres, unfenced and rural. We have a doggie door but for the most part, the pups stay near the house. We recently got a new pup (hound mix) who doesn’t quite know/respect boundaries yet. This tracker alerts us as soon as he leaves our set “safe zone” so that we know to immediately call him home. Plus it shows his most frequently visited areas (he loves the stream behind the house) and “real time” location. The peace of mind is priceless!

Actually a really good product and its not expensive at all. I even had someone let my dog outside in the uard while I was at work and I love the real time feedback. Makes me happy and I know my doggo is safe at all times. Just remember to set up the wifi usage so your battery doesnt burn so fast. Only lasts about a week without it being located near your wifi. Will be definitely looking forward to using updated devices in the future. Great product.