Halo Collar Blog

GPS dog collar battery life ranges from 20 hours to 30 days depending on the type of collar, its tracking frequency, and whether it runs a containment system. That range is not a quality difference – it is a workload difference. A GPS tracker that polls position every two minutes and a GPS fence collar that calculates position 20 times per second are doing fu...

Most GPS fence collars are appropriate for puppies starting at 5 to 6 months of age, once the puppy meets three readiness criteria: minimum age, minimum weight, and basic behavioral maturity. Starting before the puppy is ready creates confusion and anxiety. Starting after the right preparation window means the puppy learns faster, responds better, and builds ...

Your dog is not stubborn. Your dog is a dog whose motivation you have not found yet.

“Stubborn” is a human label for a specific set of training frustrations: the dog that sits in the kitchen but ignores the command at the park, the dog that comes when called unless something more interesting is happening, the dog that looks you in the eye and does t...

Training a dog to basic obedience takes 4 to 8 weeks of consistent daily practice. Training a dog to reliable, distraction-proof obedience takes 3 to 6 months. Training a dog to advanced off-leash reliability takes 6 to 12 months. The timeline depends on what “trained” means to you, because the word means different th...

Geofencing for pets is a GPS-based technology that creates a virtual boundary around a defined area and triggers an action – a notification to your phone, a cue to your dog’s collar, or both – when your pet crosses that boundary.

The concept is simple: you draw a shape on a map in a smartphone app, and the GPS collar worn by your dog continuously ch...