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

Name of the game for tracking/ecollar will be Garmin. If you want a very basic system, the Garmin 550 Pro has a very basic arrow/footage indicator on the controller. Alternatively if you just need gps in emergency, we use a Garmin 550 standard ecollar (no gps) and a Tractive collar that runs off cel

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

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 highly recommend getting a E-collar preferably Garmin or something with a good reputation for working over distance and water proof. Hes 2 he will still be trainable, be patient they love to work for you but can be sensitive. They absolutely need structure and routine and need to run at least a ho

Here's an article that addresses all the issues with them. While I have no experience with GPS collars, I can tell you Garmin tracking collars are only accurate enough to get within eyesight of the dog. And it gets worse in the woods. Another thing to look out for is the update rate. Ever used a che

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

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

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.