GPS Wireless Dog Fence & Training Collar

The boundary goes where you park, not where you dig.

A dog that will not stay on the block is a dog on the road. On a bush block, a rural lease or a remote camp there is usually no fence to work with, and the first you hear about it is a ute stopping hard or a neighbour on the phone. Trenching in a wire is a weekend you have not got, and it stays behind when you move.

This is a GPS collar that carries its own boundary. You take it outside, hold the location button where you are standing to drop a centre point, then dial a radius around it with the arrow keys. Cross the line and the collar reacts on its own: a beep first, then vibration, then a static correction. All three sit on the collar itself, and there is no remote in your hand — once it is set, the collar decides.

That third mode is an electric shock, and we are not going to dress it up as anything else. The supplier prints beep at five levels, vibration at nine and static at nine. Collars that deliver a static correction are prohibited in parts of Australia — the Q & A sets out where. If you are somewhere they are prohibited, please do not order one.

What It Does

• Sets its own boundary: hold the location button outdoors and the collar takes that spot as the centre, then the arrow keys dial the radius in and out.
• Warns before it corrects: the supplier prints a 3 m warning zone inside the line, so the dog gets a sound before anything is felt.
• Three modes, all adjustable: beep 1 to 5, vibration 0 to 9, static 0 to 9, set from the screen on the collar.
• Runs on satellites alone: the supplier states no subscription, no SIM card, no phone app and no wire to bury.
• Shows the distance live: the screen carries the real-time distance from the collar back to the centre point, so you can walk the zone and see where the line falls.

Key Features

• u-blox GPS chip: named on the supplier's artwork. No accuracy figure is published with it, so treat the boundary as approximate rather than surveyed.
• 1000 mAh lithium battery: built in and charged through two magnetic contacts on the housing. The supplier quotes about 24 hours of running time.
• Screw-in metal probes: two contact points that thread into the case, with silicone covers supplied to go over them.
• IPX7 collar unit: the supplier states 1 m for up to 30 minutes. Water resistant — rain, sprinklers, mud and a swim — not a depth rating.
• Reflective strap: soft PVC, 600 mm long, reflective stitching down both edges and a side-release buckle.
• Fits 230 to 560 mm necks: that is 23 to 56 cm on a tape, and the supplier rates it for dogs of 8 kg and over.
• Nothing else to carry: no handset to lose, no transmitter to mount and nothing to plug in at the house.
• One collar, one colour: black, sold as a single collar. There is no multi-dog set on this listing.

Limits

It is not a tracker. There is no app, no SIM and no map. If the dog does go through the boundary, this will not tell you where it went.

It is not a fence between a dog and traffic. GPS drifts, batteries go flat and collars come off. Do not make this the only thing standing between your dog and a road.

Outdoors only, with sky above it. The supplier prints "for outdoor use only" and tells you to set the centre point in the open with better than three bars of signal. Under a roof, inside a shed or down in a gully it has nothing to work with.

The zone is a circle. One centre point and one radius. It will not follow a fence line, cut around a dam or leave the driveway out.

It corrects on its own. There is no remote, so you cannot judge in the moment whether a correction is fair or whether the dog is simply confused. Once the line is crossed, the collar acts.

The supplier's own numbers do not agree. One panel prints a detection range of 15 m to 2 km, a correction zone of 15 m to 50 m and a 3 m warning zone; the demo screen in the photographs shows different figures again. We have not measured it ourselves, so we are not going to publish a boundary figure as if we had.

Not for a small dog. 8 kg and over is the supplier's own limit, and the strap starts at 230 mm.

No certification sighted. No standard, approval number or test report is printed on the unit or in the supplier's material, and none was supplied to us.

Q & A

Is this legal where I live?

Not everywhere, and it is worth two minutes before you order. Collars that deliver a static correction are prohibited in New South Wales, South Australia and the ACT. Victoria and the Northern Territory both place conditions and restrictions on which collars may be used and by whom. The remaining states and territories set their own rules, all of them under the usual animal cruelty provisions. New Zealand has no ban. This is a guide, not legal advice, and the rules change — check with your own state or territory animal welfare authority before you order. If you are somewhere they are prohibited, please do not order one.

Does it actually shock the dog?

Yes. Static is one of the three modes and it is an electric correction, not a buzz. The supplier prints it as nine levels, the same as vibration, with beep on five. We are not going to call it harmless, because nobody has published a figure for what it puts out — see the Specs.

Can I run it on beep and vibration only?

Yes. The manufacturer's manual for this unit says it in words: static and vibration can each be set to level 0 to switch that mode off, and only the beep has a minimum it will not go below. So you can run it as beep and vibration, or beep alone, with no static at all. Set the levels and test them with the collar in your hand, off the dog, before you fit it.

How big can the boundary be?

The supplier's panel prints a detection range of 15 m to 2 km with a correction band of 15 m to 50 m outside the activity zone, and a 3 m warning zone. Those figures do not line up with the demo screen shown in the photographs, and we have not verified either. Set it, walk it with the collar in your hand and watch the live distance on the screen before you trust the line.

Can the dog swim in it?

The collar unit is IPX7, which the supplier states as 1 m for up to 30 minutes. Creeks, dams, rain, mud and a hose are fine. It is not a depth rating, so do not take it diving or leave it sitting underwater.

Will it work under heavy timber?

Not reliably. It needs a clear view of sky. The supplier says to use it where the signal is better than three bars and to set the origin in the open. Thick canopy, sheds, tall buildings and steep gullies all cut GPS down.

Will it fit my dog, and how long does a charge last?

The strap is 600 mm of soft PVC and adjusts to a neck of 230 to 560 mm, which is 23 to 56 cm on a tape. The supplier rates it for dogs of 8 kg and over. Battery is a built-in 1000 mAh lithium cell and the supplier quotes about 24 hours of running. The manufacturer's material puts a full charge at about 2 hours.

How long will it take to get here?

10 to 14 days from the day you order, and allow up to three weeks. Delivery is free to Australia and New Zealand.

Specs