Teckel Tracker

[goathunter1]

Not that long 'til the stags start and I'm needing a tracker for my Teckel. Now, it seems only sensible, being a prudent (not mean) Scot, to ask if anyone on here has a "pre owned" (as they call second hand nowadays) unit suitable for a wee dog like that.
Obviously it's got to be a size that is not going to be a Tupperware box round his neck!
Anybody got one?
Thank you.

 

[mchughcb]

What's the weight of your dog?

 

[goathunter1]

I'm away from home just now but I think at the vet the other night he was just over 10 kilos - of solid muscle! (Would that be about right?) Even the vet commented on his mega powerful back legs.

 

[weeman]

Sounds like the weeman is coming along. There great dogs if no how to handle them. I've got three seriously considering breeding one of my bitches in December as this will be my first breed we already no the stud.

 

[mchughcb]

10kg is small and he may struggle with a Garmin Astro 320. Sorry can't help.

 

[Kai]

Hi garmin make a small tracker collar called the mini it may be suitable have a look

 

[goathunter1]

Checked with his mum. Like any male parent, what do I know. Apparently he's twelve and a bit (I forget exactly) kilos. Will that actually make any difference mchughcb?
Thanks Kai for that info.
Tracker.fi seem to be good, but no reps in UK. Should I be worried?

 

[Paul 600]

Checked with his mum. Like any male parent, what do I know. Apparently he's twelve and a bit (I forget exactly) kilos. Will that actually make any difference mchughcb?
Thanks Kai for that info.
Tracker.fi seem to be good, but no reps in UK. Should I be worried?

No problem with Konrad and his after sales with anything he sells. Did you contact him?

 

[goathunter1]

I didn't Paul, but I am grateful, again, for your input. Having reminded me I'll get a hold of him on Monday.

 

[Paul 600]

I didn't Paul, but I am grateful, again, for your input. Having reminded me I'll get a hold of him on Monday.

No problem!

 

[mchughcb]

I don't need trackers for mine but the garmin astro 320 we use the for the beagles would be okay on the 15kg one, but too big on the 11kg one. I haven't heard of the mini so that probably will be more suitable.

 

[Jonher]

Not that long 'til the stags start and I'm needing a tracker for my Teckel. Now, it seems only sensible, being a prudent (not mean) Scot, to ask if anyone on here has a "pre owned" (as they call second hand nowadays) unit suitable for a wee dog like that.
Obviously it's got to be a size that is not going to be a Tupperware box round his neck!
Anybody got one?
Thank you.

Just found this thread.

I use a Garmin Astro on my teckel but I have it in a vest on his back, as has been mentioned previously I think they're a bit big and bulky to have around their neck whilst running, saying that I have several close friend who use one on their dogs without any problems.

I recently got a TK-909 GPS tracker off eBay which works using a sim-card, i'll put this in the pocket on my dogs gps vest with the Astro collar as a back-up. I can then track the dog when he goes out of range of the Astro as long as their is a telephone signal. You call the GPS and it sends you a text message back with a google maps link showing the dogs location. I haven't used it yet whilst hunting, just played around with it in the local area but it seems to work well.

Here's some clips of the dog wearing the vest: