Whistle 3 Dog & Cat GPS Tracker & Activity Monitor

Well, I REALLY wanted to LOVE this unit... Love the concept but unless you have good ATT coverage it is virtually useless! I got mine today and I live in Grosse Pointe MI. The cellular for AT&T is only 8% --- USELESS to track my dog in my area. SO SAD as I really wanted it to work. MAKE SURE you have good AT&T coverage if you want to purchase it. If NOT don't waste your money. I have GREAT Verizon coverage. Not sure why they won't offer it.

Ive had my whistle3 for a few days now and so far haven't had great luck. I took my dog for an on leash walk at first to test it out and it could not locate him until we were at least a quarter mile from home. After the first 1/4 mile it seemed to work great. Then today he took off into the woods and the device could not be located. Fortunately he didnt go far and returned pretty quick so now im wondering if the device will not work until he is at least a 1/4 mile away from home. According to the AT&T coverage map, i have great coverage here. I noticed in one of the FAQ that there is something about a 35meter zone around the home wifi that the location won't update which seems to be about the Ive had my whistle3 for a few days now and so far haven't had great luck. I took my dog for an on leash walk at first to test it out and it could not locate him until we were at least a quarter mile from home. After the first 1/4 mile it seemed to work great. Then today he took off into the woods and the device could not be located. Fortunately he didnt go far and returned pretty quick so now im wondering if the device will not work until he is at least a 1/4 mile away from home. According to the AT&T coverage map, i have great coverage here. I noticed in one of the FAQ that there is something about a 35meter zone around the home wifi that the location won't update which seems to be about the distance i am having trouble with. Once outside that zone it seems to work great, i would just like to be able to locate my little guy before he gets too far away from home. … more

The idea is great... real work functionality not so much. The tracking is slow and often delayed; even in a metro area such as Houston. There is a delay of when the collar leaves WiFi before an alert is sent... when refresh is set to 3 mins, it can actually be 6-10 minutes for an alert to be issued. Battery- terrible! Much better than first generation TAGG, but if you take your bud to the park or anywhere outside your WiFi, be prepared to charge. Support is on point- great group of folks. This was not the device for us... Looking forward to testing FI which has month long battery and Att Lte-m coverage!

Since these kinds of collars require a cellular network for tracking, I expected the level of constant, accurate location tracking I get navigating with my cell phone. You will not get that level of tracking from these kinds of GPS collars, but the Whistle is better than its competitors because you can adjust it to track location once a minute. I think there are $500+ GPS collars that hunters use for tracking their dogs in real time, but they're big clunky expensive things, so the Whistle is what I've stuck with. I only found out it wasn't constantly location tracking after I ordered the collar, that information is hard to find before you buy the device. My dog can cover a lot of distance in Since these kinds of collars require a cellular network for tracking, I expected the level of constant, accurate location tracking I get navigating with my cell phone. You will not get that level of tracking from these kinds of GPS collars, but the Whistle is better than its competitors because you can adjust it to track location once a minute. I think there are $500+ GPS collars that hunters use for tracking their dogs in real time, but they're big clunky expensive things, so the Whistle is what I've stuck with. I only found out it wasn't constantly location tracking after I ordered the collar, that information is hard to find before you buy the device. My dog can cover a lot of distance in a minute, so that only gives me an approximate location for her, but the competitor only logs location about every 5 minutes, and only lasts about 4 hours once it's tracking your dog. The whistle lasts 1-2 days in the once-per-minute tracking mode, and 5 days or more in the once-per-6 minute tracking mode. That is the best battery life I've seen on the market. The app is also substantially more user friendly than the competitor (although I had to pick a breed for her to use the app and since she's a mix of more than 8 dog breeds and "mixed" or "Texas swamp rat" is not an option, I just googled "brindle dogs" and picked the one that looks most like her). I don't really care about activity monitoring (I live in an apartment, I know exactly how active my dog is), however the activity monitoring is more accurate in whistle compared to others. It differentiates between play and running and it doesn't log activity when she's not active (seems silly, but the competitor logs activity while the device is sitting on a shelf). It gives you badges and achievements when you hit certain activity milestones, so I guess that can help if you want an app to encourage you to increase your dog's activity. My creature comes over and starts smacking me in the head until I take her out to run, so I have plenty of encouragement without the app. The device is also water and dust proof. My dog swims and splashes and bathes like a duck in stagnant ponds and then rolls in tall grass and sand (her version of a spa treatment I guess?), and the whistle has withstood that. The Tile I have with the same rating for waterproofing did not survive her. … more

We decided to purchase the Whistle 3 so hopefully we would not have to worry about our cat’s location again. When we let him outside the minute he leaves the designated safe zone we are alerted. We know right where to locate him to bring him home. It gives us a great peace of mind

All I want is accurate tracking and location information. Anything else is superfluous and just gets in the way. Nearly every day and frequently several times per day I get false alerts about my dog being away from home. She can be lying next to me on the couch in the living room and I still get alerts. Highly counter productive! I also have not been able to turn the activity reporting off. These screens come up first when I look at the app before I can check on my dog’s location. Again, annoying, counter productive, and totally useless to me.

Perhaps I missed the obvious but I was totally disappointed to learn AFTER I made the purchase that in order to use it you had to subscribe to cellular service in order for it to work. The monthly fee seems really high.

Microchip only goes so far. Our boy is ACTIVE and loves to play and wrestle. Contrary to what many have said, my whistle has not broken or fallen off. The only qualm I have against it is that it’s rubber attachment to attach device to collar is really hard to take off and put on (hence why I’ve never had an issue with my dog wrestling and destroying it). Double edged sword. Would recommend, 100%.

Very easy to use and set up. However a very active Labrador may challenge it to last the length of my gps subscription.

I love that I can locate our potential escape artist and that I can track his activity, too. Easy to set up and use.