Home Q&A: How GPS trackers can keep our pets safe and healthy

At home and on staycation, this tech is offering more and more ways to provide us with vital peace of mind

Cats rarely get lost. The real issue is that most missing cats (80%) are often stuck in places like garages, sheds or locked houses, unable to escape on their own. File pictures

Home or away, GPS pet trackers offer multiple benefits, keeping your pet under a digital eye whatever they get up to. Just to clarify — no tracking device should stand in the place of enclosed, safe fencing and having your dog under proper control out on walks. If you ever intend to take them off the lead, they should be trained to recall.

Olivia O’Gorman is a dog training specialist working with gundogs and companion pets at Canine Connect, Cork. She regards GPS trackers as part of responsible dog ownership. “Many of us think losing a dog is something that could never happen to us, but unfortunately it can, and when it happens remotely, things can turn ugly very quickly,” she says.