App Profile: Dogtra PATHFINDER2

Sheltie9334

Rating: 4/5

I got the PF2 mini collar for the e fence function in the hopes of keeping my GSP 10 yards away from two sides of our chain link fence, because all she wants to do is run to the corner and bark at the neighbors despite having several acres she can run around in. We have a new puppy, and I don’t want him learning that habit from her. Bark collars haven’t done the trick and the last one she had malfunctioned and gave random corrections. We are five days in and I think we hit the correct level of correction because she is clearly trying to avoid the boundaries and barking has been cut by probably 90 percent. GPS has been very accurate. It is also nice to be able to remotely give her a reminder if she goes outside the boundary. Improvements I’d love to see are an easier pairing process, an easier way to modify sections of the boundary without starting over. I’d like to expand the outer boundary a bit but I have to delete inner fences and several of the outer fence posts to do so and there is no easy way to ensure I’m putting the boundaries I don’t want to change in the same place. This is important because my dog now knows her boundaries and is trying hard to respect them. The other improvement that would be nice is the ability to create slightly smaller inner boundaries and to be able to considerably share fence posts with other boundaries or to add on three sides to bump in an area inside the outer boundary.

Pixxture

Rating: 2/5

So far i have not had any performance issues it seems to function. Otherwise it would have received one star. The user interface is where this app falls FLAT in its face. BLUE text text is used when requesting user input the text is UNREADABLE except when viewed in pitch dark. VERY POOR user interface. Need a different, readable color, for user input. If you start the app it hijacks what is normally the volume “control” button. This button now magnifies the screen ( which can already be magnified two different ways). To change the volume u need to leave the app, open an app that normally allows the volume to be changed, then go back to the dogtra app. If the volume is not quite right repeat the procedure. Dumb. Geo fence is one function that may require the volume to be changed.

Zoe12224

Rating: 5/5

Update: “I’ve grown to love it after multiple uses. While it does take some time for the collar to connect, I usually turn the devices on way before arriving to my hiking destination and let them connect to the app on its own. Then the signals pickup throughout the drive and stay connected throughout. As for the beeping, I removed the beeping issue and I have no more problems!” When turning on the remote, there is an instant connection to my phones app. However, when turning on the collar, it seems like it takes forever to sync with my phone. It takes at least 5 minutes to get the dog collar recognized by the app. I’ve tried with cellular / wifi and without. I wished it connected instantly like with the remote. Secondly, if your app is not running in the background, the remote beeps loudly and it can be annoying at times. I’d rather the phone vibrate or ping 1 notification that it has been disconnected. Or have an option to turn the beeping off