Track your dog on your mobile phone

GPS dog-collar manufacturer Retrieva and mobile phone sat-nav specialists ViewRanger have unveiled new updates to their dog collar and software combination that allows you to track your dog on your mobile phone. The new features help you to predict where your runaway dog may be headed.

The ViewRanger mobile phone software communicates with the Retrieva tracking collar via SMS text and can show you the speed that your dog is travelling and the direction in which it is heading.  The software automatically combines with detailed street and topographic maps to give a visual indication of where your dog is likely to be located. Additional new features include global map coverage with street map and topographic basemap coverage and better reporting of the Retrieva collar status, including battery state, within the ViewRanger software. The update is included in new firmware within the Retrieva collars and within the latest ViewRanger sat-nav software.  The ViewRanger software is included in-the-box with every Retrieva tracking collar. Pedigree breed dog owners, search and rescue dog teams in the UK, and working dogs in Scandinavia have all benefited from this co-operation.