Some pet GPS trackers that worked fine in 2023 are completely dead in Australia now, and it has nothing to do with the device breaking. Vodafone closed its 3G network in January 2024, and Telstra and Optus followed on 28 October 2024 after two delays — today, 3G is completely dark across all of Australia,…
A dog owner named Colin Mortimer noticed his AirTag was missing from his dog’s collar, opened the Find My app, and hit play on the sound. It was coming from inside his dog’s stomach. That’s not a hypothetical warning — it’s a documented case, and it’s exactly why this question keeps coming up. Apple’s own…
A GPS collar has exactly one job that matters more than any other: telling you the moment your dog gets out. Both Fi and Tractive occasionally fail at that exact job — and real owners have the receipts to prove it. Every spec-sheet comparison of these two will tell you the same thing: Tractive updates…
Written for dog and cat owners in the United States Here’s something that happens to almost every pet owner at least once: you look up from whatever you were doing and realize your dog isn’t where you left them. The back gate is open. The garden is empty. And that specific kind of cold, sinking…
