I often go on outings, and I want to buy a GPS dog fence collar for Buddy

[Lee Kevin]

I am alone with Buddy at home. Sometimes I feel too lonely, so I will take Buddy to meet friends. We often go out together to remote suburbs. We will camp and stay outside, but I am worried that Buddy will run away. You know he is very active and I can't run faster than him. I need to create a safe area to prevent him from running away. I already have a fence collar, Mimofpet, but it does not have the functions I want, such as real-time tracking. Do you have any good recommendations?

 

[CorvusCorax]

Hello and welcome to the forum. With a huge dollop of 'benefit of the doubt' here, and as someone who has camped and travelled overseas with my dogs extensively, there are many ways to prevent them from running away, rather than travelling with/rigging up a fence system/keeping it charged. Keep him on a line and a screw-in post when you are with him. Put him in the vehicle or a cage/crate when you cannot supervise him. if you are worried about him running away from you when you are there, definitely a leash and work on your relationship/recall.

 

[Widgeon]

Keep him on a line and a screw-in post when you are with him. Put him in the vehicle or a cage/crate when you cannot supervise him.

Yes definitely this, as the owner of a terrier (which are renowned for doing whatever they like regardless of previous training received!) a long line and screw in post are super useful for camping. Secure, easy to set up and use, and lightweight to carry.

 

[Smitty]

I don't get the screw in post. I whack a tent peg into the ground with a piece of baler twine or something trapped in the hook bit. Doesn't pull out and if ground is bit hard, still works. I have never seen a screw in post screwed right in and have experienced no end of dogs just pulling them out on campsites.

 

[CorvusCorax]

I don't get the screw in post. I whack a tent peg into the ground with a piece of baler twine or something trapped in the hook bit. Doesn't pull out and if ground is bit hard, still works. I have never seen a screw in post screwed right in and have experienced no end of dogs just pulling them out on campsites.

A screw in post has held my GSDs, although mine is very large and I put it right in. I doubt a tent peg and baler twine would.

 

[Smitty]

Well CC, I admire anyone who can get those things all the way in. My friend certainly couldnt with her big dog simply walking off with it attached most of the time and a lady I was parked near to last year was struggling with one in the hard ground to secure her small dog. Having said thar, I'm inclined to use a bit of string through a car wheel spoke thingy or mine is usually tied to something on my van nowadays as he likes to get in my way.

 

[poiuytrewq]

I don't camp in the suberbs with my dog but a horse lunge line is extremely useful. I use one when I'm going the horses (on the dog!) all the time. There's usually something to hook the handle loop over or tie too where ever I am.