The hardware is cheap. The plan is not. · review
Tractive’s dog tracker: live location in more than 175 countries, resting heart and breathing rate, sleep and activity, and bark and scratch monitoring.
What we take from it The default dog tracker in Europe, and deservedly. Price three years of subscription into the decision before comparing it with anything cheaper.
Tractive’s 2025 dog tracker: live GPS with no range limit, escape alerts, coverage in more than 175 countries, resting heart and breathing rate, sleep and activity, and bark and scratch monitoring.
Finding a dog that has gone. Everything else — the health graphs, the bark counts — is secondary to a live position on a map, updated fast enough to follow on foot. That is the feature you buy it for and, with luck, never use.
A subscription, from €5 a month, covering the SIM. Over three years that is more than the tracker. It is not a hidden cost — Tractive prints it — but it is the number that should be in the comparison rather than the sticker price.
Barking and scratching counted over a day is information; what it means is not. A dog that has started scratching more may have a skin problem, a behavioral one, or a new carpet. The graph tells you to ask; a vet answers.
Read on the day this page was built: $55 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-17. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Coverage | Over 175 countries (Tractive) |
|---|---|
| Subscription | Required — from €5/month depending on plan |
| Health tracking | Resting heart and breathing rate, sleep, activity |
| Behavior | Bark and scratch monitoring |
| Manufacturer reference | TG6A |
| Amazon reference | B0D6Z4L6BW (identical on 6 markets) |
| EAN | 9120056451890 |
Tractive states coverage in over 175 countries, which is what separates a cellular tracker from a radio one. Check that your plan includes the country rather than assuming — coverage and plan are two different things, and holidays are exactly when a dog runs.
Counting. Owners are poor witnesses to what a dog does when they are out, and "he barks a bit" and "he barked for two hours" are different problems with different answers. The tracker counts; what to do about the count is a trainer’s or a vet’s question.
Take the one made for the animal. The cat Mini is lighter with a smaller battery and a breakaway collar; the dog version is heavier with more runtime and a collar meant to stay on. Fitting a dog tracker to a cat is the mistake that ends with a collar caught on a fence.
7.8/ 10
The default dog tracker in Europe, and deservedly. Price three years of subscription into the decision before comparing it with anything cheaper.
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on August 17, 2026.
A dog that recalls unreliably, a dog that travels, or a dog whose barking you want counted rather than guessed at.
Listed because the accessory names this product itself.
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 800.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for pet devices and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
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