Dog Lost In Mountains Saved Thanks To Tractive GPS Dog Tracker
Hiking with your dog can be fun, but also challenging at the same time. Here's a story from one of our very own Tractive dog parents that tells you how you can leave your worries behind during a mountain hike with your dog!
Being up on a mountain and out in the woods gives your dog the chance to do a lot of running, hunting and exploring. But what if all this freedom becomes a threat? Can your dog get lost in the mountains? How can you enjoy a worry-free hike with your best four-legged friends?
Francesca Beltrame is a young Italian woman who lives in the north of Italy near the Alps. Like every mountain lover, she fancies going hiking, and she enjoys it when her dogs come along. However, she found herself having to look for solutions to keep one of her dog safe outdoors.
Francesca and her Golden Retriever, Happy have found the answer with a Tractive smart dog tracker. In this post, they share their story with the world and let dog parents know how it can be a lifesaver.
Always know your buddy is healthy & safe
Read moreFrancesca’s story, in her own words
Before Happy’s arrival, Mac was the only dog in our family. A typical golden retriever, Mac loves playing and roaming around in nature. He is obedient to the family and polite to strangers. Mac really is a blessing of a domesticated dog! When we are outside, he never misbehaves.
My Golden Retriever never escaped. But when we adopted our second dog, all I knew about Golden Retrievers up until then suddenly changed…
Just shy of one year old, Mac made it clear that he suffered from being the only pet in the house. And then Happy arrived.
Because I’m… Happy
Happy is a hurricane! Funny and loving, he has proved himself as a disobedient wanderer from the very beginning.
And then the nightmare started.
More than once, it happened that while we were outdoors that Happy would go lost for half a day. When a dog disappears in the woods, or up on a mountain, you just have to hope he will show up again soon. Of, course it’s natural for a dog to explore the territory, but we were not used to calling back our dog home and having to wait many hours until he finally showed up again. I needed to be safer.
That’s when I started to gather some information about all possible ways to keep Happy on track. After some time spent researching for the best GPS dog tracker, I chose the one developed by Tractive.
No dogs should be kept on a leash too often. That’s why, to achieve both his happiness and our peace of mind, we are happy to use Tractive GPS whenever we get out of the flat with Happy.
You can never know where he is going to find places to satisfy his immense curiosity!
How I find Happy when he’s out wandering
When I am walking my dogs next to where I live, I like to let them go off without a leash. When this happens, Happy goes immediately up to the woods which are parallel to the main street. I keep walking there while he explores the surroundings. With my Tractive GPS, I can check that Happy does not take dangerous paths or get lost for a long time. I simply look at my phone and check his movements in the interactive map.
That scary time when the Tractive GPS saved us
Happy is a good dog and at the end of the day, he always comes back. Well, except the time I brought him for our first time to the Siusi Alps. These mountains are known for the intricate paths and the beautiful flora. I was there with Mac, Happy and my family when Happy got lost.
Whether this happened because he went after a deer, or not, this is still not clear to me. What was clear is that he was gone.
💡Then I remembered that Happy had the GPS tracker clipped on. I immediately switched on the LIVE Tracking mode and started breathing more easily the closer I got to his position. I could follow his path, live, directly on my phone and the position was so accurate that… finally there Happy was, sipping water from the source on a mountain’s edge.
What to do if you’ve got a free-spirited dog like Happy
Having a good GPS device clipped onto your dog’s collar does not mean forgetting about where your dog is heading to. On the contrary, it’s a precaution against the possibility he or she can get lost forever. Keeping the dog on a leash and on close watch is always good practice, but not always possible. Dogs need some freedom as well.
A GPS tracker is the best help you can get in case of an emergency. It’s not safe to rely on the leash or on your reflexes only. Your walks and adventures with your favourite four-legged friend will be safer and you’ll have 100% peace of mind.
💡Besides, did I mention that Tractive GPS trackers are all 100% waterproof?
Because your dog is precious to you, you should investigate your preferred way to avoid such sad episodes. No dog deserves to get lost and left alone!
For me and for my family, going out with Happy, whose Tractive GPS is well clipped to his collar, is the guarantee of a… happy ending.
Francesca Beltrame has been a happy Tractive dog parent since 2015.
With her story, she wishes to help all loving dog parents out there to be aware that every dog parent can ensure for the safety of their pets.
And if you’ve got a free-spirited dog of your own at home…
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