Alpha 200i

We used to have a farm/cottage property that had very poor cell reception so I bought a Garmin GPS collar for my daughter’s dog. It was a little clunky as it needed its own dedicated receiver but it was totally reliable and the collar battery was good for a couple of days. My daughter’s dog is very

If you want something that is going to work in the woods every time, Garmin is the answer. Any of the GPS collars that use cell service will fail outside of populated areas. A barebones garmin setup is over $700 so it's not a casual investment, but it also doesn't require any subscriptions like the

Garmin alpha 100 is what I use, the 200 came out right after I got mine and it looks to be even better. I think they have a few different versions of it out now. Massive range, great tracking and it has tone, stim(nip and constant), vibe. We use the tone for long range recall, nip for reinforcement

We use a garmin GPS collar on both of ours (like the ones a lot of hunters use). They’re great, but expensive. You can track them up to 9 miles and the collars can beep, vibrate, and shock. We trained ours that the beep means come back. The vibrate is basically used as a deterrent or if they’re lock

I'm a long time Garmin users and consider them the top tier...not flawless, but the pros vastly outweigh the cons. Garmin uses GPS in the collar and the handheld, but uses unlicensed RF between the collar and the remote. So you rely on the RF signal to know where your dog is I have the alpha 300i, w

I have the Garmin Alpha 300i with TT25 collars for my bird dogs and like it a lot. I had the 200i with TT15 minis prior. I prefer the 25’s. My friend has the Dogtra Pathfinder for her 4 GSP’s and she really likes it.

If you can stomach the cost, I'm a fan of the Garmin Alpha 200/300 series. It might be overkill for some, but being able to track where and how many miles my dogs have gone is pretty fun to see and allows me to plan for rest periods to keep from overworking them during hunting season. I can also pul

Like others has mentioned, We have a farm garmin gps collar that has an ecollar function on it. We helped reinforce recall with the shock. There are many videos out there about it. Also these dogs are made to run , we do at least an hour if not more of off lease adventures a day - she runs , chases

You are right about Garmin and similar systems that use radio frequency communication. They use radio frequency communication directly between the collar and a handheld device, so they don't need any cellular coverage at all. Those work great in remote areas with zero cell service. And while they ar

The Garmin Alpha series with Track and Train collars. You can find used previous generations for cheaper but they use GPS and are way more reliable. They also don’t have any monthly fees.