Protect Your Pet With A GPS Pet Locator

By Adam Webster

When the kids brought that darn little puppy home in a box you swore that you would not get attached to her. Now she seems almost as much a part of the family as they are. You just went to get her out of her kennel and now she is gone. If only you had bought that GPS pet locator you saw at the pet store last time you were there.

Another story of the usefulness of this device is found in with a pet who spends most of her day in the house with you. One day as you answer the door to let in a guest your precious pet runs out the door and disappears. Before you can call her back into the house, she is gone.

If only you had a GPS locator on that pets collar like the one in your car. Then you could know immediately where the pet is at.

While some of the units come attached to their own collar, others will fit onto your pets own collar. This allows them to be used on any sized dog. Earlier units worked best on medium sized dogs. The newer ones have solved this problem. As long as the dog has it's collar, you can find its location almost anywhere.

There are two types of services available for your pet. One allows you to set a boundary within which to pet can roam freely. If the pet crosses the boundary, then you will be alerted, either by cell phone call or by e-mail if you are not available on the cell. You will have the pets location and immediately be able to start your search.

The second type of unit does not set a boundary, but anytime you cannot find your pet missing, you call the alert number and the pet's location is relayed to you.

There are some limitations to GPS pet locators. Some terrain causes them to not work as well as they do in others. In addition, some of the locators do not work for the smaller dogs.

For most of the areas in the country and most animals using their own collars, the GPS units work great.

Some pet locators have a button on the device that can be pressed if your pet if found by a stranger. The device sends a signal of a lost pet to the monitor company. This is an additional security measure other than setting a boundary for your pet.

When a pet is missing people offer large rewards for that pets return. Instead, you could take defensive action and provide your pet with a GPS pet locator for about one hundred dollars plus a small monthly service charge.

Today we have the additional worry of pet thieves. People will steal your dog in order to make a profit by selling him or her to another person. The GPS pet locator makes recovery of a stolen pet much more likely that if the dog has no unit around its neck.

Why not give the best protection available to make sure that you can find a lost pet. That dog will come home with its tail wagging. - 29895

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