Dog Tracking

The dog tracking features allow you to see information transmitted from your compatible Garmin® handheld dog device on your Garmin DriveTrack™ 72 device. You can navigate to your dogs, view their current status and location, and observe the distance they have traveled.

Receiving Data From Your Handheld Device

Before you can receive data, you must enable broadcasting on your handheld dog tracking device. See the owner's manual for your dog tracking device for more information.

  1. Place your handheld dog tracking device within 3 m (10 ft) of your Garmin DriveTrack device.
    TIP: If there are other dog tracking devices nearby, you should move away from them before pairing your dog tracking device with the Garmin DriveTrack device.
  2. From the home screen, select Dogs.

    The Garmin DriveTrack device searches for a dog tracking device broadcasting within range, and connects automatically.

TIP: Your Garmin DriveTrack device receives data from one compatible handheld dog device at a time. Stay more than 3 m (10 ft) away from other handheld dog devices or disable broadcasting on handheld dog devices from which you do not want to receive data.

Tracking Your Dogs

  1. Select Dogs.

    The dogs connected to your handheld device appear on the screen.

  2. Select a dog.

    The dog's location and track log appear on the map.

  3. Select Go! to navigate to your dog.

Dog Status Icons

Icons indicate the status and location of your dogs.

Dog sitting

Sitting

Dog running

Running

Dog on point

On point

Dog treed

Treed

Dog status unknown

Unknown*

Collar battery low

Collar battery low

Collar lost connection

Collar connection lost

Collar lost reception

Collar GPS reception lost

*The unknown status icon indicates the collar has not acquired a satellite signal and the handheld device cannot determine the location of the dog.

Viewing Your Dogs on the Map

  1. While viewing the map, select anywhere on the map.
  2. Select Zoom to dogs.

The device zooms to show all of your dogs on the screen.

Dog Tracker Settings

Select Dogs > Options wrench.

Dog Labels

Sets the labels that appear next to your dog's location on the map.

Dog Label Size

Sets the size of dog labels on the map.

Dog Icon Size

Sets the size of dog icons on the map.

Dog Track On Map

Shows the dog track history on the map.

Audible Dog Alerts

Enables an audible alert for dog status changes.

Clear Dog Tracks

Clears the dog track logs.

Unpair

Unpairs your dog tracker.

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December 2025