Garmin vs. Dogtra

[Phil C]

Matt and Garry are spot on with the feed back provided on the Alpha and the 550 Plus.
If Garmin adds the ability to mark the truck they will have they will have everything I would ever need in a collar.
If you don’t need that feature you will love the 550 Plus.
Simple and easy to use.

[C.O.B.]

I have used the Dogtra collar for years. It has the locator and point/beep function I like when hunting grouse. The cover is thick and often I can't see the dog who might be only 30 yards away. However as I hunt in wolf country I'm also looking for a GPS collar that will incorporate the locator, stimulus, and point functions. A lot of the collars on the market have way more functions than I'll ever use. I have a GArmin hand held GPS unit I use to mark the truck so that's not a problem.

[John Davis]

I'm not too worried about getting back home, the horse can usually find his way back to the barn.

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by John Davis

I'm not too worried about getting back home, the horse can usually find his way back to the barn.

we just may not have that much horse-sense


the idea of the tracking collar is to know where the dog is - I can't hear him, but i can find him

I always carry a compass, but the GPS is still nice to have along