tracking collars

[brookzee]

so, can we use garmin astros this year at the akc trials?
can we use them at ngspa trials?

thanks, jason

[jurso]

I think they're allowed this year.. Figures, cuz I finally bought a Tracker collar last year thinking the GPS would never be legal. Or at least not soon.
Compared to the Garmin, Tracker collars pretty much suck, but until I have the bread for GPS, I'm stuck with old technology.

[Hotpepper]

The collars can be used in both GSPCA and NGSPA, undeer their individual guidelines.

Pepper

[SFK]

Compared to the Garmin, Tracker collars pretty much suck, but until I have the bread for GPS, I'm stuck with old technology.

Wouldn't say that. I have both. Gramin is great to know exatally where the dog is, which direction it is going, where it has been etc. and I use it to train. Problem is, it loses communication with the collar quite a bit (at least for me). Old tracking collars seem to keep signal better. Think I am going to stick with my old tracking collars at trials for now...

[jurso]

For me, I'm gonna be beggin to borrow the Garmin at trials... Nothing worse in my book than swingin that Tracker back and forth tryin to close in on a big runner and messin up follow on braces..

[Anaconda Pintler]

I think I will stick to my tracker as well for the most part they just seem easier to me and I am not impressed with the cheap collar design of the Garmin you would think while charging that kind of dough they could at least mount the thing on a better quality collar that does not get shredded and torn to bits while running in heavy cover!