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Tagg—The Pet TrackerCustomer Testimonials"Tagg-The Pet Tracker is groundbreaking in that it can help owners maintain a healthier lifestyle for their pet and have a long term impact on its well-being" – Dr. Michael Ponte, Veterinarian, Florida "I've been in the industry for over 40 years, and Tagg—The Pet Tracker is the first product that got me really excited to be able to really keep pets safe." Mike Arms, President and CEO, Helen Woodward Animal Center "Knowing where he was heading allowed me to actually think instead of panic and plan instead of react." Tina Krumdick of Downers Grove, IL. |  |
 | Track and Find Your PetTagg—The Pet Tracker is a purpose-built pet tracking device that uses advanced GPS and wireless technology to help you to find your pet at anytime, giving you peace of mind. Finding Your Pet is as Simple as 1, 2, 3...
Don't Let Your Pet Become a StatisticOver 10 million pets are lost each year*. A microchip is not enough. It won't alert you if your pet is lost or show you her location. Now, if your pet strays from home, Tagg—The Pet Tracker will alert via text and email so you can find her quickly and bring her home. Your dog won't text you her whereabouts-- but we will. |
Vets and Pets Agree: A Healthy Dog is a Happy DogNine out of ten vets agree that it would be benegicial to have a device that tracks and manages a dog's activity level**, and vets also recommend that dogs get 30-60 minutes of exercise per day. Is your dog getting enough? With Activity Tracking, find out how active your pet is-and be proactive about her health and exercise. Tagg offers you a unique opportunity to know more about your pet's activity, giving you peace of mind you've never had before.
Stay in Touch with Your Pet with the Tagg AppTagg works with any cell phone with SMS. For those with smartphones, the free Tagg—The Pet Tracker app for iPhone and Android smartphones is a convenient way to stay in touch with your pet. Find her on a map, track her whereabouts, and get driving directions to her current location, right from your mobile phone. You can even find places nearby like vets, dog parks, and pet stores. |  |
 | Have More Than One Pet? Check Out Our Tagg Pet Family PlanIf you have more than one pet you would like to track with the Tagg service, you don't need to purchase an additional Tagg Tracker for each one. Simply buy one Tagg Tracker can be purchased on Amazon. To purchase Add-a-Pet Trackers, please visit tagg.com. Fits Your Dog's Collar. And His Lifestyle.Created for dogs and cats over 10 lbs., the Tagg system integrates innovative technology into a sleek and stylish tracker. The tracker is lightweight (1.16 ounces) and engineered to withstand your pet's daily activities. From swimming to rolling around, the tracker is as comfortable as it is tough. The tracker's contemporary design complements your pet's existing collar. |
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© 2012 Snaptracs, Inc., a Qualcomm company. All rights reserved. Tagg—The Pet Tracker ™, Tagg and the Tagg logo are trademarks of Snaptracs, Inc., a Qualcomm company. Service activation required. Collar sold separately. |  |
Product Description
Tagg Pet Tracker - GPS Pet Tracker and GPS Dog Tracker System Runaway pets won't stay lost for long when they are wearing the Tagg Pet Tracker. This purpose-built pet tracking device uses GPS and wireless technology to help you track your pet's location as well as activity level. With the Tagg GPS dog tracker, you can monitor your pet's location, receive notification if there is an escape and easily track where your pet has gone. Your pet wears the lightweight and water-resistant Tagg Pet Tracker right on the collar you already have. If your dog gets out of your home without you, you receive an alert via text or email. The GPS dog tracker syncs with your computer or mobile device to help you pinpoint exactly where you pet is, even showing you the route taken. Tagg's GPS dog tracker can not only help you find a lost pet: it can monitor your pet's activity level at home. Use the Tagg Pet Tracker to record and compare your dog's activity level over the course of the day or from day to day, tracking for long-term trends. Veterinarians recommend that dogs get between 30 and 60 minutes of exercise per day. Share your findings with your vet to help set daily exercise goals and determine if more activity is required. You can use the Tagg GPS pet tracker system for either your dog or your cat as long as your pet weighs 10 lbs. or more. The lithium ion battery in the tracker can last up to 30 days depending on use; charge as needed using the convenient docking station. Every year, more than 10 million pets are lost from homes. Keep your pet from becoming a statistic with a GPS pet tracker like Tagg. The easy-to-use system lets you monitor your pet using your computer or mobile device.
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349 of 356 people found the following review helpful
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I also have a Garmin GTU 10 pet tracker so I have the opportunity to take both for a spin on my cats and dogs.
This Tagg unit is smaller than Garmin. The design is nice looking and more hidden than Garmin while it's attached to the collar. So this Tagg is better for small pets such as cats or tiny breed dogs. What I don't like about the Tagg mounting is that it can snap off the collar if there is pulling on the latch, so I'm afraid I may lose it someday. The Garmin is in a secure fabric pouch but it's larger. If you have a tiny pet then this Tagg tracker is better.
The Tagg tracker communicates with the base unit to determine when the pet is close to home, unlike the Garmin which always uses GPS. Because the Tagg doesn't have to activate its GPS unless it is outside the home zone, the Tagg has better battery life. My Garmin lasts about 5 days before the battery runs out so I frequently have to take it out of the pouch to charge it. I haven't used the Tagg long enough to know how long the battery lasts, but after several days the indicator still shows full charge.
I like the actual tracking of the Garmin much better, however. When I want to know precisely where my pet is and the history of its tracks, I can see all the location updates on the map and it is really interesting to see where the pet has roamed the neighborhood when it escapes. The Garmin web and iPhone software is nicer and has more features than the Tagg software. The Tagg tracking history feature is pretty weak in comparison because it will only save a little bit of history only when you click the button, whereas Garmin keeps the track history all the time. Garmin has smoother email notifications -- when I use the Tagg email notifications sometimes I get repeating emails with the exact same info. I prefer the Garmin web tracking map; it can be expanded to large size, but the Tagg web map cannot be resized.
The Tagg tracker is limited to a circular home zone, while the Garmin can use an irregular user-defined geofence. The Garmin is better if you have a large property that has a rectangular or odd shape (not circular or square).
If you have a tiny pet and just want to know it's safe or when to chase after it, and want long battery life, then I recommend this Tagg tracker.
If you have a larger pet and you want precision track history to know exactly which neighbor is secretly feeding it yummier food, and don't mind having to charge more frequently, then I recommend the Garmin GTU 10 instead.
This Tagg unit is smaller than Garmin. The design is nice looking and more hidden than Garmin while it's attached to the collar. So this Tagg is better for small pets such as cats or tiny breed dogs. What I don't like about the Tagg mounting is that it can snap off the collar if there is pulling on the latch, so I'm afraid I may lose it someday. The Garmin is in a secure fabric pouch but it's larger. If you have a tiny pet then this Tagg tracker is better.
The Tagg tracker communicates with the base unit to determine when the pet is close to home, unlike the Garmin which always uses GPS. Because the Tagg doesn't have to activate its GPS unless it is outside the home zone, the Tagg has better battery life. My Garmin lasts about 5 days before the battery runs out so I frequently have to take it out of the pouch to charge it. I haven't used the Tagg long enough to know how long the battery lasts, but after several days the indicator still shows full charge.
I like the actual tracking of the Garmin much better, however. When I want to know precisely where my pet is and the history of its tracks, I can see all the location updates on the map and it is really interesting to see where the pet has roamed the neighborhood when it escapes. The Garmin web and iPhone software is nicer and has more features than the Tagg software. The Tagg tracking history feature is pretty weak in comparison because it will only save a little bit of history only when you click the button, whereas Garmin keeps the track history all the time. Garmin has smoother email notifications -- when I use the Tagg email notifications sometimes I get repeating emails with the exact same info. I prefer the Garmin web tracking map; it can be expanded to large size, but the Tagg web map cannot be resized.
The Tagg tracker is limited to a circular home zone, while the Garmin can use an irregular user-defined geofence. The Garmin is better if you have a large property that has a rectangular or odd shape (not circular or square).
If you have a tiny pet and just want to know it's safe or when to chase after it, and want long battery life, then I recommend this Tagg tracker.
If you have a larger pet and you want precision track history to know exactly which neighbor is secretly feeding it yummier food, and don't mind having to charge more frequently, then I recommend the Garmin GTU 10 instead.
483 of 499 people found the following review helpful
By Robert
Amazon Verified Purchase
I have had this product for about two weeks now, and would like to write a review for those who are thinking of getting one.
A few months ago, my Simba (a Shiba Inu) managed to get himself off-leash to chase a rabbit while I was walking him. He ended up in a juggle with full of woods and long grasses. He did not come back home that night. My wife did not get any sleep that night. Obviously she blamed all these to me, and I even heard divorce (I know...it sounds crazy). To make the story short, I was able to get him back from the woods the next morning after 2 hours of tree by tree searching. From this experience, I have been looking for a GPS tracking device for Simba. I want something small and light, and work with iPhone app. Nothing on the market comes close to what I was looking, until I found Tagg. Immediately I knew that this is what I have been looking for.
The product works perfect. It is very light and compact, and has a long battery life up to 30 days. You can attach it to the collar, and won't affect the dog's mobility (He is about 22 LB). With this product attached to him, I have released Simba to the woods in my backyard a few times for testing. I was able to know exactly where he was, and I could track him down if I needed to. The accuracy of tracking is amazing: within a circle of 3 yards. One time, the tracking device got lost while Simba was running in the woods. I was able to track down and find the device very easily.
So why did not I give a 5 star rating for this product? Here are a few things that you might need to be aware:
The tracking is static, not continue like a GPS navigation system. You have to activate it by pressing "Locate" in the App. It takes about 1-2 min to locate the device on the map. If your dog is running, you won't be able to see him moving on the map. Essentially, the GPS tracking function is performed on demand. While this is a drawback, but it is also probably the reason why it can have such a long battery life on such a small device. I think they can improve the product by adding a continue tracking mode.
What I dislike most about the product is its pricing scheme. The product kit (hardware) itself costs $98 from Amazon, very reasonable. But you have to pay additional $7.99 monthly service fee (Note that first 3-month is free) to use it. What comes with the service charge is email, text message notifications. You define a perimeter around your house when you setup the device. Every time when the dog goes out of the range, you will get a notification. While this is a nice service/feature to have, I don't find it is something I would pay $7.99 a month for. For a dog to get lost is an accident. It would not happen more than a few times a year. I would not want to pay a monthly fee for a few times of use each year. In fact, I would be willing to pay one time price of $200 for this product to avoid a monthly service fee.
I called their customer service about this month service charge. I was told that once the service is activated, I cannot deactivate the service. Otherwise, I would have to buy a new unit to activate the service again. In other words, to keep the device functioning, I need to have the service on all the time. If I deactivate the device after one year of use for example, I won't be able to use this device again by reactivating the service. This is totally crazy!!!
I am now on the fence as whether to keep it or return it. I hope the company will seriously consider changing the pricing scheme. I could see that they would lose a lot of customers with the current pricing strategy.
A few months ago, my Simba (a Shiba Inu) managed to get himself off-leash to chase a rabbit while I was walking him. He ended up in a juggle with full of woods and long grasses. He did not come back home that night. My wife did not get any sleep that night. Obviously she blamed all these to me, and I even heard divorce (I know...it sounds crazy). To make the story short, I was able to get him back from the woods the next morning after 2 hours of tree by tree searching. From this experience, I have been looking for a GPS tracking device for Simba. I want something small and light, and work with iPhone app. Nothing on the market comes close to what I was looking, until I found Tagg. Immediately I knew that this is what I have been looking for.
The product works perfect. It is very light and compact, and has a long battery life up to 30 days. You can attach it to the collar, and won't affect the dog's mobility (He is about 22 LB). With this product attached to him, I have released Simba to the woods in my backyard a few times for testing. I was able to know exactly where he was, and I could track him down if I needed to. The accuracy of tracking is amazing: within a circle of 3 yards. One time, the tracking device got lost while Simba was running in the woods. I was able to track down and find the device very easily.
So why did not I give a 5 star rating for this product? Here are a few things that you might need to be aware:
The tracking is static, not continue like a GPS navigation system. You have to activate it by pressing "Locate" in the App. It takes about 1-2 min to locate the device on the map. If your dog is running, you won't be able to see him moving on the map. Essentially, the GPS tracking function is performed on demand. While this is a drawback, but it is also probably the reason why it can have such a long battery life on such a small device. I think they can improve the product by adding a continue tracking mode.
What I dislike most about the product is its pricing scheme. The product kit (hardware) itself costs $98 from Amazon, very reasonable. But you have to pay additional $7.99 monthly service fee (Note that first 3-month is free) to use it. What comes with the service charge is email, text message notifications. You define a perimeter around your house when you setup the device. Every time when the dog goes out of the range, you will get a notification. While this is a nice service/feature to have, I don't find it is something I would pay $7.99 a month for. For a dog to get lost is an accident. It would not happen more than a few times a year. I would not want to pay a monthly fee for a few times of use each year. In fact, I would be willing to pay one time price of $200 for this product to avoid a monthly service fee.
I called their customer service about this month service charge. I was told that once the service is activated, I cannot deactivate the service. Otherwise, I would have to buy a new unit to activate the service again. In other words, to keep the device functioning, I need to have the service on all the time. If I deactivate the device after one year of use for example, I won't be able to use this device again by reactivating the service. This is totally crazy!!!
I am now on the fence as whether to keep it or return it. I hope the company will seriously consider changing the pricing scheme. I could see that they would lose a lot of customers with the current pricing strategy.
85 of 88 people found the following review helpful
By Stefan
Amazon Verified Purchase
I dont usually review products because they rarely live up to their promise but this product is definitely as good as it claims. This product is well designed, simple to use and works flawlessly.
How it works:
So if you arent aware of how this things works here's a summary (some of this information is available on their website, and being an engineer some of it I just inferred myself). It comes with 2 peices a base station and a collar. The collar has a cellphone chip in it and a gps receiver. It can detect that it's near the base station and in this situation it wont activate the GPS (GPS burns battery power so this functionality is key to its excellent battery life). If the collar loses the connection with the base station (your pet is outside a preset Tagg zone) it will activate the gps and send a signal through the cell chip to Tagg and they will email or text message you with a low quality map indicating where your pet is. If you activate 'tracking' it will email/text you every 3 minutes with a new map. The emailed map is quite poor but you can also track your pet on an iphone or ipad. And because it uses a cell phone singal to transmit its coordinates there's no range limitations so your pet could run off to texas from washington and you could still track it. This service costs about $8/month for the first pet and $1 for each additional pet. That might seem a little expensive but most other products costs hundreds of dollars and require you recharge the battery daily and and are not nearly as simple to use and lack many of the features like notifications or alerts.
Now the Tagg zone is an area you setup on their website to indicate where your dog is allowed to go without setting off the alerts (emails/texts). It's quite large and must be circular in shape (i would guess the radius is about 250 feet) so if you hoped to get an alert as soon as your dog ducked under the fence that's not going to happen. Now if your dog is within the Tagg Zone you normally can't locate it using the 'locate' feature, however there is a button on the base station that if pressed will ask the collar to transmit your pets GPS coordintes to Tagg and you will get a notification.
My Experience:
On a single charge the tracker lasted 3 weeks and this included my dog being outside the Tagg zone about 6 times for a combined total of about 2 hours. Each time he left i got a notification about 3 minutes after i noticed he was gone. I would grab my ipad and jump in the car and setup the 'start tracking' feature which would update his location on the ipad app map every 3 minutes. Most of the time i was able to find him within 1-2 more updates and every time he was exactly where it indicated. 3 minutes might seem like a long time and it is if your tracking a car downtown but for a dog that's just wandering up the street it's more than enough.
When the trackers battery was low, Tagg emailed me and told me to recharge it on the base station, and when it was done charging it emailed me and told me to put it back on him. It's a bit bossy, but then again so is my wife.
Pros:
*long battery life even in tracking mode
*very accurate
*inexpensive
*works anywhere you have cell phone reception
*alerts for outside Tagg zone, low battery, etc.
Cons:
*tagg zone is quite large
*emailed map is poor quality
Notes:
*only transmits coordinates when u try to locate it or in tracking mode
*tracking mode only sends coordinates every 3 minutes
How it works:
So if you arent aware of how this things works here's a summary (some of this information is available on their website, and being an engineer some of it I just inferred myself). It comes with 2 peices a base station and a collar. The collar has a cellphone chip in it and a gps receiver. It can detect that it's near the base station and in this situation it wont activate the GPS (GPS burns battery power so this functionality is key to its excellent battery life). If the collar loses the connection with the base station (your pet is outside a preset Tagg zone) it will activate the gps and send a signal through the cell chip to Tagg and they will email or text message you with a low quality map indicating where your pet is. If you activate 'tracking' it will email/text you every 3 minutes with a new map. The emailed map is quite poor but you can also track your pet on an iphone or ipad. And because it uses a cell phone singal to transmit its coordinates there's no range limitations so your pet could run off to texas from washington and you could still track it. This service costs about $8/month for the first pet and $1 for each additional pet. That might seem a little expensive but most other products costs hundreds of dollars and require you recharge the battery daily and and are not nearly as simple to use and lack many of the features like notifications or alerts.
Now the Tagg zone is an area you setup on their website to indicate where your dog is allowed to go without setting off the alerts (emails/texts). It's quite large and must be circular in shape (i would guess the radius is about 250 feet) so if you hoped to get an alert as soon as your dog ducked under the fence that's not going to happen. Now if your dog is within the Tagg Zone you normally can't locate it using the 'locate' feature, however there is a button on the base station that if pressed will ask the collar to transmit your pets GPS coordintes to Tagg and you will get a notification.
My Experience:
On a single charge the tracker lasted 3 weeks and this included my dog being outside the Tagg zone about 6 times for a combined total of about 2 hours. Each time he left i got a notification about 3 minutes after i noticed he was gone. I would grab my ipad and jump in the car and setup the 'start tracking' feature which would update his location on the ipad app map every 3 minutes. Most of the time i was able to find him within 1-2 more updates and every time he was exactly where it indicated. 3 minutes might seem like a long time and it is if your tracking a car downtown but for a dog that's just wandering up the street it's more than enough.
When the trackers battery was low, Tagg emailed me and told me to recharge it on the base station, and when it was done charging it emailed me and told me to put it back on him. It's a bit bossy, but then again so is my wife.
Pros:
*long battery life even in tracking mode
*very accurate
*inexpensive
*works anywhere you have cell phone reception
*alerts for outside Tagg zone, low battery, etc.
Cons:
*tagg zone is quite large
*emailed map is poor quality
Notes:
*only transmits coordinates when u try to locate it or in tracking mode
*tracking mode only sends coordinates every 3 minutes
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
I think it is great.
Great product. I was worried about getting this and the battery being dead or constantly having to charge it. Read more
Published 1 day ago by Susan Summit
5.0 out of 5 stars
great
Great for tracking my dog at day care to see if they are getting enough exercise and/or to see when my dog walker picks her up at lunch time for a walk.
Published 4 days ago by BizzyBee
4.0 out of 5 stars
Decent tracker
Luckily I haven't had any of the problems of other users... My tracker works fine and I know exactly where my dog is. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Princess
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing
I got the Tagg pet tracker because my Siberian Husky keeps escaping from my yard in the middle of the night. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Up North
1.0 out of 5 stars
I really wanted this to work BUT...
There are just too many problems with this tracker. We have had our tracker about 3 weeks and I'm going to return it before the 30 days is up. Read more
Published 10 days ago by rebunka
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pettracker
Great product, much easier to use than what I expected. Like the activity points tracking for our Brittany and us!
Published 11 days ago by William L. Peirson
2.0 out of 5 stars
its not working outside the US
I wanted to use it outside the us but its not supported, (there was no notification about it in the product page)
Published 15 days ago by alon
3.0 out of 5 stars
Jury Still Out
Have a new Husky puppy who like to dig and wanted something in addition to microchipping that would help find her if she managed to escape. Read more
Published 17 days ago by LCM
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not the best product for rural users! Coon hunter/ rabbit hunters-...
This GPS has potential but it also has much room for improvement! I have a medium size, 65 lb-inside dog and I live in a rural area. Read more
Published 17 days ago by Emily B. Moore
2.0 out of 5 stars
Worked well at first, then have to charge battery almost daily
I got two trackers 15 months ago for my dogs that tend to bolt out when a guest takes too long to enter the house. For the first 4 months, they worked well. Read more
Published 19 days ago by will
