Who has one? Do you like it? Who wants one (besides me!)?
I have a breed-standard Siberian Husky escape artist, and I can’t count the number of times it would have been helpful to be able to track his route online instead of guessing which way he went and driving aimlessly around.
It even texts/emails you when they leave a predefined area! (Like my super reinforced backyard, that little jerk…)
So, who’s buying it for me for Christmas?? 
Bump!
Has anyone tried this yet? It looks very interesting. I’m thinking it could be a good Christmas present, but I’m wondering how well it works.
Any feedback?
I haven’t seen one. I’d imagine it’s similar to the “Find my iPad/iPhone” application. You can see the location of your device on a website, people have used it to figure out the location of a stolen device and send the police there to recover it. I used it to find a lost iPad (son left it at friend’s house)…the map did show the location down to the street address, though it was no help at finding it inside the house, that took some old fashioned hunting around and looking between couch cushions. Probably accurate enough for finding an animal more quickly, since you can call the animal once you are in the vicinity ;).
I’d find out what reception is like where you live and where the dog goes, maybe by testing it with a GPS enabled phone or portable GPS device. I know with the GPS in my car (and on the iPad), there are some areas around here without a good line to the satellites (heavy tree cover). Any GPS device has to be able to find three satellites to determine it’s location.
http://www.gundogsupply.com/tracking-collars.html
are used by the hunting dog people- tried and true. They cost more up front than that TAGG system, but there’s no monthly service fee, probably cheaper in the long run.
I have the Tracker GPS system for my two beagles and it is a great thing to have. It does not let you know if you pet has 'broken out" of their alloted compound, however. The hunting dog GPS systems are best used when taking the dogs out and about and being able to locate them once they are out of sight. The Tracker that I have has a range of 8-12 miles LINE OF SIGHT. GPS signals can vary depending on the terrain and cover.
Garmin makes a pretty cool tracker called the Astro 320 that I am investigating. Much more sophisticated and also pretty pricey.
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