Whistle 3 Dog & Cat GPS Tracker & Activity Monitor

Don’t get this product if you get snow or temps in your area fall under freezing. It won’t update the location. If it falls off and location won’t update while battery working your out of luck when it comes to this product. They will not replace its lost even if it’s the devices own fault for not finding due to its own technical errors in the cold. It does work in the warmth and predicts the area of pet fairly close. It does work for cats and the charge is fast. There are other issues with it though sometimes it will get stuck on the charge icon and will not locate animal after charged this can be fixed by recharging it and opening app after right after taking off charging station before you Don’t get this product if you get snow or temps in your area fall under freezing. It won’t update the location. If it falls off and location won’t update while battery working your out of luck when it comes to this product. They will not replace its lost even if it’s the devices own fault for not finding due to its own technical errors in the cold. It does work in the warmth and predicts the area of pet fairly close. It does work for cats and the charge is fast. There are other issues with it though sometimes it will get stuck on the charge icon and will not locate animal after charged this can be fixed by recharging it and opening app after right after taking off charging station before you let animal out. This product is not bad but it still has kinks in it. It will not work in the wintertime under temps of 32 do not depend on this product if you live in the cold. If it warm where you are then great it will work. … more

We have a dog that likes to run which is how I found Whistle. And while I read other reviews that said it wasn’t reliable I didn’t heed their advice. I decided to write a review in case it helps someone else. Our Whistle typically only updated his location when we plugged it in at night. We drove from Ohio to NY and it took over 36 hours for Whistle to detect he wasn’t home. Sometimes it would notify us he was away from home, which was great minus the fact the notification was based on a location from 8 hours ago and we were indeed at home. It didn’t matter if it was our house, another part of town or another state. It also has a large foot print for a safe location. We sit on a 1/3 acre lot, We have a dog that likes to run which is how I found Whistle. And while I read other reviews that said it wasn’t reliable I didn’t heed their advice. I decided to write a review in case it helps someone else. Our Whistle typically only updated his location when we plugged it in at night. We drove from Ohio to NY and it took over 36 hours for Whistle to detect he wasn’t home. Sometimes it would notify us he was away from home, which was great minus the fact the notification was based on a location from 8 hours ago and we were indeed at home. It didn’t matter if it was our house, another part of town or another state. It also has a large foot print for a safe location. We sit on a 1/3 acre lot, and his safety zone spanned multiple houses. So if you are ok your pet could be 3 houses away and “safe” you will be ok. For us we wanted to know when he escaped the yard. Please don’t waste your money. The concept is great but if we ever really needed it I am confident it would not have helped. We have ended our subscription after 4 months as we were wasting money and praying it would magically work. I feel we gave it enough time and tried enough areas, rural, suburbs and urban. Multiple states, different WiFi safe zones, with no improvement in accuracy. We even checked ATT coverage and should have been well within the service area. … more

We bought these after one of our Newfoundland dogs went missing for the day. We live in the country and they go and explore but always come back an hour or so later. This time one came back but the other didn’t. She finally came back around 1 in the morning. We never wanted to feel helpless like that again. We bought 2 of these trackers and have been using them for little over a month. I cannot begin to tell you how amazing the Whistle Trackers are. Whistle tracks their whereabouts and keep track of their activity levels too. I cannot tell you the peace of mind we have now that we would never have had in the past. We know where to go find them if we need them to come home. I can not recommend We bought these after one of our Newfoundland dogs went missing for the day. We live in the country and they go and explore but always come back an hour or so later. This time one came back but the other didn’t. She finally came back around 1 in the morning. We never wanted to feel helpless like that again. We bought 2 of these trackers and have been using them for little over a month. I cannot begin to tell you how amazing the Whistle Trackers are. Whistle tracks their whereabouts and keep track of their activity levels too. I cannot tell you the peace of mind we have now that we would never have had in the past. We know where to go find them if we need them to come home. I can not recommend this product enough. These trackers are worth every penny we paid. The other day I got a notification saying one of my dogs had been resting more than normal and I got another one today saying that she has been more active the past few days. I paid for a year of monitoring but after this year I will pay for the next 2 years. So glad we decided to buy our Whistle Trackers. … more

The Whistle pet tracker works just as advertised. I have found almost no lag in time with our cat's location on my cell phone map. The notice of the cat's return home is a nice feature too. The fit between the unit and its base is rather tight, making it difficult to remove the unit from the band for charging. However, I suspect that will become easier over time. Great product.

Our Australian Shepherd, Sophie, is a wonderful, spirited 14 month old puppy. We are working hard on training her and she has all the standard commands pretty much down pat. Except when those two deer ran by and her instincts kicked in. We were in a panic and couldn't find her for several hours. Someone found her after she had chased the deer through brambles, bogs and marshes. What a mess. But we would never have found her. She may have found her way home, but we weren't sure. 4 miles away. That day we knew that we needed a tracking device. Whistle came highly recommended and we are thrilled. Great app, good maps, tons of messages - when one of us walks her the other knows where we Our Australian Shepherd, Sophie, is a wonderful, spirited 14 month old puppy. We are working hard on training her and she has all the standard commands pretty much down pat. Except when those two deer ran by and her instincts kicked in. We were in a panic and couldn't find her for several hours. Someone found her after she had chased the deer through brambles, bogs and marshes. What a mess. But we would never have found her. She may have found her way home, but we weren't sure. 4 miles away. That day we knew that we needed a tracking device. Whistle came highly recommended and we are thrilled. Great app, good maps, tons of messages - when one of us walks her the other knows where we are. So far she has not escaped again, and I hope she doesn't. But "in case" we'll be able to find her. … more

Battery has short life. Charging every day and half. Hard to tweak the safe zone so lots of unnecessary alerts. However, had one quick escape and were able to locate pet in under 5 minutes. Tracker did its job!

I purchased the Whistle 3 for my large lab back in August. I was impressed by the app, the customer service, and the quality. It gave me piece of mind as she sometimes runs when she hears a gun shot. The problem is that I have multiple dogs. My puppy kept pulling it off of the larger lab's collar and the dogs would chew it up. The company first sent me a replacement. So when I got the second GPS replacement from Whistle, I would only put it on the dog when she went out. (Attached to her inground fence collar)Today sadly I lost the THIRD GPS replacement while my dogs were outside running supervised. The puppy pulled it off and my large lab played a "try to take it from me" game. It I purchased the Whistle 3 for my large lab back in August. I was impressed by the app, the customer service, and the quality. It gave me piece of mind as she sometimes runs when she hears a gun shot. The problem is that I have multiple dogs. My puppy kept pulling it off of the larger lab's collar and the dogs would chew it up. The company first sent me a replacement. So when I got the second GPS replacement from Whistle, I would only put it on the dog when she went out. (Attached to her inground fence collar)Today sadly I lost the THIRD GPS replacement while my dogs were outside running supervised. The puppy pulled it off and my large lab played a "try to take it from me" game. It was all chewed up. I was grateful Whistle 3 sent me prior replacements even though they do not warranty against chewing. But what I really wish the company would do is design a better attachment/strap for this incredible device. A rubber strap is not tough enough for a playful pooch. And a product meant for dogs safety should be dog proof. SO IF YOU HAVE ONE DOG, THIS IS A SPECTACULAR PRODUCT!! If you have more then one dog, and your dogs play and/or chew-the $79 purchase price and almost $95 yearly subscription is a lot to loose. Whistle 3 did reimburse me $69 of my unused subscription which was nice. I hope they do a redesign soon because I am going to miss this product more than I miss the $79 purchase price. Pretty bummed out, Guinevere J … more

We bought this for our flight risk foster pup. It’s well worth the $75 + $99 subscription. It’s not exact when reading the location but it’s close enough. I feel very confident that if she ever ran again, we would locate her quickly.

System comes with tons of hidden fees and extra monthly charges and cancellation fees. Buyer beware. Also the systems lag time is awful. And the accuracy is awful as well.

I bought this after my first edition Whistle finally died. I was happy to see that the Whistle was upgraded so I purchased one. I can tell you now that I have had better luck tracking my husky now on my own then using this Whistle product. It would never tell me the dog left home zone until 20-30 minutes later so it gave him extra run time before I streamed looking for him. Then when I would start the app wouldn’t update the position of where he was. Another thing was that we would get notfications in the middle of the night that he has left the safe zone just to find him sleeping at the bottom of the bed. Numerous calls to customer service did not help with anything. I am looking did I bought this after my first edition Whistle finally died. I was happy to see that the Whistle was upgraded so I purchased one. I can tell you now that I have had better luck tracking my husky now on my own then using this Whistle product. It would never tell me the dog left home zone until 20-30 minutes later so it gave him extra run time before I streamed looking for him. Then when I would start the app wouldn’t update the position of where he was. Another thing was that we would get notfications in the middle of the night that he has left the safe zone just to find him sleeping at the bottom of the bed. Numerous calls to customer service did not help with anything. I am looking did a better tracker now because I love my dog too much to trust this service with his well being. … more