We are getting a greyhound finally next weekend. Been in the list for quite a while and a dog appropriate to our home finally came up! His name is greg. Since sighthounds can cover a lot of distance quickly, if they ever get loose they can be out of your sight in no time. Lots of people talk about gps trackers but it seems a lot of people don't actually use them. Anyone here have any experience? Seems all subscription based but the monthly cost is cheap insurance to me.
Also if anyone has any greyhound experience I'd love to hear it!
Joey
I think people who travel to hunt with dogs are a more likely crowd to use something like that.
Maybe a bird dog forum if no one here chimes in?
My dad has greyhounds. No form of tracking on them. They're really not that difficult. They can move fast, but they don't move fast for long. Much like Vin Diesel, they live their lives a quarter mile at a time. Doesn't leave a big radius you have to search for them if they get loose.
Give them a walk in the morning and a walk in the afternoon, and they'll be nicely relaxed.
Is it creepy that my uncle Greg has a greyhound that looks just like yours?
The dog has lept the 6' fence before but they never seem to lose him
Look into an APRS tracker. They require a technician level (lowest level) HAM license. The signal is picked up by HAM stations and posted on the APRS web site.
Not sure how large they are, but I bet you know someone with a 3D printer that could print a case that would go on a collar.....
He looks awesome! Congrats!
I've had two, one of which went over the rainbow bridge awhile ago 
. Lucy, the fawn one, is about 13 now. Orion, the brown & white one, believed himself to be a cat, and had this lifelong drive to be on the couch. Occasionally he would allow humans to use part of it.
Is this tracker a collar? It would definitely be helpful. The biggest problem would be that he'd need to have the collar on all the time; the usual MO for a grey breakout is that the door opens, and they accelerate to light speed before you can react; by the time you realize what happened, the dog is 200 yards downrange. They look at the door as a starting gate, so you need to have exquisite door discipline.
In reply to Beer Baron:
Truth. There was a 12 year power struggle for the couch between Orion and my wife. He would climb over 3' high gates, chairs, or whatever to get there, and was a stealth Ninja master at silently oozing up on the couch. He was so good he could slide up on the couch un-noticed, while you were sitting on the other side 
. Drove her crazy, but she would occasionally just give in, as seen above 
. Lucy has never even tried to get up on a couch or bed.
We now have Dylan (racing name Mega Chungo). Adopted him in August. He's our 4th grey and 7th sight hound (2 Salukis and a whippet in the mix). They are by far the most relaxed and easy going "dogs." More like giant cats.
Have a fenced in yard and ALWAYS keep on a lead when anywhere else. Find a harness instead of relying on just a collar. Due to the shape of the head and neck they can easily pull out of a collar. Find a martingale collar, however, as these are best for these dogs.
Be aware, 2 in 3 racing greyhounds will be diagnosed with bone cancer. If that should happen to your grey contact us immediately. We've had to deal with it twice. My wife has a large network of specialists, oncologists, and others who can help out. She puts on a charity 5k every year to support canine cancer research through Chaseawayk9cancer.org.
Congrats on giving a forever home to one lucky dog!!
And say goodbye to the couch.
Thanks guys! I know a tracker is probably over kill but we are paranoid people who don't like to pay a little for peace of mind.
Don't have a GPS tracker, but got in on the Kickstarter for this, a specialized dog behavior/activity tracker. Mostly because we're always very curious just what our dog does when we're not around, and it sounded interesting.
Given their overall length is close to that of ours (a large boxer/pit mix), definitely get a HIGH fence. We have some concerns our could make it over our 6' wood fence if he was REALLY determined, but he's so far been content with just running things out of the yard (mainly squirrels, and the occasional stray cat) vs. trying to chase things over the fence.
Never had a problem with our 5 foot high fence. And we have Salukis (Persian greyhound). They're supposed to be able to clear 6. Guess they'd have to be motivated though. More aloof than the greys we've had.
Yes I use a gps tracker dog tracker. When I was giving training to my dog..I use gps tracker.. I have a German Shephard..He is fully groomed, well trained, vaccinated and healthy dog..
Is there a GPS tracker for canoes?
Now I'm curious to find out how Joey's doggo is doing.
93EXCivic said:
Is there a GPS tracker for canoes?
I removed the link but left the post. 
I've never used a tracker, for either sighthound. The whippet is off leash trained since a puppy, with zero issues. The greyhound, she's gotten loose a few times, just a few laps around the house. We fenced our backyard in thispast spring, it's just 4' tall ( per HOA ), but no fence jumping attempts.
Personally, greyhounds rescues are some of the most obnoxious, untrainable and stubborn dogs ever. But that for all of 1 hour a day, they'll sleep 23 hours a day.
That's Dylan the tripod in the middle. Just celebrated one year post amputation and osteosarcoma diagnosis. Loves to swing that bone in his mouth and smack himself on either side of his head. Never tried to jump the fence. He's our fourth grey. None have ever been motivated to run away. Such prissy dogs. Run for three minutes recover for twenty three hours! (Vesper the Saluki on guard at the window. Fear of missing out Heidi on the right.)
My neighbor rescued about a dozen over the years, 0-45 in 3 kicks! I understood (perhaps misunderstood) that the terms of rescue is that you have a fenced area where they can run free. They can never be off leash.
Apple Air Tags work pretty darn well and they make collars to hold them. Same with Samsung trackers for Andoid. They are not GPS, but with millions of phones out there, they offer similar performance. Odds are, if you live in a suburban area, your doggo will be near people and will get picked up. I would only go for GPS if I was way out in a remote area.
As for hunting dogs, back in the day we used radio collars, similar to an e-collar, but with better range. Now they have full GPS built in, but I am not sure they are appropriate for daily wear. Garmin has some nice options
I have no personal experience, but Fi is the one that I see advertised all the time. Its a GPS tracker for daily use.
AirTag batteries work for about 1 year , GPS trackers need charging every week or so ,
Amazon has 4 Airtags for $87 on sale right now....
