The days of trekking across fields and rummaging in the bushes for your lost dog are over. Retrieva is working with Orange to launch the unique Retrieva Tracking and Anti-theft collar. The solution is portable, quick and easy. Included with the Retrieva system is the Retrieva collar, the ICyou home guard system and the sophisticated phone-based ViewRanger mapping solution. The Retrieva collar will help combat this through its instant tracking and alert system linked directly to your mobile phone.

All you need to do is open the mapping application on your phone and request the collar’s location, which will then appear live on the map. What’s more if your phone is GPS enabled you will also be able to plot your location relative to that of your dog - making your beloved pooch that much easier to find.

The collar has an Orange SIM embedded inside it and uses three technologies; GPS, GSM and Radio Frequency to track the dog. The three technologies ensure an overlapping and reinforced system to monitor and track your dog. The collar works with the ICyou, a portable smart base station which sits in the home and doubles as the recharging unit for the collar. The ICyou is an automated monitoring system that will alert you if the dog leaves home unexpectedly. The Retrieva collar also has anti-theft and waterproof features.

Other functions include a panic alarm, though not for the dog! Recognising that dog walkers are often alone in remote areas, this button is for people who feel uncomfortable or threatened whilst out with their dog. Pressing this button sends an alert message to any numbers programmed into the collar whilst also putting the collar into track mode so that your location can be found.

The eagerly anticipated system will soon be launched in the UK and costs £9.99 a month to operate, plus a one off charge of £250 for the package of one collar, the ICyou unit and the ViewRanger off-road phone mapping system. For further information on Retrieva, Tracking and Anti-theft collar and product pricing please go to http://www.retrievatracking.com/

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