Ensuring your yard is right for SpotOn

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How to Make Sure Your Property is a Good Fit for SpotOn

Curious to know whether or not your dog will have enough room to roam with SpotOn? Typically, we recommend a half-acre or more for the most accurate boundaries. However, with careful boundary planning you'll be able to make a reliable virtual fence for your dog. Here's how:

Fence Planning Essentials

for properties a half-acre or more

Beware narrow areas icon.

Make sure your fence is not too narrow.

The narrowest part of the area you plan to map is at least 80 feet wide. The SpotOn System works best when the property is at least 1/2 acre but can be situated on smaller lots depending on the property's layout.

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Make sure your fence is not too close to buildings.

The area you plan to fence provides the dog at least 80-feet to roam at its narrowest location when mapping around home, garage, or barn. This is to ensure your dog has enough room to roam around these structures.

Beware hazards.

Make sure your fence is not too close to hazards.

The area you plan to fence is not too close to a danger area (such as a street). This will account for any slight shifts in the boundary which may occur due to variations in global navigation satellite system accuracy and performance (up to 10' in open areas and up to 15' in heavily wooded areas). Setting your perimeter at least 15' away from hazard areas ensures that, in the event of the occasional shift, your dog will remain contained in a safe area.

Is SpotOn Right for You?

Get a FREE evaluation and discover if SpotOn is the perfect fit for your property.

When you Request a Property Evaluation, our team will examine everything from your property's size and terrain to potential sources of signal issues, and help you determine if SpotOn is the ideal fit before you buy.

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How SpotOn Addresses Common GPS Fence Concerns

Dense Tree Cover

Forest Mode Improves GPS Performance

Forest Mode is automatically enabled as the default setting on each SpotOn collar and helps your collar get a stronger GPS signal. That way, if your dog is outdoors and under trees, brush, or bushes, SpotOn will automatically adjust its GPS sensitivity to keep your virtual fences secure.

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Metal Roofs

Enhance GPS Accuracy with Home Zones

Metal roofs cause interfere with any GPS-powered device. That's why SpotOn offers Home Zones. With this feature, the tech knows exactly where your home is located, enabling the collar to proactively address and correct any potential interference.

Spotty Cellular

Contain Your Dog Without Cellular

SpotOn uses GPS to create fences and train your dog to stay within them—no cellular signal needed. You’ll only need reliable service if you decide to upgrade to add tracking.

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On the Fence? So Were These Happy Customers!

★★★★★

Chris F. Customer review.

"I fully expected to return this within 90 days, as I have the worst conditions possible, 6 fully wooded acres, metal roof on house...  Wow, I can't brag enough about how amazing this collar has worked."
- Chris F. 

★★★★★

M. Daniels customer review.

"Everyone told me a gps fence like SpotOn would never work for a terrier. Wrong - he absolutely respects the fence! Also love the home zone that encompasses our house and barn with metal roofs - no fear of the steel roof causing interference with the gps. I know it sounds dramatic but this collar has changed our lives!"
- M. Daniels

★★★★★

Kate. K customer review.

"I couldn't be more over the moon with the SpotOn GPS fence!! Safe zones are a remarkable feature! This has been a blessing due to the metal roofing on our pavilion. It interfered with the GPS signal and caused it to go off, but added it as a safe zone, and now there are no issues with her going under there."
- Kate K.

5-star guarantee. Try it. Love it. Or return it. Includes: 1-year warranty, no requred subscription, free training, 90 day money back guarantee, and accident forgiveness.

How It Works

Contain & Track Your Dog in 3 Easy Steps

1. Draw the fence in the app

Customize your boundary to your exact specifications, and add keep out zones where you don’t want your dog to roam.

2. Train your dog

Teach your dog to stay inside the fence with SpotOn’s easy DIY program developed by certified trainers.

3. Live life unleashed

Let your dog roam free at home and on the go with fences that can be set up in seconds and managed from your phone.

The #1 Rated GPS Dog Fence

Most accurate GPS Boundaries

SpotOn’s patented True Location™ technology taps into a network of 128 satellites to provide boundary accuracy comparable to a buried wire fence. Independently lab tested, SpotOn's proven to be reliable 100% of the time.

Sets up in Minutes - Any Size/Shape

Create fences from ½ acre to 1K+ acres at home, on the go, or if you move. No digging. No wires.

Works where others don’t

SpotOn uses GPS to contain your dog. It works anywhere - even in remote areas with heavy tree cover - without a subscription. Add a cell subscription to unlock additional features.

Enables overlapping fences, fence-within-a-fence

Create multiple overlapping fences on the same property. Add keep-out zones — around the pool or garden — where you don’t want your dog to roam.

Made & supported in our backyard, for your backyard

We proudly design, develop & manufacture in New Hampshire with domestic and foreign parts.

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$999

About Our Price

SpotOn vs. Competitors

At SpotOn, we believe honest and transparent pricing is the right thing to do.

That's why we don't have hidden fees or nickel and dime customers for extras.

In fact, over two years of use, SpotOn is actually less expensive than other GPS Fences.

SpotOn vs. Competitors

SpotOn is also the only GPS Dog Fence that gives you:

  • 4x larger & powerful GPS antenna
  • No hidden fees
  • Free 1:1 dog training & support
  • Premium features other charge extra for
  • Built in the USA
  • Lab tested & proven to be most reliable
Size

Collar Size Guide

Selecting the right size is important! It ensures your collar’s antenna will face the sky and receive the strongest GPS signal, making the entire system more accurate.

1. Measure your dog’s neck just above their regular collar.

2. Make sure you can fit two fingers under the measuring tape.

3. Select correct size. SMALL for dogs with 10- 14” necks (+15 lbs), MEDIUM for 12-18” necks, LARGE 19-26” necks. If your dog is in between sizes, purchase the smaller size.

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